The history of curtains, as an option for decorating a room, dates back to ancient Egypt, where rich people decorated their homes with expensive, skillfully selected fabrics. Times have changed. Luxury was replaced by asceticism and practicality. Old wooden frames were replaced with modern designs, and roller blinds for plastic windows became the most popular type of their design. Photos and installation options for this type of decor can be found today in many publications on room design.
Roller blinds - a modern solution for the design of metal-plastic windows
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Types of roller blinds and their advantages
Roller blinds for plastic windows, the photos of which are presented below, are a modern, practical and aesthetic type of window decor. They are also called roller blinds or fabric blinds. They are a fabric that, thanks to a special mechanism, is wound on a shaft.
The main purpose of roller blinds is to protect the room from the penetration of sunlight, and their main advantage is their compactness. This explains the widespread use of blinds in small spaces: kitchens, loggias, balconies, children's rooms. The most popular in interior decoration are roller blinds for the kitchen. Photos of various options for this design of a kitchen window are posted in many roller blinds stores.
Roll fabric curtains perfectly protect the room from the penetration of sunlight
Complementing the laconic design of roller blinds with exquisite light tulles or curtains, you can get any interior style solution: from hi-tech to classic.
An important advantage of installing roller shutters is the ability to install them yourself. Step-by-step photos of installing roller blinds on plastic windows are presented below.
Blinds in dark gray fabric with ceiling mount
There are several types of roller blinds for plastic windows. Photos and reviews of the owners will help you make the right choice.
Classification of roller blinds by type of mechanism
Roller blinds are divided into 2 types: classic and cassette. In the classic version, the fabric is freely available and does not fit snugly against the window glass. At the bottom, the curtain is equipped with a weighting agent, due to which the fabric does not sag. In closed-type blinds, the fabric is twisted into a special box (cassette), and the fabric is placed in rail-guides fixed on the window beads.Passing along the slats, the cassette curtains fit tightly to the window, providing complete protection of the room from sunlight. This type of blinds is called cassette roller blinds. On plastic windows, this type of curtain looks very organic.
White roller blinds on the windows in the living room
Photos of cassette roller blinds on plastic windows can be found in abundance on the Internet or in specialized publications.
Useful advice! When buying cassette blinds, pay attention not only to the colors, but also to the color of the box. It is desirable that it matches the color of the window frame.
At a cost, cassette shutters are much more expensive than their classic counterparts and their installation is advisable if you often leave the sash in the tilted state.
Roll curtain wrapped around a plastic shaft that is attached to the window frame
Classification of roller blinds by type of fabric
Roller blinds differ in the degree of light transmission. Depending on the fabrics used, roller blinds are divided into:
- transparent - they easily transmit and scatter light, are most often used as decorative, together with curtains and drapes;
- dimout - slightly denser, partially let in light, used in offices;
- blackout - dense, darken the room well, used in bedrooms and nurseries;
- day-night - imitation of horizontal blinds with alternating transparent and dense stripes, used in kitchens, rooms, any premises.
Dimout - blackout curtainsthat do not let in sunlight, well suited for offices and offices
Fabric roller blinds can be attached either to the entire window or to each of its sashes separately. In the second case, a more complete protection of the room from sunlight is provided. Depending on the type of fabric, these filters are plastic windows used in homes, conference rooms, exhibitions, shops.
The use of roller blinds in the kitchen is beautiful and practical. Photos of plastic windows decorated with blinds are very common.
Fabric roll curtains bright blue in the nursery
Roller blinds with photo printing are especially chic. Patterned roller blinds will help you create an individual room design in a specific style. Thanks to the wide aesthetic possibilities that roller blinds with photo printing have, you can easily arrange any interior as you wish. For example, transform the bedroom into the impenetrable forests of the Amazon by applying colorful photographs of tropical vines to roller blinds.
With the photo printing of your own photos on roller shutters, the room will turn into a real photo album of pleasant memories. You can put your favorite cartoon characters on the curtains in the nursery. On the pages of online editions on interior design, you can see various examples and photos of roller blinds for plastic windows in the interior.
French windows in the living room are decorated with roller blinds
Benefits of using roller blinds
With their practical characteristics and wide aesthetic possibilities, roller blinds are gaining more and more popularity among consumers. The main advantages of fabric roller blinds include the following:
- versatility: used in premises for various purposes;
- practicality: they have dust-repellent properties;
- compactness: visually "do not take" space;
- protection: darken the room, hide from prying eyes;
- convenience: easy maintenance and simple control system;
- aesthetics: a large selection of fabrics of different textures and colors;
- availability: wide price grid and the ability to install it yourself.
In the cassette type of curtains, the shaft with the curtain is inside a special box
Roller blinds are not only effective protection from the sun, but also a wonderful interior detail that allows you to give a room a certain style and personality.
Roller blinds for plastic windows. Photo and installation options
Plastic windows long and firmly won their positions in the consumer market as the most convenient form of window openings design. And the most successful type of their decoration is fabric roller blinds or roller blinds on plastic windows. Photos of various options for decorating a room with roller blinds confirm the advantages of using such curtains as a decor for window openings.
The day-night roller blind looks like a classic horizontal blind
Install fabric blinds on the window in the kitchen or room can be done by professional workers, but you can also do it yourself. So you will save your family budget, and the saved money can be spent on the purchase of high-quality roller blinds. How solid the fasteners and the curtain control system are, their durability and the possibility of correct do-it-yourself installation depend.
Roller blind with applied photo printing in the kitchen-dining room
Installing roller blinds with your own hands
The process of installing blinds with your own hands depends on the type of roller blinds and the type of fastening. The curtains can be mounted either to a wall or ceiling (outdoor type) or directly to plastic window (internal mounting type).
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Features of mounting an open view roller shutter
The classic open-type roller shutter can be fixed to the window with or without drilling. Installation of curtains with drilling is the most reliable and durable, however, it requires a certain skill, accuracy and care.
Step 1: choosing the place of installation and fastening - on the window frame, inside the opening, to the ceiling
If you want to install a mini-roller shutter on each window sash, then it is better to attach it directly to the plastic frame with self-tapping screws, and if you want to close the window with one roller shutter, then it is fixed on the wall above the window opening or on the ceiling.
Step 2: check for interference with the installation. Selecting the direction of movement of the curtain - clockwise or counterclockwise
Important! When installing classic roller blinds on each sash of a plastic window, you need to keep in mind that when airing an open-view roller shutter on a tilted sash, it will move away from the window and sag.
Step 3: installing and aligning the brackets
Before drilling the holes for the brackets when installing a roller blind on a wall or ceiling, you need to make sure that the plaster is strong so that the entire structure does not fall under the weight of the roller shutter.
Step 4: if necessary - adjusting the shaft and canvas to the size of the window sash
It is very easy to install roller blinds on plastic windows without drilling, and even a woman can handle this work. This is the easiest option for installing blinds, and the weight of the roller shutter and the quality of glue or tape play the main role here. Detailed instructions, which are included with the curtain, allow you to quickly and easily install roller blinds on the frame of a plastic window without drilling.
Step 5: fastening and winding the canvas onto the shaft, installing the curtain into the brackets
Features of mounting a closed-type roller shutter (cassette)
Blinds of cassette type are mounted directly on the window frame. To install a roller blind with your own hands (step-by-step instructions are included with the roller shutter), you must perform the following steps:
- outline the place of the roller shutter box attachment;
- fix the box (cassette) on the upper edge of the glazing bead using adhesive tape;
- adjust and align the fabric;
- finally fix the box with self-tapping screws;
- install the guide rails on vertical glazing beads using adhesive tape, pressing them tightly from top to bottom;
Installation options for a closed roller shutter (cassette)
Useful advice! Before installing the guides, you need to make sure that their dimensions are correct: the length of the guides must correspond to the distance between the box and the lower glazing bead.If necessary, the guides can be trimmed.
Cassette roller blind in the children's room
- lay the roller shutter fabric inside the rails;
- adjust the roller shutter control chain.
As you can see, it is not difficult to install a roller blind on a plastic window with your own hands. Complete with a roller shutter, there must be detailed instructions for its assembly and installation with a graphic description of all the necessary steps.
Roller blinds of cassette type on the windows in the bedroom
Roller blinds are a practical, aesthetically pleasing and affordable type of window decor. Using it in the interior allows you to give the room a modern look and a certain stylistic focus.
