Fitting is the most challenging part of the window blind buying process.
Window blinds are installed using different types of attachment brackets which need to be fixed where the blind is suspended. Once the brackets are fixed in place the rest is easy.
The difficult bit is drilling the holes in the correct location and having a drill which is powerful enough to penetrate the window lintel or wall.
This weekend our ‘outlaws’ were invited to attend the fiftieth birthday party of a work colleague. Our neice and nephew (Louise and ‘the boy’ Robert) stayed with us on the Saturday night.
We watched a film with Louise and Robert (Mr Beans holiday, I wanted Gladiator) and gratefully ate the Heroes that they kindly brought with them.
The children had homework to complete over the weekend so we sat at the dinner table on Sunday morning to get the job done. For her science homework Louise had to find out about the spectrum. Naturally the conversation turned to the cult television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
Robert realised that the writers of the story had been very clever. He pointed out that the characters names of course reflected the colours which make up the spectrum. But, he profoundly stated that the colour black is not part of the spectrum and that by cleverly calling the villain Captain Black the writers had shown that he was not a member of the Spectrum organisation. I had watched Captain Scarlet as a child and this had never occurred to me until Robert opened my eyes.
It shows that it is never to late to learn. We went on to look at www.captainscarlet.com and rediscovered things about the series which were long forgotten.
Havebury Housing Partnership have just completed Goodfellows, an eco homes development in Kings Road, Bury St Edmunds. The building has been constructed using what looks like rough sawn timber and provides a contrast to the adjacent modern buildings of the `Bury Strip`. Its a great location but there is no car parking provided.
It has been built to provide affordable homes for residents in Bury St Edmunds. We fitted some vertical blinds in one of the one bedroom flats. They have a kitchen, dining and lounge area with an en suite bedroom. Next week we are installing some vertical blinds in the two bedroom flat next door.
Guide wires have been incorporated about one metre from the external walls of the building. Wisteria vines have been planted which will over time grow up and along the guide wires and cover the outside of the building. Apparently the wisteria will not cover the windows and darken the inside of the building. It should look great when the vines eventually grow over the outside.
The other day we fitted a (cream) blackout roller blind in Fiona Jacobs consulting room at the Bury St Edmunds Chiropractic Clinic. (Blackout blinds dont have to be black)
I have a problem with my shoulder and visited the clinic for an appointment with Fiona. During the consultation Fiona scanned the poorly shoulder. The blackout blind didnt make the room completely black but it reduced the light level in the room significantly which allowed us to see the tendons and muscles on the screen much more clearly.
It was very satisfying and unusual for me see our blackout roller blinds providing a solution to a problem in the work place.
Fiona tells me that the shoulder has only sustained minor damage and that she can fix it. Soon I hope!