To think these blinds I bought are not right?

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I genuinely don't know what to think.

I paid for these blinds to be made and they are just hooks screwed through the material into a thin wooden batten sewn into the top.

I person I bought them from was very shirty with me when I said they weren't right and said this is a common way of making Roman blinds.

He says to hang them I just need similar little hooks on the window frame that the blind sits on.

I think this will be very flimsy and may stay up for a month or so. Also the blind cord is very thin, more like thick cotton. What do you think?

Very strange was it a known company? Ill send pics of mine for comparison

Sturdy fixing and strong winding mechanism

That's normal blind cord. What did the advert say? I've made my own and bought a mechanism kit thing, but they are expensive. This way is much cheaper. How much were they compared to other places?

Do you have to tie the strings onto a cleat? That would annoy me. I think it all depends on what you asked for/what was advertised. I don't think they'll fall off the wall. I'd be disappointed too.

They look quite amateurish.

I think it depends on how much they cost to be made. The construction you've ended up with is standard in ready made blinds. I have Roman blinds in most rooms in my house and they all have a metal header with winding mechanism screwed to into the wall/ window recess which the blind is then attached to. I'd compare ready made prices for the size of blind to see if you've paid significantly more.

Mine have always looked like that

I used to work for Laura Ashley Home and these are not what I would consider professional standard fixings

What is difficult is that he says they are the same as the ones I saw in the shop. I replied that I hadn't been shown how they were made.

You have to the the cords to a cleat, yes.

They were part of a whole interior package so hard to say what I paid for them, although the fabric was £45 a metre.

Depends how much you paid cord looks fine .I wouldn't say winding mech is standard in roman blinds .
roman blind are very basic.

I expected them to be on a header rail. I could cut them off the batten and do that myself I suppose if I bought a kit.

The sewing looks amateurish. I’d want the stitches to be at the correct tension and the sewing line to be straight and I’m not sure they are. I’d also expect the pattern on the fabric to match up for something as simple as stripes.

I don’t know if that’s the way to make blinds but I hope you didn’t pay too much for them.

no i would have expected another piece of wood thicker and sturdier than a batten covered in matching fabric with velcro on. that would have all the eyelets on for the cords raising/lowering the blind to be fed through and be screwed to the wall to secure the blind. i've always made them so the actual blind is fixed to the wooden top piece with velcro so if it needs cleaning, it can be taken away. i put a further wooden batten at the bottom and little thin pieces of wood near where it folds when it lifts.

that's how i would make a roman blind at any rate, people do all do it slightly differently of course. how exactly are you expected to fasten that to the wall/window? i'd be asking him to come round and put it up for you as you can't see how it's supposed to be done.

I don't know if this is true but I recently had some Roman blinds made locally (by a seamstress rather than a shop) and was told that those cord fittings aren't allowed anymore as they're a danger to children? That's why new blinds have the detachable chains. So if you bought from a shop this does seem a bit odd.

They look very cheaply and amateurishly home made, I just bought some Roman blinds, for a window of 153 by 105 they were 150 odd pounds, thermal lined, came with a rectangular mechanism all along the top, same as a pp showed,, proper weighted at bottom Sewn into the blind, chain pull at rhe side, and fixings for the window, and each fold with stitch lines in. They also attach by Velcro so I can remove them for cleaning.

Those strings look like the ones you get on cheap curtains on amazon and look like they would easily snap. However if it’s the same as in the shop and you don’t know how much they cost, it’s hard to judge.

I have never seen hooks screwed through the fabric on roamn blinds before.

Ive made blinds in this way before, however I'm not sure I'd be happy if I'd paid someone else to do them. Id consider this a very DIY method- I learnt how to do it in home economics at school!

I have some like this that I got from Ikea (so cheaply made but effective).
I didn't think they could still make blinds with loose cords now? I thought they now have to have a fixed mechanisms due to cord being a strangulation hazard.

Should add the Ikea ones are 10-15 years old.