DotcomBlinds Guide To Installing Multiple Blinds In A Recess

Multiple blinds in one recess? We have you covered!

So, you have a large window recess in your home, so large in fact that a single blind won’t do that job? That’s a pretty big window recess, especially when you consider we can make our wide roller blinds up to 4.85m wide!

Anyway, let’s not sidetracked talking about how big our blinds can go, let’s talk about your gigantic window recess shall we?

You should know by now that if you’re installing a blind within your window’s recess, you will first need to measure the recess (please consult our measuring guides), then when you come to order you just need to select ‘recess fit’ when you’re ordering your blinds, so that we can make deductions to ensure that your blind and it’s brackets fit in the recess, but things get a tad more complicated when you’re putting more than two blinds in a single recess.

Fitting two blinds in a single recess

Let’s start off with an easy one, if you’re going to be installing two separate blinds in a single recess space, all you need to do is measure the recess’s width and then divide that by two (for example, a 5m recess works out to two blinds 2.5m wide each) to work out your measurements.

Then when you come to ordering the blinds, make sure you order them both as ‘recess fit’ so that we can make the deductions to ensure the blinds and all their hardware will fit in the space – That’s easy right!

Fitting more than two blinds in a single recess

Now, when you’re fitting more than two blinds in a single recess, things get a tad more complicated. You’ll want to measure the recess in the same way and divide the width by how many blinds you’ll be using in the space (for example, a 5m recess works out to five blinds 1m wide each) to work out your measurements.

Then when you come to order blinds, you will want to order the blind at either side of the recess as ‘recess fit’ (for example, when ordering five blinds, the blind furthest left and the blind furthest right should be recess fit) and the rest of the blinds which will be in the middle as ‘exact fit’.

The blinds in the middle should be ordered as ‘exact fit’ to minimise the gaps between the fabric of each blind, and there should be enough space for them to be fitted together thanks to the deductions we’ll make on the two blinds ordered as ‘recess fit’.

If you’re a bit confused feel free to check out this handy table below!

If you still have any questions or queries about ordering multiple blinds to fit in a single recess, please get in touch with our team of blinds experts who can help answer any questions you may have.