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Free Blinds For The Warren Ladies Section

About 10 years ago I fitted 2 Vertical Blinds for the Ladies Section at Dawlish Warren Golf Club. They had 5 “(127mm) louvres, now quite rare, as most people go for the sleeker looking 3 1/2″ (89mm) louvres. Anyway, having fitted 3 new 3 1/2” Verticals in the new office,…

3 Point Turn In The Teign

I get some great views on my travels around South Devon, but recently I saw a first, for me, on the River Teign. From a customer’s house, in Shaldon, I was able to watch a cargo ship being led into Teignmouth, by the pilot, before being turned around, with the…

Wooden Venetians Enhance Quaint Cottage

Most Blinds are very versatile, but sometimes a certain type of property and a particular type of Blind go together perfectly. The Blinds pictured are White 50mm Wooden Venetians, with matching ladder tapes. They blended in perfectly with this small cottage, in the Meadfoot area of Torquay. The customer originally…

Double Decker Vertical Blinds??

I recently fitted several new Blinds for a customer, in their new house. However, they had one area with an unusual scenario. They had a set of patio doors, with a large window immediately above the doors. They wanted to clear the patio doors regularly, but have the higher…

Can Blinds Insulate A Conservatory?

Can Blinds insulate your conservatory? This question was recently put to me by a customer in Teignmouth. Their conservatory faced North and consequently, in winter and night time the room was very cold. I started by fitting some Blackout Roller Blinds to the side windows. The theory being that the…

Father and son golf victory, the perfect send off

My youngest son, Nick, has been home for the winter, having spent a year in Australia. We tried to play golf at least once a week, despite the wet winter we’ve had and managed to get through to the Winter 4-Ball Knockout Final at our club, Dawlish Warren. With his…

Easter, Sunshine, Day Out

I’ve been very busy lately, not complaining of course, but it was nice to finally have a day off on Good Friday. And the sun finally came out. Having recently bought my partner a joint National Trust membership, for her birthday, we set off to Coyleton Fishacre to visit the…

Perfect Fit Blinds With Special Finishes

Perfect Fit Blinds are becoming very popular, since their introduction, a few years ago! They are especially useful where space is at a premium or window sills are used for ornaments etc. Now, as uPVC windows come in different colours and effects, so Perfect Fit now provide frames to match…

How To Clean Venetian Blinds

I’ve cleaned hundreds of Venetian Blinds over the last 28 years, but how clean can I get yours. Well, the worst ones I have had are normally from the homes of heavy smokers. As can be seen, by the attached pictures of before & after, the Blind here arrived a…

A Big Day Out – London, The Hammers, The Boleyn!

It’s nice to get away from work sometimes. Recently I took my two sons to London, to watch West Ham play. My Dad, their Grandad, was a bit of a Hammers legend in his time and it was the first time my youngest, Nick, had been to The Boleyn Ground.