When choosing your window blind, you want to know that it will complement your decor, give you privacy, and provide the shading from the sun that you require.
If you have young children, we encourage you to also consider the small safety features that can be added to your blind, to help prevent cords or chains from posing a potential hazard.
Having selected your new blind, please refer to our list of safety features below, or contact your window blind retailer who will be happy to advise.
Through the Safety in Mind Campaign, The Blind Studio supports the BBSA 'Make it Safe' Initiative, helping to give you peace of mind, leaving you free to enjoy your new window blind.
Safety Features
Cord Cleat
Can be used with Vertical, Venetian, Roller, Pleated and Roman blinds. This simple device is attached high onto an adjacent wall. The cords can then be completely wound round it, out of a child's reach.
Cord Securing Clip
This 'P-shaped' clip can be used with Vertical, Roller and Roman blinds. Mount it onto an adjacent wall and secure the cord/chain so that the loop cannot be easily reached.
Chain Tassel
For use with Vertical, Roller, Venetian and Roman blinds. You can eliminate the chain loop by using a single length chain with tassels attached to each end.
Cord Stop
Specifically for Venetian blinds, the cord stop is attached at the top of the control cord. Should undue pressure be placed on the cord running through the slats, the control cord will not feed back through the headrail to form a loop.
Breakaway Tassel
Primarily suited to Venetian blinds, the tassel will break apart if put under any undue pressure. Two separate cords mean that there is no potentially hazardous loop.
Mono Control
Mono control is a key safety feature of Vertical blinds. The chain and cord, used to rotate the vanes and open and close the blind, are replaced by a single rod.
Ultra Wand
Ultra Wand combines tilting and raising/lowering of the Venetian blind into one control. When the blind is raised, lift cords can be wrapped around the cleats attached to the wand, eliminating free-hanging cords.
Chainless Vanes
You can request sewn-in bottom weights on Vertical Blinds, eliminating the need for potentially hazardous bottom chains. Chainless Vanes are a standard feature of PVC Vertical and Softsheer Blinds.
INTU Blinds
INTU Blinds are specially designed without hanging cords so are particularly child safe. They are available as Pleated, Cellular, Venetian and Roller.
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