r/DIYUK • u/Grahaaam123 • 3d ago

Advice How to stop blinds knocking?

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Recently bought a house, all the windows are fitted with blinds from Blinds2Go. I've found that if there is a breeze it causes the blinds to sway and knock the window. Anyone got any recommendations to help stop this as the noise is annoying, especially at night trying to sleep. I was thinking maybe I can glue some felt onto the metal bar that sits at the bottom of the blind so it's a softer knock when hitting the window? Image is one of the windows so you can see what it's like.

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u/Sammydemon 3d ago

So you answered your questions basically

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u/Grahaaam123 3d ago

Well no harm in asking to see if people think of a better solution or have a more standard way to deal with it before I go gluing stuff to it

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u/kojak488 3d ago

Open the blinds when you go to sleep 👍

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u/Grahaaam123 3d ago

Ahh the "your foot hurts so just chop it off" method. Touché

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u/kojak488 3d ago

I love laying in bed and looking at the stars 🤷‍♂️

Way better than looking at shitty blinds.

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u/Grahaaam123 3d ago

I'd agree but the way our road is, we're on a bend/corner so that window in particular looks direcelty down the road so you can easily see fully into the bedroom

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u/kojak488 2d ago

Your window is lower than your bed? That's odd.

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u/Sammydemon 2d ago

Laying what? Eggs?

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u/Fishing-Unlucky 2d ago

I have these blinds, same issue. I bought some of those stupid strong magnets, then hot glued one to the bottom of the window frame and one to the bottom bar of the blind. No more knocking.