Upside down roller blind.

Sep 19, 2026 Last reply: 2 hours ago 1 Replies

We have a window on a landing about 3/4 of the way up the stairs. It's double glazed, non-openable and 85cm wide by 2.4m high. Not a typo.



Neighbours at the back can see in, though they're not too close. We'd like to be able to screen off the bottom half and leave the top half clear.



So I thought a roller blind unit at the bottom with some sort of brackets or magnets to hold the blind when deployed. We'd use a normal hook type window pole, don't really want cords.



Will it work? Anyone done similar? Reminds me of my dad's old home movie screen.


I'd disable the little ratchet things that lock the blind down when pulled down, so the blind is always under tension when installed upside down... Might be tricky to get the ratchet to unlock otherwise. Don't see why it shouldn't work!

Thomas Prufer

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