Thanks for this informational video! For everybody that’s going to try this. Do not measure the top from the plastic part but from the aluminum part. The top part is 8mm wide, so if you want to shorten it by 4 centimeters and you measure from the plastic part you only take of 3.2 centimeters. That’s probably why you came up short the first time. Maybe it’s also a good idea to add this information to the video. 😊👍🏻
I've done mine differently. I had to reduce by 2cm. I reduce the housing by 2cm, like you. However, you will note that the roller is actually 2.5cm wider than the blind itself. So, I took off 1cm from each end of the roller. This has the advantage that the blind is now closer to the edge of the window recess and gives a better black out as you get less light bleed.
You are the first person I’ve EVER seen wearing a Nylon Apple Watch Band Edit: Also wanted to thank you for showing that these blinds can be cut for a more precise custom fit!
These are great! I did this for some blackout curtains but the manual type from ikea as well. I'll definitely say that it does take precise cutting and measuring. My tip is to cut less that you need at first because once you cut too much then there's not coming back from that. Then, start cutting little by little. Unless someone has another tip then please do offer. If I knew that these motorized shades were cuttable then I would have gone with these instead. I do have these motorized shades but on my wall draping instead of in the recess. Then I have the other manual blackout curtains in the recess.
Also, another configuration that not a lot of people know about these is the set limit. Set them at a level that you want them to always stop. Press the bottom button the blinds twice and voila!
Made the same mistake, my window is 121cm wide so I figured a 120cm would be a piece of cake to mount. Will shorten it tomorrow, following your instructions, thank you for showing it can be done with a little bit of effort.
Great video! Very informative, good pacing, nice and detailed shots, clear narration and no annoying background music! Thank you! Were these the 60 cm version of the blinds? How small can you cut them/how wide is the motor unit?
Thanks Anders! Yes its the 60cm version, and you can remove a lot. When you see the video the only thing you cant cut off is the battery and motor section. But that accounts for about a 1/3 of the total length
Hi Ashley. In theory you can remove the existing fabric and replace it with your own - though there will still be a limit as the roll cannot touch the bottom of the base unit
Great resource - thank you! The Euro Dimension and the US dimension seem to be at odds - for example the smallest US size is stated at 23" (584mm) - but then specifies the fabric width as 21-1/4" - 540mm; this I would have to presume is the 60cm model - which you show overall is 64cm on the mounting. I did have one other question on the dimensions - for an 'outside mount' when the bracket is located directly on the wall, what would the space be between the fabric and the wall?
Hi - so all of mine are mounted in the "ceiling" / top section of the windows as our frames would not allow for it to be mountes in the "wall" part of the frame
Thanks a lot for this! I have been considering these for a couple of days but was unsure if I would be able to cut them to length. Guess I'd better head off to IKEA then ;)
Awsome! Thanks very much. I read that Ikea said they can’t be trimmed and was thinking “really? Surely they can be” thanks for your well presented video and explanation confirm that with care and some effort. It is possible. Thanks and respect from Perth Australia 🤗✊
Thanks so much. I love the fact that Australia is actually the 3. largest viewer group from my channel. Especially in these time where I cannot travel, it's nice to connect with people from around the world. Very envious of you climate right now compared to what we're having in Denmark. Mery Christmas from cold Copenhagen :)
Thanks for making this video. Do you think it is possible to shorten the height of the shade as well? I can't tell if the shade only opens all of the way, or if you can stop the shade when it is halfway down. I have a much shorter window than your nice tall windows, and wondered if I need to cut the shade down. Thanks
yep that should not be a problem. Just remember to adjust how far it goes down to match what you've cut off. Thats done by holding the button downs on the unit
No need to cut the curtains. You can set a length that they roll open to, so the curtains will stop at that length and won’t open more unless you decide to delete the setting by pressing the buttons on the actual curtain, not the remote. Very easy, and makes cutting the curtain unnecessary.
Thanks. I have appreciated. Very helpful. A quick question my window is 33-5/8’ and the nearest size is 34” - is the unit exactly 34 or might it a bit bit smaller out of the box? Wondering if I get a 34 will it fit snugly or will I need to remove 1/4” thanks.
Hi Geoge - I would advice you watch the followup video I did, where I spend more time on the messurements of the different parts, that should hopefully answer you question :)
Great video!!!! Would really be great if you were able to show how to make a wider version for wider windows, as I can imagine this would be super tricky....
Thanks gibireland. I don’t have a window where a larger version would be needed. And agree it would be tricky. You would need two and a longer inner tube of equal size, and off course a new wider drape. Kind of expensive I imagine since you would need to cut the motor part of the second one that extends it, cause I guess it impossible to find a separate matching housing that can extend the original.
Martin Hyldahl Knudsen thanks for the comment. Yeah what I worry about is that the motor wouldn’t be strong enough for a wider and heavier blind. Really great video, you’ve given me the courage to try it for my small windows at least. Thanks again!
gibireland no problem. I actually don’t think that the motor would be underpowered as long as you succeed with keeping the extended tube perfectly straight. If it tilts down or upwards then I fear the motor would struggle. Problem number two would be the aesthetic of coupling the two units seem less together. If you do proceed with this endeavor , do let us know how it turns out 😎
I guess you could buy two of the longer units and splice then together. You can buy the wider fabric separately and glue it on the roller. I have two 240cm openings that I would love to use these blinds on.
Hi, why do you figure two separate units would be needed? I too would need this for a wider window. Finding a longer tube and fabric probably wouldn't be too difficult and even the other end could probably be mounted somehow so that the tube would sit and roll fine. But the main problem would be aesthetic as you said. With the housing mainly. Extending that is impossible I think and then when the battery (and something else?) sits in the housing itself, you would need some heavy modification / building some new housing for the whole thing. Damn this sucks, I was so hoping this would solve my needs :)
Hey man! Thanks for the great video! I’ve done this since it didn’t exactly fit and I didn’t want to have 20cm of sunlight passing through. I noticed however that when rolling up the modified one the motor will try to continue further than the original one (next to it). It does stop but the original one won’t continue whereas when I press the up button on the modified one it will try to go up and the original one won’t even try. Any idea what this could be? Do you think one of the 5 or 6 positions is linked to the zero or something? Thanks :D
Hi Rens, that sounds wierd. I've modified 5 of these now, and noone is doing anything like you describe. Have you removed some of the length of the curtain or only some of the width like I show in the video?
@@TooManyGadgets It's very subtle I have 2 more i still have to install (unmodified) so ill check if they are the same as the silent one. I didn't shorten it just changed the width.
Fantastic video! Do you know if it's possible to install it with reverse rolling? i.e. instead of rolling down from the back against the window, to roll down from the front towards the room. I need to make it roll the other way around as otherwise it will get stuck on the lower half of the window as it goes down.
Hi Rene - thanks. That would not be easy...you can turn the roll, but when you start the motor, the bottom curtain list would try go over the top part of the roll and block. So you would need to reverse the motor, so that it would flip it's normal behaviour. The other alternative is to turn the curtain itself 180 degrees - but that would leave you with the battery compartment facing the window frame...
Too Many Gadgets that's pretty much what I thought. It's too bad as I'm sure they could set a firmware upgrade that would reverse the motor and then just have one turn the roll around (but not the full holder). That's too bad as I would have bought one and trimmed it like you did. Thanks!
@@TooManyGadgets Seriously considering installing it "backwards". As long as there is enough space, I may be able to live with fumbling to recharge the battery twice a year. Or I will be furiously cursing twice a year and regret this the rest of my life.
@@TooManyGadgets This guy starts with the curtain facing outward. The list doesn't block. Seems you can just roll and roll though I don't understand the issue he is having: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-caDLAd-etDU.html
Next time use a mitersaw instead of the handsaw. Its just thin alu its made from. But you have carbid teath on the mitersaw. It will easyly make a nice cut in it.
I see the point of electric blinds with windows that are out of reach but for ones accessible at floor level?? Does Ikea not have a cutoff station at the store for customizing the blinds when you buy them? They should have a saw that will cut off all at once nice and square.
Hi Tatsuya (beautiful name btw) no need - you can program it to stop automatically at your specified height - you do that by holding the "go down" button once you've reached the height you want it to stop at
Hi, I have bought a "Iiglo" green screen cloth (from Komplett) 1,8 x 2,8m, that I would like to mount in my office on the 140 cm width of the FYRTUR product. Do you know whether it is possible to replace the fitted curtain with the green screen cloth (It is a low-weight fabric). Pft. Lars
Hi Lars, Yes you can do that. The cloth is glued to the roll so it can be removed and replaced with your own. Not the easiest of tasks, but should definitely be possible. I show the glued part in the longer video I made a few months back.
Chibunna 😀 its from a danish Company called Rosendahl and its called winetube. www.rosendahl.dk/shop/serier/grand-cru/alt-til-vin/p-393/ro-vinreol-h69-aluminium
Hey mate, wanting some blinds but need to modify them to fit so of course watched this many times. I have a question though: Around 1:39, you mark 4cm in from the top, then 4cm in at the bottom, but if the bottom is already 1cm shorter than the top, why would you not measure 3cm to make 4cm in total? Do you understand my question? Thanks and hope you can understand and help!
@@TooManyGadgets hi mate. I bought my Fyrtur a few days ago and fitted the other day. My old blinds sat in a window recess and that’s where I would have had to cut the blinds, but with these I have just fixed them to the wall over the window rather than in the recess and they look great!
Hi. Great video. Explains everything. I only have question how much cm is possible to cut off? My frame is 109 cm, and i need buy 120 cm size. Total size of curtain frame is 123 cm, so i need cut off 15 cm. Is it possible?
@@TooManyGadgets Is this still true after some time? Have some 115cm windows that I need some blinds for. Fyrtur is a good candidate but will need to be cut. Trying to decide if I should just cut with a scissor or use a Soldering iron/hot knife.
This is neat Can you recommend getting these in a bedroom for the ability to wake up slow (opening up blinds before you're waking up - light sleeper) They seemed noisy - can they be set to a slow speed?
Hi Emil - will work great in a bedroom - however you are correct that the motor is noticable (noise wise) while running - its not that bad but might wake you up. No possibility to control speed
In theory yes - you could turn it around, but that would make it impossible to open the battery compartment without taking the curtain down. The batteris later super long, so if its important to you, it may be an viable option
@@TooManyGadgets For others trying this, I thought a new Olfa blade and ruler as a guide would be better than scissors, but after experimenting with both, scissors give you a more consistent edge. The Olfa technique actually is more prone to fraying.
I have a question, hopefully i can get a fast answer. I have a balkony wich is built in with windows. its 5,5m from start to end. I was wondering, is it possible to buy two ikea fyrtur, take of the original blinds, and add one superlong blind at 5,5m wide to both ends at the motor so it covers all the windows. Do you think this is possible or will it be to hard on the motors? I could possibly add a suport in the middle, like a roler of some sort. What do you think? :)
Hi Åsmund, I think it could be done, but as you say the motor is properly the weak point. I think you would need to be very carefull about the fabric you choose. The more heavy it is, the more strain you put on the motor. So if you do this extenstion, I would try to find a super light fabric
@@TooManyGadgets Totally agree, i have come to the conclusion to buy two used ones for 100 dollars. And buying thin light semiseetrough fabric! So it will be 2,75 in length for each motor. I think that would be a good idea atleast, better chance for a success. Will be making a youtube video on it!☺☺ Thanks for fast response!
Hi, so yes I think you could go bigger. But be very vary of the fabric that you use. The weight of the fabric would definitely also be an important factor in not putting too much stress on the motor.
Awesome! Do you know what fabric I could use? I really like ikeas blinds but I’m afraid I can’t find the colour. We just built a house and we have some huge windows!
@@LeafsTube im not a fabric expert I'm afraid. But my input would be to find something that does not have bigger "thickness" than the original or else it might get stuck
In theory yes, but it will be very hard to do so - a longer fabric would take more space on the main roll, so it might not fit. It would have to be a fairly thin fabric I would guess
I also need increase from 195 cm to 250 cm. How we can do it? We only need replace cloth with some glue and use the same end aluminum? The blind will take care about new length when reset it o has a limit ?
For how far I could see he only used 1 saw. It's just a regular metal saw I assume. You can buy it at a hardware store or buy in from amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B07R92S9YZ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_0vzWEbRSY5HM3
Hi! Thx for nice video! I have now 2 Fyrtur,whos working exellent, after me cutting them to exact size. So I bought 2 Kadrilj to, and has mounted these today. Here I have trouble getting the blind to stop, when they are at the top posistion. The list on the lower end comes off,and the blind starts running uncontrollably in the top posistion. My question is this: -How does the blind know when it has reach the top position? Is it the lower list who should stop it from going further?
You measured 4cm from the main unit with the cap on and then removed the cap to cut it. This means you cut less than 4cm from the main unit. Seems like there's enough margin for this to work, but it does explain your issues when cutting it exactly to size.
Love to be able to replace the fabric in mine. I would like to get a truly black fabric in my case but could see other reason for it( my the fabric could be damaged). So, if you consider replacing it, also consider to; make it into another guide? :)
@@oscccar1 yea, thats why I wanted you to try it first :D. But seriously, he showed it was just glued. So rip it off and glue your own in. Try it...;).
is it not possible to take the entire blind material off of the top roller then? I wondered whether it was sold into the roller similar to how the bottom part came off or whether IKEA have glued it to the roller instead. Nice vid by the way 😉
Thanks. So it's glued. I actually made follow up video going into even more details about stuff like that. So you may want to check that out. Happy easter!
@@TooManyGadgets oooo... will definitely check in to your channel for that one. I guess it's easy enough to strip the end back and remove to leave it looking like the 'stock' end of the system right?
Hi Roland. My frame is 212cm. The 195 is including the motor unit. I have a small gap in the bottom of the frame, but nothing that bothers us at all - is very little light that penetrates
@@marcinlag1 This guy seems to have done accidentally. Agree, this is important because then it can be flush with the wall and you can use side lists to completely block the light, which is my plan: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-caDLAd-etDU.html
Also in the 'need longer' camp. My thought is to buy an extra blind, cut the fabric to the additional length you need, then cut the other blind and sow the pieces together. Wonder if anyone has done this and can report on how it went.
So you can't order from IKEA the exact size you require to fit your window, that is not good service I have ordered standard blinds made to fit my windows from another supplier in the UK
Thanks for the video. These blinds are already great but also flexible and open for improvements. The software is also open and can be controlled with a raspberry pi, here an example how they interact with a window contact sensor for example ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yOKM_Bv5WcA.html
