Whether or not you can fit your own conservatory blinds depends a lot on the type of blinds you have bought. Other factors to consider are the savings you would make from fitting your own, how much time you have to do the job, and how experienced you are at doing this type of thing. Also, another consideration would be how soon you’re expecting to have them up. Conservatory window blinds can be easily purchased online. For example, argos online sell them as do other online stores.

Time factor: If you are able to fit your own blinds but don’t have a lot of time available to do so, you should probably try to schedule things so that you get the main blinds up first. From my experience, if you don’t actually lay down a plan on when and how you’re going to do it, you’re likely to let other things come in the way of completing the job of fitting your own conservatory blinds. You could plan on doing a little each evening till they’re all done, or set aside a long weekend just for doing it.

Whatever the time you have available, make a plan, decide when you’re going to work on it and how long you’ll devote to it, and then don’t let anything (aside from an emergency of course) come in your way.

Ease of fitting: Without a doubt, putting up roman blinds on your main windows is generally pretty easy for most people who know one end of a screwdriver from the other to accomplish. This is pretty straightforward and you should be able to get your own up, if you’re willing to dedicate the time needed to doing so. Pleated conservatory roof blinds, on the other hand, are a specialist job and you’d probably want to get someone to come in and fit those for you.

Savings versus time spent: If you have the time to spend on fitting your own blinds, or if you’re just the type of person who enjoys tinkering around and fixing things yourself, then I’d say to go ahead and do it yourself. You’ll certainly save a fair bit of money by doing as much of the work and fitting yourself as you can. If money is not an issue and you’re anxious to get the conservatory blinds up and your conservatory finished, then you’d probably want to get someone to come in and do it for you. That way it’s all over and done with, the blinds are fitted properly and the work is most likely guaranteed (it should be, at least.)

I recently visited a friend who was celebrating the finishing of his conservatory. The building itself was a nice bit of work, it wasn’t huge but it was very nicely planned and built. He’d had builders come in and do the work of adding the aluminum patio covers, as he’s not a handyman at all. It ended up costing him a fair bit more than he’d planned, hidden costs that probably shouldn’t have come up but that did.

He wasn’t in a position to negotiate with the builders, so he had to go with the added costs. Anyhow, it meant that he depleted his budget for his conservatory window blinds, so he decided that he’d tackle the job himself. Unfortunately he didn’t know what he was doing and in my opinion (and I hope he’s not reading this!) I thought that the poorly fitted blinds actually ended up ruining what would have otherwise been a very nice conservatory. He knew it too, and I think he has plans to re-do the blinds in the future, but for now he’s stuck with them.

So, if you have to wait to get enough money to have someone else fit your conservatory blinds, it’s probably a good idea to do so rather than fitting them yourself if you aren’t capable of doing a good job. Why ruin a beautiful room with a shoddy job?