Do your internal blinds meet the 2014 Blind Safety regulations?
The AIIC advise that “…as of 1st October 2014 all pull cords for all blinds (whether old or newly fitted) must be 1 ½ meters from the floor to avoid posing a health and safety issue. Any blind that has cords that form a loop must have either a small safety bracket or cleat hook on the wall to enable the cords to be secured/taut, with no ‘give’ to pose a possible choking problem.”
Given that most people tie up the dangling ends of the cords on blinds it makes sense to add a small cleat to all windows that have blinds. Screwed into the wall at 1.5 metres up from the floor, small wall cleats are a cheap, and sometimes colourfully cheerful, way to meet the regulations. They are simple to fix too.
For more detail the BBSA has a leaflet click here
