General Safety Advice

Pull cords, chains, tapes and inner cords that operate some of our products can cause can cause serious hazards to children, vulnerable people and pets.  To minimise the risk all users should adhere to the following guidelines

• Do not tie cords together so they create a loop, these can get caught around children’s and pets necks.
• Young children can get tangled in low hanging cords so make sure to use the safety products that come with your blinds to minimise the risk.
• Do not allow beds, cots or other furniture to be pushed up against cords to minimise the risk of entanglement and or strangulation
• Young children can be strangled by loops in pull cords, braids etc, they can easily wrap these around their necks so please keep children away from such things.
• Make sure any safety devices that are included with our products are installed and used in the correct way to minimise any risks.

All of our products and designs adhere to European EN13120 standard as a minimum safety standard.  We are always looking to make all of our products as safe as possible and you may notice slight changes to some of our products at times to make sure they adhere to European standard.

Operation of pull cords and chains

All Rite Style blinds come with the safety devices needed, if you prefer cords or endless chains, extra safety devices are provided to make these as safe as possible.

• A warning tag is attached to all products that come with a cord or chain, these are also repeated on installation instructions
• Every product that has a pull cord comes with a cord cleat, these should be installed at a minimum height of 1.5 meters from the floor.
• Cords and chains come with cord cleats and tensioners to fasten to walls out of reach of children, a breakaway chain connector installed also ensures the chain will snap if excessive force is applied to the chain
• We supply a chain tensioner with all operating chains
• All safety devices come with detailed instructions on how to install, please make sure to follow these at all times.