Pleated curtain - Poor workmanship or normal?

How do you attach the pleated blinds?

There are pleated blinds that are mounted using adhesive plates. The tension shoe plates are simply clipped onto the adhesive plates. Holds very well.

The pleated blinds are drilled according to the commonly known "VS2" system. The width of the pleated blinds must be really exact. We drilled because the drilling is 2mm, which can easily be removed with certain means or alternatively the reveal itself can simply be replaced (it's just the edge that holds the glass in the frame). Furthermore, pleated blinds easily last 10 years or longer and can be replaced again using the same system. So why not do it properly right away? Gluing only holds conditionally and up to a certain size. Once it tears off, that's it and you need a new adhesive part. For the extra cost, you can also buy a repair kit with which you can possibly (which never happens anyway) close the holes again.

So we agree that the pleated blinds are too wide? I share that opinion and find it looks terrible and like it was not done properly. You can expect more from a professional company. But it also adds to it that I am now tired of the excuses, and their boss fulfills some stereotypes of a Southeast European when it comes to material defects. I know that in the end nothing will come of it, even if I now open the can and report this defect to our construction company.

It's terrible here in Germany when people botch things...

"...he looked at it and said that was normal."

ahaj, also a skilled craftsman (probably even a certified IHK master)... when I see the botched work here, I always feel sick
and I'm also fed up with our builder.

they take shell construction measurements and when tiles and floor are in, they wonder why nothing fits anymore. that's just bad!
such people should have every contract revoked so they don't cause more nonsense!

Eastern Europeans work more conscientiously and look better aesthetically.

best regards

well, he just didn't feel like dealing with defects. the invoice went to the contractor anyway, so he probably couldn't charge the private customer surcharge and there was hardly any money left. of course, I could have given written reminders and so on. but that seemed too stupid to me. I've already fallen out with the window maker anyway. let's see what happens if someone breaks in in the next few years and I possibly need a new window.

so we agree that the pleated blinds are too wide? I share the same opinion and think it looks awful and unskilled.

It's not really much that is ultimately too wide on the guide rail; but in my opinion it would already help you.

Just think about shortening the guide rail a few millimeters on the right and left and then attaching the rail further back in the window? The end caps can be removed, and if you drill in the same spot, the current holes in the window should also be covered.

Rhenish greetings