DIY Electric Blinds. Save $$$!!! Here's How..

Motorise your blinds. It's cheap, easy and awesome! Here's how I did it.

After renovating our house and getting some lovely patio doors installed, I realised that I needed some shading for those rare sunny days in the UK!
When looking to purchase some roller blinds, I didn't want a cord dangling in the middle of the doors and the only way to prevent that was to get electric blinds.
Originally I got quotes from companies asking for thousands of pounds so I did it myself and it only cost a couple of hundred!

If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Below is a list of the parts I used.

Electric motor kit (mains powered):

Electric motor kit wall / ceiling mounting bracket:

[ThinkAboutMyComment]

Very artistically and planned video. On the audio mix, I recommend the music turn down a notch. During production the balance was probably just right, but rendering often changes the balance. If the music is loud enough to make you spaz out and hear the melody in place of the talking then it’s too high.

Otherwise very very unique and artistically made video one of the best planned videos online

[kikirani]

Great video i need a step by step!! 😩 i have bifolding doors and want to also do this!

[MrBobWareham]

I would have purchased the electric window paint, that blanks the window when a voltage is provided to each window, so no dangling items and no moving parts, but you can also get glass window units with Venetian blinds inside between the glass, that are used in offices for privacy, very neat and no dangling parts again. But a good video thanks

[rahulgurung]

Love the camera work, did you just film statically and edit the panning in edit?

[dronefilmsgermany]

Hi I have a motorized blind with a remote. How do I automate it to open and close the shutters based on a schedule without using the remote. The blinds are from a German manufacturer

[andreabashore]

A tutorial on how to set up the terminal block on this project would be great!

[holdenthompson]

I'm gonna make a motorized projector screen

[dainkim]

Can you please explain how you paired different remotes in detail? I am unsure how you achieved synchronous movement with a single remote controller. Appreciate your help. Thanks.

[gamotronix_sakib]

Brother your video is informative.
One nit pit of mine is music is obstructing your voice.

[akihussain]

How did you drill into the lintel. Thanks

[tuffyman]

Nice video. I am also considering. But question is how did you connect each motor to the mains ?

[tuffyman]

I have an open of 4.4m. Will two motors work?

[mrkgrav]

This video is a Hey look what I've done, not a Hey come along and lets make this happen lol

[adityahpatel]

Need a step by step install. Overview is nice but usually the devil is in the details

[jesseosuna]

How much did this entire process cost you?

[frown]

DIY means do it yourself, as in: build the thing from scratch💁 It doesn't mean: purchase the completed product you want from a website🤦

[OFCIFR]

$93 i don't call it saving money ...

[fouzaialaa]

this is not DIT, you just bought everything pre built !!! wtf is DIY about this ?

[smarttube]

You could have bought cordless blinds, cheap, just for getting rid of cord, motorizing blinds is a nonesence

[gamewavelondon]

Why didn't you get a wider middle curtain and place it back a bit