Poorly fitted or poorly constructed blinds can pose a serious strangulation risk to small children. All too often we hear of tragic incidents where children have been badly injured or even killed by a window blind in their own homes.

I take child safety extremely seriously and both I and my suppliers are fully compliant with the stringent internal blind product standard BS EN 13120:2009+A1:2014, and the two test method standards BS EN 16433:2014 and BS EN 16434:2014, which were published by BSI on 28 February 2014.

These standards take in:

• Limitations on cord and chain lengths
• Safety devices for preventing cords and chains from creating a hazardous loop
• The fitting of safety devices on cords and chains at the point of manufacture
• The testing of all safety critical components of internal window blinds
• The testing of complete blinds using safety devices
• Safety warnings and product instructions

If you have any concerns please feel free to discuss them with me. 

More information can be found here: https://www.makeitsafe.org.uk/