Installation Guide for Betta 5000 Straight Drop Awning
with Lock Down Latches and Crank Handle
without a Cassette or Weather Box (hood)
Please Note: These instructions should be read thoroughly before installing.
This is a guide to assist in the installation and care of your external awnings. Betta Blinds and Awnings do not
guarantee the accuracy of the information contained in this guide. We recommend an experienced expert installer
to rely upon their own skills. This is based on general knowledge concerning the assembly, materials and working
process of the external blinds, which is known to us at the time of printing this guide, consequently is subject to
change and Betta Blinds and Awnings specifically reserves the right to change this guide without notification.
Ensure all components are included in your packaging, before proceeding to install:
Universal brackets x 2
Gearbox
Blind
Crank handle
Nut and bolt
Split pin
Pivot pin and plate with nut and
bolt
Saddles & latch set x 2
You will also need: screws, plugs, Philips head screwdriver, drill, hammer drill (if drilling into concrete),
measuring tape, spirit level and size 8 screw x 25mm counter sunk.
If installing on a brick wall NEVER put the screw into a mortar line. If the position you need to drill is
over a mortar line move up to the centre of the brick above that position.
1. Check the size of your blind against the label, which will be attached to the packaging or it could be on the blind.
2. Install the pivot pin into the end of the blind and plate to the idle end bracket, using nut and bolt provided. You
will now have two different brackets the control end and idle end.
3. Install Brackets - The outside measurement from bracket to bracket is the OPEN size, it is the width of your
blind. Mark where the control end bracket is to be installed and the idle end. Drill, plug and attach brackets.
Ensure that the positions where the fasteners run through the brackets are secured into brick, or into the wall’s
structural support. NB: Ensure that the brackets are fitted level horizontally.
4. Attach gearbox to bracket, using nut and bolt provided. The gearbox can be positioned in two different angles.
Betta Blinds recommend the gearbox to be angled outwards for ease of use. NB: Bolt from the outside in.
5. Hang the blind. The crank end (square tube end) goes in first. Drop the other end
onto the slotted part of the pin. Secure this end with the split pin supplied.
6. Position saddles where required and attach to bottom fixing point refer to picture1
See below if the awning has a valance.
7. Insert crank handle into eyelet and wind down your blind. The blind must roll in a
backward direction. Lock snap pins onto saddles and crank handle backwards to
tighten fabric. NB: Over tightening of fabric will cause fabric to stretch
If you order a valance you will need to do your own fabric cut out for the bottom rail saddle position
onsite
8. Mark the bottom of the valance where the saddle is to be positioned (in line with the bottom fixing point). Mark
both the left and right saddle positions
9. Remove the bottom rail end caps.
10. Slide the valance out of the bottom rail past the marked position
11. With a sharp pair of scissors make a cut out for the saddle to sit in (See picture 1 below)
12. Slide the valance and saddle back into the bottom rail (See picture 2 & 3 below)
13. Repeat steps 10, 11 and 12 for the second saddle.
14. Attach bottom rail end caps.
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
Caution: Like all outdoor blinds, it is prudent to retract the blind in the presence of strong winds.
