HunterDouglas Design Studio Installation manual

Installation and Care

Design Studio™

Fabric Valance

Stand-Alone Applications

CONTENTS

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Call the Hunter Douglas Consumer Support Center

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respective owners.

Getting Started:

Product View ....................................................................................1

Tools and Fasteners Needed..............................................................2

Installation:

Mount Valance Headboard — Inside Mount........................................4

Mount Valance Headboard — Outside Mount .....................................5

Mount Valance Headboards — Corner Mount.....................................7

Attach the Valance Fabric ................................................................10

Care:

Removing the Valance Fabric (If Necessary) ......................................12

Cleaning Procedures .......................................................................12

Troubleshooting ..............................................................................12

GETTING STARTED

Valance

Headboard

Butt Headboard

(Left Segment) Bypass Headboard

(Right Segment)

Valance L-Bracket*

*Return

(Outside

Mount

Only)

Hook-and-Loop

Attachment

Valance Fabric

Standard Valance

Corner Mount Valance*

*Outside mounts only. Returns shown here on both sides.

Left return only and right return only are available.

Product View

GETTING STARTED

Thank you for purchasing a Hunter Douglas Design Studio™fabric valance. With proper

installation and care, your new valance will provide years of beauty. Please thoroughly review

these instructions before beginning the installation.

Check the packaging to be sure you have all the components needed to install your valances.

Keep the packaging until the valances are installed to your satisfaction.

Tools and Fasteners Needed

■Level

■Measuring tape

■Pencil

■Power drill and drill bits (¼" hex driver recommended)

■Phillips screwdriver

In addition, you will need fasteners designed to work with your speciﬁc mounting surface(s).

■#6 hex head screws. For inside mount, four or more 2" screws are provided to attach

the valance headboard directly to the head jamb inside the window casement. For outside

mount, two 1½" screws are provided per L-bracket to attach the bracket to the mounting

surface, and two ¾" screws per L-bracket are provided to attach the valance headboard.

■Valance L-brackets (outside mount only). The number of

L-brackets required varies with valance width, as shown in

the table at right.

■Valance headboard. The headboard is attached either to the

head jamb inside the window casement (inside mount) or the

L-brackets (outside mount).

■Valance fabric. The valance fabric is afﬁxed to the headboard

using a hook-and-loop attachment.

Valance

Width

Brackets

Required

Up to 36" 2

⁄

" – 72" 3

⁄

" – 90" 4

⁄

" – 96" 5

⁄

" – 108" 6

108

⁄

" – 150" 8

Valances over 96" wide and

corner mount valances will

have two-piece headboards.

INSTALLATION

Mounting Types and Window Terminology

Understanding mounting types and window terminology will make the valance installation

process easier and more efﬁcient.

■Refer to the appropriate page below based on your order:

➤Mount Valance Headboard — Inside Mount on page 4

➤Mount Valance Headboard — Outside Mount on page 5

➤Mount Valance Headboards — Corner Mount on page 7

Outside Mount

Inside Mount (IB)

Molding

Head Jamb

Sill

Jamb Jamb

Valance ﬁts within

the window opening;

there are no returns.

Valance mounts outside

the window opening;

returns are included.

Corner mounts must

always be OB.

INSTALLATION

Mount Valance Headboard — Inside Mount

■Locate the valance headboard inside the window casement. Position the headboard against

the head jamb.

➤The headboard must be recessed into

the window opening at least 1¾" for

secure attachment.

➤To fully recess the valance, a minimum

depth of 37

/8" is required.

➤The hook-and-loop material faces front

and the staples on the headboard face

down.

■Drill the valance headboard screw holes with an 1/8" drill bit. Drill the holes all the way

through the headboard into the head jamb.

➤Starting 2" from each end, space the screw holes no

more than 12" apart, 11

/8" from the rear of the board. Be

careful not to position the holes too close to the front of

the opening if the valance headboard extends out.

➤Be sure you are drilling into a solid surface, not drywall.

➤With two-piece headboards (valances over 96" wide),

the two equal-width sections abut in the center. Start

the screw holes 2" in from the ends of each section, and

space additional holes as described above.

■Attach the valance headboard to the head jamb using the 2"

hex head screws provided.

Proceed to Attach the Valance Fabric on page 10.

1¾"

Minimum

Valance Headboard

Mounting Depth

Fully

Recessed

/8"

Valance

Headboard

/8"

INSTALLATION

Mount Valance Headboard — Outside Mount

■Center the headboard above the window opening at the desired height. Use a pencil to

lightly mark where its ends are located.

➤Alternatively, measure the width of the valance headboard and use this measurement to

determine where the ends of the headboard will be located.

■Use a pencil to lightly mark 3" in from the valance headboard end location. If more than two

L-brackets came with your order, make additional marks to space the other bracket(s)

evenly between the two end brackets.

➤With two-piece headboards (valances over 96" wide), the two equal-width sections

abut in the center. Space brackets 3" in from the ends of each section and evenly in-

between.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to allow for a bracket on each side of the center split.

■Center an L-brackets on your marks and mark the screw holes.

➤The top of the L-brackets should be 1"

below the height where you want the

top of the valance to be located.

➤The rear of the L-brackets must be ﬂush

against a ﬂat mounting surface. Do not

mount L-brackets on curved molding.

IMPORTANT: The tops of the L-brackets

must be level and aligned.

■Drill the screw holes for the L-brackets with an 1

/8" drill bit.

■Attach the L-brackets using the 1½" hex head screws provided.

3" 3"

Space EvenlySpace Evenly

Valance Headboard End Marks

Window Opening

Valance

L-Bracket

Valance

Headboard

End Mark

1½" Hex Head

Screws

Valance

L-Bracket

Valance

Headboard

End Mark

1½" Hex Head

Screws

INSTALLATION

■Position the valance headboard on top of the L-brackets

with its ends aligned with your end marks and the

back ﬂush against the wall then mark screw locations

on the valance headboard.

➤The hook-and-loop material faces front and the

staples on the headboard face down.

➤Mark the bottom of the headboard through the

front and rear slotted holes on the center of the

L-brackets.

■Drill the screw holes for the valance headboard using

an 1/8" drill bit. Be careful not to drill through the top fabric.

■Attach the headboard to the L-brackets using the ¾" hex head screws provided. (Longer

screws will pierce the top of the fabric.)

Proceed to Attach the Valance Fabric on page 10.

INSTALLATION

Mount Valance Headboards — Corner Mount

IMPORTANT: You must install the right segment (bypass headboard) before installing the left

segment (butt headboard).

Right Segment (Bypass) Headboard

■Abut the right segment (bypass) headboard to the corner at the desired height above the

window opening. Use a pencil to lightly mark where its right end is located. Be sure the left

end is ﬂush against the corner.

➤Alternatively, measure the width of the right segment headboard and use this

measurement to determine where the right end of the headboard will be located.

■Use a pencil to lightly mark 3" in from the corner and the right end location. If more than

two L-brackets came with your order, make additional marks to space the other bracket(s)

evenly between the two end brackets.

■Center an L-bracket on your marks and

mark the screw holes.

➤The top of the L-brackets should be 1"

below the height where you want the

top of the valance to be located.

➤The rear of the L-brackets must be

ﬂush against a ﬂat mounting surface.

Do not mount L-brackets on curved

molding.

IMPORTANT: The tops of the L-brackets must be level and aligned.

Right Segment

End Mark

3" Space Evenly Space Evenly

L-Bracket Locations

Right Segment

Valance

L-Bracket

Right

Segment

End Mar

1½" Hex Head

Screws

INSTALLATION

■Drill the screw holes for the L-brackets with an 1

/8" drill bit.

■Attach the L-brackets using the 1½" hex head screws provided.

■Position the right segment headboard on top of the L-brackets with the left end of the

headboard ﬂush against the corner and the back ﬂush against the wall.

➤The hook-and-loop material faces front and the staples on the headboard face down.

➤Mark the bottom of the headboard through the front and rear slotted holes on the center

of the L-brackets.

■Drill the screw holes for the valance headboard with

an 1

/8" drill bit. Be careful not to drill through the top

fabric.

■Attach the headboard to the L-brackets using the ¾"

hex head screws provided. (Longer screws will pierce

the top of the fabric.)

Left Segment (Butt) Headboard

■Abut the left segment (butt) headboard to the end of

the installed right segment headboard. Use a pencil to lightly mark where the left end of the

butt headboard is located.

➤Alternatively, measure the width of the left segment headboard and use this

measurement to determine where the left end of the headboard will be located.

■Use a pencil to lightly mark 3" in from the left end location and corner face of the installed

bypass headboard. If more than two L-brackets came with your order, make additional

marks to space the other bracket(s) evenly between the two end brackets.

3" 3"

Space Evenly

Left Segment

End Mark

L-Bracket Locations

Left Segment

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