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Please follow the instructions below carefully. Check that any window coverings already installed were done so in accordance with the instructions.
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Assembly
Follow the assembly instructions carefully. Always fit safety devices provided. Wall fixings are not supplied. Use wall fixings suitable for the walls in your home. For advice on suitable fixings contact your local hardware store.


1. All window coverings
Young children can strangle in pull cords and bead chains, and cords that run through window coverings. They can also wrap cords around their necks. To avoid strangulation and entanglement, keep cords and bead chains out of reach of young children.  Also:
1) Install safety devices that remove the cord or reduce access to cords.
2) Move cots and furniture away from window covering cords and bead chains.



2. Roller- and Roman blinds
IKEA window coverings are supplied with safety devices designed to minimize the risk of strangulation or entanglement in pull cords and bead chains.
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a) Tension device on Roller- and Roman blinds with bead chains

Young children can STRANGLE in bead chain loops.

- Always keep bead chains out of childrenˇ¦s reach.
- Move cribs, playpens, and other furniture away from bead chains. Children can
  climb furniture to get to bead chains.
- The tension device reduces the hazards of strangulation or entrapment by
  limiting access to the bead chain.
- Anchor the tension device to the wall so young children cannot pull the bead
  chain around their necks.


If customers bought our MELINA roman blind, TUPPLUR & ENJE roller blind without the tension device, IKEA will offer customers a free replacement. Please contact our Customer Service Counter in store at 3125 0888. ˇ@

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b) Cleats and cord stops on Roman blinds with individual operating cords
Young children can wrap cords around their necks and STRANGLE. Always keep cords out of
children's reach.

- Mount cleat provided at a sufficient height, so as to keep cords out of reach of young children.
  Cords must be fully wrapped around the cleat at all times.
- Move cribs, playpens, and other furniture away from cords and bead chains. Children can climb
  furniture to get to cords.
- Do not tie cords together. Make sure cords do not twist together and create a loop.
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Inner cords on the reverse of the blinds can pull out to form a loop, which can strangle a young child.

- Inner cord stop devices can reduce this risk if positioned
  correctly on the pull cords.
- Always ensure that inner cord stop devices are within 2"
  (50 mm) of head rail when blind is in the fully lowered
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IKEA recommends that you install only cordless window coverings in young childrenˇ¦s bedrooms and sleeping areas. ˇ@

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