Lutron Sivoia QS Roller Shades Installation Guide: Roller 20/64, Standard Single & Dual Mount Chassis (Universal Bracket) (045616, rev A)

Installation walk-through for 045616

Lutron document 045616 gives seven steps, in the document's order, after the tools and fixings it lists.

The clearance, the check and the warning under a step are the document's own.

1. Check the parts and tools

   Lay out the shade or shades and the bracket kits. The single-mount kit holds mounting brackets, mounting screws, bracket shims and a cable tie and anchor.

   The dual-mount kit holds the same without the shims. Depending on the quantities ordered, the kits may arrive inside the shade boxes or separately.

2. Mark the bracket locations

   Mark the bracket positions level and centered over the window, where the screws reach a load-bearing structural member. Set the spacing from the bracket-to-bracket distance, never from the shade, whose idler spring compresses as it goes in.

   Leave room so the fabric cannot rub trim, the window or a top treatment.

   Clearance: Bracket-to-bracket distance = tube width + 1.5 in (38 mm)

   Check: At the correct distance the idler compresses about 50% of its travel

   Warning: A wall mount may need spacer blocks, not supplied, to clear the trim

3. Install the mounting brackets

   Fix the brackets at the marks with fasteners that suit the surface. Use 2 screws in each single-mount universal bracket and 4 in each dual-mount bracket, which fits one way only.

   Check: Dual-mount brackets match the orientation Lutron draws in section 3

   Warning: The supplied self-drilling screws suit solid wood structural members; the installer chooses fasteners for any other surface

4. Plan the cable entry

   Bring the cable out on the drive side. On a single mount, choose an entry above or below the bracket, clear of the bracket and the moving fabric.

   The dual-mount bracket offers a clearance hole on each of its three sides; use the bracket as a template.

   Clearance: 12 to 18 in (30 to 45 cm) of cable exposed

   Check: Cable entry and bracket position do not conflict

5. Orient the buttons and drive wires

   Turn the control buttons to face down or toward the room, whichever stays easier to reach. The square yoke on the shade fits over the bracket tabs and has a notch on each side.

   In ceiling or jamb orientation the lower notch takes the retaining screw, the wires the front or rear notch. In wall orientation the front notch takes the retaining screw, the wires the upper or lower notch.

   Check: Wires sit in a notch the retaining screw does not use

6. Mount the shade

   Fit the idler-end yoke over the tabs and behind the retaining screw head on the idler-end bracket. Press the shade toward the idler bracket to compress the spring-loaded idler.

   Then fit the drive-end yoke over its tab, behind the retaining screw head on the drive-end bracket. On a dual mount, repeat both moves for the second shade.

   Clearance: Idler compressed to 50% of its total travel

   Check: If the idler is not at 50% compression, take the shade down and adjust the brackets

7. Secure and check the shade

   Tighten the retaining screw at each end of the shade, and on the second shade of a dual mount. Confirm the installed shades are level and centered on the window opening, and move a bracket if they are not.

   Check: Shade level and centered on the opening