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Selecting the Right Add-On Blinds for Your Door

In three simple steps

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Just three simple steps

Ready to enjoy the light and privacy control of door blinds without the banging, swinging, and dangling cords? ODL Add-On Blinds can be added to French doors, patio doors, or standard exterior entry doors.

All it takes are three simple steps to find out which ODL Add-On Blinds are right for your door:

Determine your door glass frame type (raised or flush)
Measure your door glass frame
Choose your Add-On Blinds size

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Raised or flush frame?

Most exterior entry doors, including French doors, feature a raised frame design, although newer contemporary doors and some patio doors feature a flush frame.

Choose Your Frame Type

RAISED

Or

FLUSH

How to identify your door glass frame type

Tip: If your hand goes up and over the frame as you run it across your door, your door has a raised frame. If your hand sinks down to the glass as you run it across your door, your door has a flush frame.

Measure your raised doorglass frame

Measure the outside dimensions, (width and height), of the glass frame on your entry door or sidelight then, choose the appropriate size from the chart below in step 3.

Note: Add-on Blinds cannot be installed over aluminum doorglass frames, or any doorglass frame designed for impact-rated building codes.

Questions? Watch this video to learn how to measure your raised doorglass frame size.

Does your entry door have a lever handle?

If your entry door has a lever handle, you'll need to ensure that it won't interfere with the Add-On Blinds frame. The Add-On Blinds frame for raised frame doors is 1-1/2" thick, and the unit for flush frame doors is 1-3/16". Therefore, the clearance between the door and the lever handle needs to be as follows:

For raised frames: at least 1-9/16"
For flush frames: at least 1-1/4"

If your handle doesn't allow enough clearance, you may need to replace it or add a lever handle extender.

Questions? Watch this video to learn how to measure your lever door handle clearance.

Choose your Add-On Blinds size

Using your doorglass frame's width and height measured in step 2, choose your size from the chart below to see your options for buying your Add-on Blinds in store or online.

ODL Add-On Blind

Fits widths

Fits heights

Doors

Half-view narrow

21-3/4" to 22"

37-3/4" to 38"

Half-view standard

23-3/4" to 24"

37-3/4" to 38"

Full-view narrow

21-3/4" to 22"

65-3/4" to 66"

Full-view standard

23-3/4" to 24"

65-3/4" to 66"

Sidelights

Half-view sidelight

9-3/4" to 10"

37-3/4" to 38"

Full-view sidelight

8-3/4" to 9"

65-3/4" to 66"

Measure your flush doorglass frame

Measure the dimensions, (width and height), from the edges of the visible door glass on your entry door or sidelight then, choose the appropriate size from the chart below in step 3.

Questions? Watch this video to learn how to measure your flush frame doorglass size.

Does your entry door have a lever handle?

For raised frames: at least 1-9/16"
For flush frames: at least 1-1/4"

If your handle doesn't allow enough clearance, you may need to replace it or add a lever handle extender.

Questions? Watch this video to learn how to measure your lever door handle clearance.

Choose your Add-On Blinds size

Using your visible door glass's width and height measured in step 2, choose your size from the chart below.

ODL Add-On Blind

Fits widths

Fits heights

Doors

Full-view narrow

22" to 25-1/2"

63" to 66"

Full-view standard

25-1/2" to 28"

63" to 66"