Heavy Rain with strong wind.....

Few days ago there was a big storm in the middle of the night....that was this tuesday night (wednesday strictly speaking) around 3am, the wind suddenly became very strong..it was actually howling~~ very scary

My room is just beside RH hardcourt, and i heard a loud sound, something drop because of the strong wind (found out it was the goal post). After the strong wind, it started raining, damn heavy rain...

Luckily few day before this rare "typhoon", i have done some precaution act to my blinder..hehe

Here it is...a simple method to prevent the blinder from flying up and making all the noise when they hitting each other... All i need is string, metal hook(any hook), hammer, scissors

I decided to share this information for those who cant stand the noise made by the blinder early in the morning or when you taking a nap...


1st step: Determine what is the height you want the string to be tied from the table. The height cant be too low or not the blinder will actually come off when a strong wind is blowing. If too high, when the wind blowing, the loose end will still hit each other and this will not solve any problem. So choose a right height that you think is the most suitable for your acceptable noise level..haha

2nd step: Hammer in the hook to the wall(sorry hall manager :p ), it is best if can get metal hook for concrete wall becuase they are much stronger to hold the string when st thoserong wind blowing. Can get them very cheap at $1 for 2 pairs.

3rd step: Tie the string across and infront the blinder on the hook at both side. Do not tie too tight as we need to leave some loose string for buffer when strong wind blow. If too tight, the blinder might just pull the string off the hook or even pull the hook out from the wall.

4th step: I used another string to pull the string which is horizontal and tie it to the window. Like this can triangulate the force so that when the main string is in tension, the hook is not holding all the force but instead the vertical string helps to lessen the load.


5th step: I tied a string in the middle section of the main string, same function as step 4, to help to hold some of the load when wind blow.

yeah~~ finish! and now, i can have my peaceful dream and no more irritating blinder noise....irritating!!

P/s: Thanks for Eng Kiat who provides the idea!