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Since 2000, we have offered parts and string online for repairing most blinds and shades. Wood & faux wood blinds, vertical blinds, cellular and honeycomb shades, roman shades, roller shades, woven wood shades and more, are all provided for in our extensive online catalog.
Common parts and tools we provide are -- cord, string and chain -- re-string tools -- brackets -- tilt mechanisms -- valance clips and corners -- vane savers for vertical blinds -- tassels and condensers, and much more...
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How can I have it move side to side with ease? Mine get stuck and off goes the stick to open/vlose
As commented below, leave the spring out. Makes installation and use easy.
also lose the insert
Exactly what I needed thank you very much! Now do I have string?!
If you need string, we sell it on our website at this link: fixmyblinds.com/collections/lift-cord-string
So this video about how to REPLACE to new Wand Control Mechanism than fixing the old one. I’m looking for how to fix it first.
Hi there, there's no way to repair the tilt mechanism. Once it's broken, the only fix is to replace it with a new one. You can find the part at this link: fixmyblinds.com/products/vertical-blind-tilt-mechanism-506
It would be nice to see the details of what exactly is being compressed with the pliers. Maybe a close up of the carrier?
Love your teaching style! Even I got it!
Where can I get this mechanism? I went to Lowe’s and they wanted to sell the entire rail.
Hi! You can purchase it on our website at this link: fixmyblinds.com/products/vertical-blind-tilt-mechanism-506.
The drums for my blinds are plastic, the Lowes Faux Wood Blind Drum with a 5/32" Square Tilt Rod. Since my original drums had crumbled, I wasn't able to see exactly what they looked like before the blinds collapsed. Your video shows a different kind of drum, so it isn't helping me figure out how to attach the ladder strings to the drums and put the clips on. Am I supposed to somehow wedge the strings into the little slots with the little metal pieces underneath? I can't help/pull from the other side and so far they don't want to go in the slots, but I can't think of any other way it would work. So I think I need to find a tool to help make it happen. Is that what I need to do?
Hi there! I use a small thin screwdriver to push the ends of the ladder strings into the slots on that drum. Then, a plastic retainer piece snaps to the top of the drum to hole the strings securely. If you'd like to send an email, I'm happy to share some instructional pictures of how to put the string ladder onto that drum. Our email is [email protected].
@@fixmyblinds Thanks! That is what I did. Had trouble getting the retainer piece in at first, but figured out it works best to position the small single clip end first and push on that end slightly ahead. If the other end goes in and the single clip end doesn’t go it, it is hard to get it in. Or maybe I was just too timid to push it too hard and break it. But I got all 5 done, then realized one of them had one ladder string twisted with the pull string. Sigh! So I have to raise the pull string up to untwist and run it back down and plug the bottom. It pays to notice all the details!! But it wasn’t easy to see the problem until I hung the blinds. Now I know what to look for on the next one.
That's great! I'm happy to hear that you got your blinds fixed, even with that small hiccup.
Quick and easy, Thank you for the tip
There were many other videos. Yours is the only one that solved the issue. Thank you!
Where do you get that clear edging that goes on the blind for the second clip?
You can find those channel panels at this link: www.reslat.com/collections/channel-panels.
@@fixmyblinds thank you!
Thanks for this video. All this time I thought the lift cords had to be even at the rail end ! I have a method to save slats. or replace them . I group the slats below the broken slat together into a tight stack. then pull the cords. I took a homemade hook made on the end of a thin rod, and pulled doubled fishing line through the lower slats so there is a loop to pull the free end of the cord out the bottom of the stack. The slots on mine were too narrow for knots or tape to clear. Figure out a way around that, and you can run a single fishline.
Saved are day. My blinds guy went from $40.00 3 years ago to $80.00 today, but the cord I got from Amazon is very very stretchy something to look into
Some of the imported string is pretty stretchy and doesn't work very well for blind repair. We recommend the string we carry on our website: fixmyblinds.com/collections/lift-cord-string
The opposite end of the clutch end is giving me difficulty reinstalling in the bracket. I can’t get the hook that is supposed to latch in the end won’t catch. What to do?
Hi! Is the hook bent or broken? If you need further assistance, please email me a few pictures of the bracket and the end plug. Our email address is [email protected].
Looks like I need a special kind of pliers to do this, though. I don't think my regular pliers will be helpful. What do you suggest?
We have the pliers you need available on our website at this link: fixmyblinds.com/products/decomatic-bali-graber-vertical-blind-carrier-clip-removal-tool-green.
@@fixmyblinds Sorry, but there has to be another way than paying $20 Canadian to fix one single piece of my blind so I can put in a new one. What an idiotic design.
You really saved my life with this video! I was trying so hard to remove it and didn’t know it was this simple. Thanks a lot!!
Not the right bracket mount for my shades.
If you need any help, please send us some pictures of your specific brackets and we can provide instructions about how they work. Our email address is [email protected].
Too bad you dont show how to shorten. And, the brackets were already attached to the blind and very difficult to remove. 🤦♀️
To get the brackets off of the top rail, squeeze them towards the rail so you can unhook them from the top first. They are a little tricky to work with!
it worked! thanks :)
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Thank you! Going in the opposite direction was the key!
Mine has a bottom rail
Omg ❤ thank you
When your vertical shade has 2 sets of holes, both ends of the string end up on the same side (the moving side). When the shade is stacked open, both ends of the string lay under the upper rail, so that as the shade is closed, one end is connected to the upper set of holes while the other end is connected to the lower set of holes. My shades have 4 plastic guides, with a small bar across one side and a small hole. Three of these glides point toward the center of the shade, while the 1st one points up. The shade is strung by starting at the upper moveable rail, coming down the shade to the upper set of holes with the string going under the small bar on the glide, going through the small hole in the glide (the small hole being pushed into the holes of the fabric), going though the set of holes in the fabric through the small hole in the glide and then under the bar in the glide, going down the shade to toward the lower set of holes under the bar and through the hole of the glide, coming back through the lower set of holes to the side that you started on going through the hole and under the bar of the glide, and both ends of the string going back up to the top. One end of the string is anchored to the end plate, the other end of the string loops through the same end plate and is attached to the tension clip. There are 4 end caps that go on the top and the bottom of the vertical rails. One of these clips has a small metal horizontal bar in the middle of it. This is one one that goes on the top of the moving side. The two ends of the string thread through the clip and run over this metal bar.
Absolutely clear! Thank you s much!!!
Well, there’s 47 seconds of my life I’ll never get back
Unfortunately, if the shade is mounted flush to the top of the window frame the clip doesn't easily come out.
Grade F. how to replace interior strings ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Hi there, we have a separate video that shows how to replace the flat lift tape in a shade like this. You can see it at this link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKJ4zNGqXdm0c5c.html.
Thank you so much for this video. I purchased the pliers and some replacement clips, and I couldn't be more thrilled. I was able to remove and replace the broken clip; it was easy peasy. Thanks again!!
Useful video thank you. I need to know what size cord I needs to buy . I was looking at 1.8mm and 1.0mm. Can you direct me what one to buy for my wooden blinds like urs in this video? Thank you
Hi there! This guide will help you measure the string to get the size your blind uses: fixmyblinds.com/pages/how-to-measure-the-diameter-of-lift-cord-and-string. Then, you can purchase that size right on our website.
Original Comment was in 2022. But, I Hit the Wrong Key and Deleted it. WELL DONE JOB. This is a GREAT Video. The one Thing you Missed was the Spring Clip on the Other End of the Rod to Keep the Last Blind on the End.
Deserves more views and likes!
Worked like a hole. Thanks!!
How do I remove actual shade
Hi there, There can be a few different styles of brackets used for roller shades. So we can best help, please send a few pictures of the brackets your blinds have and we can provide instructions. Our email address is [email protected].
That's great that you actually have access to the screw head without having the tensioner in the damn way. WTH kind of design is the one I have Sheez
Hi there, If your tensioner doesn't look like the one in the video and you're trying to take it apart, feel free to share a few pictures of it and we may be able to help. Our email address is [email protected].
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Thank you!!! I’ve been looking forever how to get these off
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Very helpful thank you
Hello, this is great, however, I need other parts fixed on this Decomatic Vertical Blind. Is there a series for all the parts on this headrail? Specifically, the chain does not easily thread the end gear and rotate the vanes. How do I pull that end piece apart to see what's wrong with the gear? Also, it appears there are chain connectors (apparently the chain was broken at some point) and they appear to be close to the gear. How do I avoid that area of the chain going through the gear?
Hi there, If the chain isn't opening the slats open and closed very well, that indicates that the gear is stripped. To see if we have the replacement gear you need, please email a few pictures to us. Our email address is [email protected].
Hello, is it possible to buy only the “Front Guide” part?
At this time, we don't have the parts available separately. They are only available as part of a kit on our website at www.fixmyblinds.com.
Great video. Thank you. This really simplifies things. But why cut the ladder 8” longer than the existing, only to then cut another 6” off in the end?
We recommend that just in case folks make a mistake or have trouble connecting the ladder at the top or bottom. It's just a safety cushion.
My blinds open right to to left how to replace the cord.
Hi there, You can restring your blinds as this video shows. It works for blinds that open on either side. If you need specific help, please email us at [email protected].
I was 4 destroyed blinds down before I found this video, thank u 🙏
Thank you so much!! It's been two years in my rental I haven't had the wand attached (worried would break it- which I probably would have!) You totally changed my home for the better. Best video of so many I tried.
Help me a lot. Thank You
Excellent video. Provided the information needed for me to restring two 19+ year old shades. Saved me hundreds of $.
Taking out is easy but putting back is so hard. They don't snap as easily as shown in the video. Trying from past 30 minutes but no lick
i accidentally cut a drawstring and didn't know you could fuse together two pieces of string. game changer!
Thank you so much for the instructional video. I ordered the parts from you and they fit perfectly. 😊