Fixing Retractable Blinds

Blinds and shades troubleshooter choose your blind or shade type below to identify the problem and find a solution.

Fixing retractable blinds.

Roller shades provide privacy at night and keep out the sun during the day. Replace the roller in the brackets. This can cause multiple problems from the blind falling out to the blinds not rotating properly. Fixing cordless roller blinds cordless rollers have a rolling mechanism that helps you to lower and lift the blinds in place of cords.

If this does not fix the problem take your blind out of the window. First hold your lift cords level with the headrail and gently pull. The thicker cords come up through two holes on the bottom of the housing unit. This will help straighten out any internal.

When the roller blinds won t go up or when they won t go up evenly you may use the following steps to solve the problem. We have a large library of instructional videos written instructions and part diagrams. Gently pull the blinds bottom rail from the middle to reactivate the spring at the top to have the blinds. On one side it loops around two spools.

This should release the cord lock. Roller shades operate on a hollow tube like roller with a spring inside. At fix my blinds we offer replacement parts and string for blinds and shades. How to repair cordless blinds step 1.

I just figured out how to fix my retractable blind. Roll up the treatment. One end has a free rolling round pin end and the other has a flat pin end. Unhook the blinds.

Remove the roller from the brackets. If the shade hangs. Remove one end of the blind from the bracket and leave the other end in the bracket. Remove the blind from the hanging brackets.

In some cases a blind may develop a hole on one or both ends. Mine has four spools on the inside plus a housing for the thin nylon cord. Wood faux wood blind mini blind venetian blind vertical blind cellular honeycomb shade pleated shade rv day night shade roller shade vertical cellular shade roman shade woven wood blind shutters roll. Repeat if necessary until you have the right amount of tension.

Pull the cordless blinds all the way out extending the blinds fully. We take great pride in equipping our customers to do their own blind repair. Patch up holes with a repair kit. With a slight tug at the bottom you can raise or lower the shade with ease.

Clean out the ratchet and pawl with a vacuum. Unroll the treatment approximately halfway by hand. Pull down the blind to check the spring action leaving the blind in the mounting brackets. When you pull the shade down it puts more tension on the spring.

There is also a cotton type thicker cord which runs through the fabric shade part of the blind. If the shade s too tight here s how to loosen the spring tension.