Wed 26 Dec 2007
Venetian blinds are one of the most popular window blinds in the modern home these days. Made popular by the merchants from Venice who brought these Venetian blinds back from their travels to Eastern Asian Countries back in the 13th and 14th centuries. Nowadays people choose Venetian blinds over other types of window blinds due to their simplicity, flexibility and ease of installation. However, most people have problems when it comes to repairing Venetian blinds and they usually call in the professionals which may cost as much as buying new blinds. I’ve compiled a list of D.I.Y steps that you can follow to repair your faulty Venetian blinds.
Step 1 of repairing your Venetian blinds. Lower the blind and adjust the slats to the open position using the tilt cord or wand.
Step 2 of repairing your Venetian blinds. Unclip and remove the blind from its brackets. Lay it flat on a large table or other work surface. Follow the steps below as far as your repair requires.
Step 3 on repairing Venetian blinds: Remove any end caps and the cover on the bottom rail to expose the knots or clips that secure the ends of the lift cord and ladder tape or string ladders.
Step 4 of repairing Venetian blinds: If you are replacing the ladders, disconnect them. Otherwise just disconnect the two lift-cord ends, which are clipped or tied to the rail.
Step 5: Pull both lift cords up through the slats as far as needed to remove any damaged slats and feed new ones onto the ladders. Thread the cords back down and secure them to the bottom rail. Then install the cover and end caps.
Step 6: If you are replacing the ladders or lift cords, pull the cords up to the head box.
Step 7: To replace the ladders, disconnect them from the tilt tube in the head box and slide them off the sides of the slats. Slide the slats into the new ladders and attach the ladders to the tilt tube and bottom rail. Thread the lift cords through the slats, alternating back and forth between the ladder rungs, and secure them to the bottom rail.
Step 8: To replace a lift-cord, pull both ends up into the head box, over the pulleys, down and out. If you don’t have another assembled blind to refer to, sketch a simple diagram before taking them out.
Step 9: Feed the two ends of a new lift cord back into the head box and over the first pulley. Direct one end over the next pulley and the other one across the head box to the far pulley. Feed both cords down through the slats to the bottom rail and secure them. Install any cover or end caps.
Step 10: Hang the blind. If you’ve installed new cords, level the bottom rail. Depending on the model, either adjust the lift-cord equalizing buckle or knot the two cords together just above the tassel when the bottom bar is level. Cut the cords, if necessary.