DIY Repair For Your Wood Window Blinds
Filed in: Blind Maintenance,Repair
So it’s time to repair your wood blinds and you want to do-it-yourself. We’ll cover a few scenarios in this article depending on what your problem is.
Blinds Won’t Tilt
If the tilt rod gets disconnected from the tilt mechanism – you’ll have problems tilting your blinds. This is the most likely case as to why your wood blinds won’t tilt. This can also happen on shipment of your blinds, so out of the box you might have this problem. If this tilt mechanism has been broken from normal use, then you’ll have to remove your wood blinds from the window. Take a look at the headrail, which is the horizontal housing at the top of the blinds. In your headrail you will see a metal rod that runs inside it. You’ll also see the tilt mechanism – which holds the tilt rod. It’s most likely that the tilt rod has come loose, so push the tilt rod back into the tilt mechanism. Try to push it all the way through to get a secure positioning.
Tilt Mechanism
Blinds Won’t Lower
You’ve probably tried to lower them several times and in doing so, you’ve raised the blinds up to the top position – and now they’re stuck all the way at the top. Or if they’ve come from the manufacturer and won’t open, you’ll have to hang your wood blinds in the window to try this. Try to bring the lift cord parallel with the head rail and pull gently to release the cord lock. If that doesn’t work, remove the blinds and place them on the floor. Find the cord lock mechanism which is inside of the headrail – trace it by following the lift cord. Inside you will see a small pin. Take a Flathead screwdriver and push the pin gently to disengage the cords. The slats should now lower. Make sure the screwdriver is perpendicular to the pin – and watch for fraying or cutting the lift cords with the screwdriver.
Misaligned or Broken Tilter
So you’ve found out your tilter is broken perhaps after seeing that your blind slats won’t open. Bummer. Take the blinds down from the window. Remove the wand tilt, or cord tilt – depending on which you have. Remove the end caps of the headrails. Then slide out the tilt rod all the way out, and try putting it back in. You may have to get an entirely new tilt rod if it is broken. You can order a repair kit from any of the major manufacturers.
For more advanced repair for your wood blinds, you may have to hire a handyman to avoid destroying your blinds! Of course this site is about wooden blinds, but if you need information on cleaning vinyl blinds, outdoor roll up blinds, or skylight blinds just go to the search engines and you’ll find a wealth of information. But most likely one of the above methods will fix it – most repairs are minor and due to slight misalignment, assuming you are treating your wood blinds well.
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