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Awesome video. My daughter wanted now blinds and it was a great project for her and I do together. Our blinds hand slightly crooked. I see the clear plastic insert inside each plug that the string attaches to. Our right side is lower and that’s the side that is not attached to the rewind mechanism. I think that’s the side we have bring up via that clear insert
Had maintenance come out to replace fan, they replaced motor going in wrong direction. Had them back out today and still the same issue. Said to myself, "fine, i'll just do it myself then.." Thanks to this vid, I did. Thanks! Actually just got done cutting excess length off of the shaft too b/c the cover was hitting it causing it to spin slower. smdh.. wrong replacement motor i guess. I made it work.
Thank you very much for posting this how-to. Helped me big time in shortening my recently purchased Levolor cordless vinyl blinds ("Trim & Go"). The instructions that came with the blinds warned that "These blinds cannot be shortened due to the cordless operating system" which was contrary to their instructions from the exact same style of blinds I bought two years ago that included a direction sheet for how to shorten. Confused, I called Levolor's customer service 800 number and spoke to a rep who said that they did not recommend shortening these style of blinds "but there have been customers who figured out how to do so successfully." It appears that Levolor has chosen to do this owing to complaints from customers who screwed up, thereby rendering their blinds useless. Hence the absence of blind shortening directions with my recent purchase. I had to be extra careful as the hole through which the lift cord travels through each vane is now a very small hole (not the larger oblong hole as in your example) and requires extra diligence in cutting. Thanks for this how-to!
Great Instructions. Thank you so much. My tall faucet is in the way big-time. Need a day when I have the energy for this which is almost twice as long as I need it. I could never attempt it without your video. Thanks again!!
Trust me, you do not need scissors to remove the vinyl slats they tear at the elongated holes with the ease of tearing a piece of paper. I just did it to 20 unneeded slats. One more thing plan on going 2 slats lower than the top of the window sill and make that lowest slat the lowest remaining one. The reason for this is, you want "friction" where the bottom rail touches the sill when finished. You want the ability to lower the rail past the sill and ease it up into place by having your fingers under the rail while raising it to a point to let's say 1/2" below the sill and just "tuck it in" to the flat sill area. You will not see any front to back sway since the rail is making good contact with the sill. When you pull the blinds to lower them beyond the sill by having extra length, there will be default tension on the rail as you raise the rail and "tuck" it into place and it will not sway front to back. Just adding my 2 cents, the above video is very informative and my above method is based on a mistake I made with my first shortening, and in my case the bottom rail is just "kissing" the sill and front to back sway exists. Had I allowed a slat or 2 extra, all would have been good.
Great tips! I was thinking the same! I have never cut to fit blinds before, especially the cordless under tension blinds. This together with your tip is awesome! Thanks for your comment!
I would think that by putting a hole about 1/4" from the end and use a piece of decorative rope (smaller). Once the lower portion of the blinds is tied I would then, put a fabric bow on top of that. Of course, if they are cheap charlie vinyl blinds I would rather keep the vinyl on. Just an idea to keep plastic out of the landfills when the government does not restrict the amount of products being made of plastic.
Thanks a lot! This was very easy to do and helped save me from having to return a replacement motor I bought that was rotating the wrong way. My fan blades are angled and the vent to the outside in the fan housing has a preferred direction for the air to flow, so reversing the spin was essential to it working correctly. It works perfectly now!
