How to Fix a Broken Cellular Shade Lift Cord | Bali Blinds 

I don't even own the 25 year old shade with the busted cord but was determined it had to be something I could fix with a little help. I literally got to celebrate with my 10 and 8 year old daughters showing them their shade was now fixed and they could once again open and close... as opposed to half drawn at a 45 degree kattywompus angle across their window. My wife initially shook her head at my attempt but could not stop herself from displaying a mild dose of pride at my handman-ness... and we all know that is PRICELESS!!!! You are AWESOME!!! This video was AWESOME!!! I'd buy you a drink or 6 if you were a neighbor!!!

Excellent video and excellent calm explanation. I’m going to try this myself Thanks for posting this - Love your work mate

I think these eye - hand - brain - exercises , help your mental faculty. Like mental pushups . Excellent video! Thank you 😊

So glad your very clear video helps so many and made them so proud. I chanced on your video as I was looking for help to fix a cordless blind but your video is still helpful. Thank you for posting.

Thanks for this great step-by-step video. This morning a cord broke in my blind and while searching online for a place to buy a new one, I found your video. It looks like something I could do, so am going to give it a go. At this point I will consider it a good workout for my 74 year old brain. I’ll let you know how things go! Only wish I had a big work table like you have but think the dining room table will do well enough, lol.

Start-pause-start-pause-😊 Thank you Mike for this video- We have a double hanging Bali for our patio door and only one side needs the string replaced. It is taking a bit of maneuvering but with you as my guide -I know I can do this!

Nice video, thank you. You saved me at least $600 dollars on new shade. This job takes some patience but it's doable, the guitar string worked to get the string through shade, although for some reason that was the toughest part of the job for me time wise

Thank you, just what I was looking for!

Thank you for this video! I was able to repair my 30 year old blind...one of the lift cords broke due to little indentation in the plastic piece it rides on (due to pulling down too hard). Your video was so easy to follow. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this exceptional video. Thanks to you we saved a good and expensive window treatment.

Thank you! We had honeycomb blinds from Budget Blinds about 16 years old. Followed step by step and we got it fixed. Budget Blinds uses 0.9 mm cord.

Good video! I have done this already 3 times over the years on our largest Bali blind in the living room. It is very wide yet they only have 3 string lifters on it, so they probably are under a lot of tension. Usually at some point the shade starts to get draggy off and on when lifting and lowering, which is the precursor to one of the strings breaking. I bought a long but thin sewing needle set which makes it easy to thread the string through the shades. A set of several of them was like 3 bucks at Walmart if I remember. Unfortunately I will be using them again today as another string broke a few days ago. For the cord lock I've found the easiest thing is to push the string all the way through straight and then come back in the other side at the right angle and push it through again. One of my metal grommets seems to fall off too like yours did and I think that can rub on the cords. Last time I tried to glue it into the top hole on the shade so it wouldn't get unseated.

Thanks for making the nice video. After 14 years we have our first broken string. I appreciate your photos of the top and bottom disassembly. Here's my query - why not tape the new string to the old string so the new gets pulled through as the old gets pulled out? That's what I'm going to try - as soon as I get the right string in hand. Just don't know why we would pull out all the strings first, and then start from scratch, so to speak. Any other readers tried using existing string to pull in new string?

Mike, you had to do this twice according to my calculations....You're a brave man, I myself would have bought new shades. 😀

A double turn (twice) on your knot helps it to not slip out. A sewing trick my aunt taught me.

Thank you! Very clear and informational video. Actually I am looking for a way to lengthen by diy my top down bottom up Levelor blinds. I’m trying to find a way to tie an additional piece of string to the existing cords so I don’t have to touch with the springs because if I change the entire cords to longer ones, I will have to rewind the wheels. Think it’s workable?

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Hi Mike, I am having trouble removing and replacing the clutch on a bali cellular shade it does come out easily as in your video. This clutch is the old style but it looks like the one you removed, and is there a tool to do that. Thank you in advance

Thank you for your video. Where do you buy the string?

I'm having a hard time getting my shade off the brackets! I think I can get the rest done if I can get the shade down. It is mounted on the inside of the window opening on the top side of the opening. It is always something! I think it must snap out with a twist or something but I can't reach it well. It is in the window above my kitchen sink so awkward to get close to.

Hey Mike do you have any recommendations on how to clean a stained shade? I bought mine from a thrift shop and it’s heavily stained with nicotine stains🫠

Very informative video. Are you also interested in talking something about lawn machine maintenance and repair? We are looking for youtubers to work with to help more homeowners know the tips about small engine repair.

Mike I ordered 6 feet of replacement string - is that enough?

Just the video I needed. Thank You!