Best instructions I found, it took me 5 minutes to fix the broken cord on my bamboo curtain. Thank you very much for taking the time in preparing this video!!!
This is Exactly what we needed - to Fix/Repair our discombobulated bamboo blind, AND to Improve a cellular blind that needs this external mechanism for reliable raising and lowering - THIS IS GREAT!!!💕
Going to work on mine today, hope it works. Thank you so much for this video as I was about to toss the old blinds because of a shredded cord. Blessings to you!
Thanks Nelu, you've made my day. I was a bit deperate cos i didn't see any videos with my type of curtain. But i've found you and the explanation was very clear. God bless you. From Argentina, you have a well-earned "like"
The cord is always the point of failure in these designs - it frays at the points of contact with the rough bamboo. I suggest buying much harder twine at the same time as the blind and immediately restring it, using the supplied cord as a guide path. Next, to simplify re-stringing, there should be TWO cords, one for the left pulley and one for the right side double-pulley. Cut your single cord to make this easier (check length guide below). Usually, however, the cord has failed so you'll be using new twine. Fix the longer cord to the left side at the rear; loop it under the blind, pass it up to the left of the single pulley, over it, then across to the double-pulley side. Go over the smooth plastic pulley, then down between it and the notched brass locking roller. That's the left side done (you can leave this cord long or see length guide below). Tip: neither cord should be over the top of the brass notched roller - it should be entirely free to move up or down. Next, tie a slightly shorter cord to the back of the right of the blind. Pass the cord under the blind, bring it up the front, left over the smooth pulley and down between it and the notched brass pulley. If you look at the underside of the double pulley housing you see a metal rod spanning the gap. Use this to separate your two cords to prevent tangles (I'm guessing that's their purpose). You now have two independent strings. Cut them to the required length if you like - remember to check you can fully extend the blind and still reach the ends of each cord! That's why its a good idea to make the short cord at the beginning 3x the height of the blind, and the long cord 3x the height plus 2x the width. Now make sure when the pull cords are in lock position each side of the blind is level. Pull on the correct cord to level if need be. The final stage is to tie the two pull cords together so they pull as one, raising each side in unison. Make sure that you don't make the knot where it will ever rise up and snag the pulley mechanism as you let the blind out to its full length. Test to make sure the notched brass locking roller is gripping the cord when you pull up the blind and release the cord. Google 'How to restring roll-up Bamboo shades' at Hyman Inc. for a terrifically simple diagram.
I started the process, tying the cord at the back, looping under the rolled-up shade, bring cord through to the left of the small wheel and coming down between the wheels. Then, you say to come back up thru the wheels, which undoes the previous move.
Thank you for this video! I want to try to fix 3 sets of broken, outdoor bamboo shades. I would like to use stronger string then what came with the shades though. I live in the southern US and humidity and mold is a big problem. So when I clean the shades, I use a little bleach in the water, and that must deteriorate my strings after a while. It does not seem to harm the shades though. Do you happen to know where I can buy stronger cords? Thank you again L
Hi Linda I live in Western Cape of South Africa. Fortunately we don't have a problem with humidity and mould. I use a 2mm 100% polyethylene lacing cord for my shades. It should be resistant to any bleach. Hope it works for you. Nelus
Are you working with one long length of string? I don’t get how you can go back up between the two wheels without completely undoing the first move. Also your video doesn’t show how you got the second loop. It looks like you may have a double cord to pull when you’re done. Confused.
Hi Nancy. It is 1 complete length of rope. On the first step it is important to go down the back of the curtain. When you look into the pully from the bottom, there's 2 wheels, 1 big, 1 small. The loose end of the rope goes on the left of both wheels and then down between the wheels. You will then have to go back up again between the 2 wheels to go to the other end of the curtain. You will see that you had created a loop to pull the curtain up and down. Please let me know if this helps. Good luck.
To add to what Nelus wrote, you are not "completely undoing the first move" because you are creating a loop. Sure, if you went back up between the wheels and never left a loop, you would be undoing what you had done. But the loop is the key.
I used to be confused by this - see my TWO cord solution above. But if you use one piece of continuous cord (the exact length as the one being replaced of course), on the right side you make one loop under the blind, pass the cord over the smooth pulley opposite the notched metal roller, down through the pulley and the roller, then back up through the same gap but - crucial point - you're now making a loop as long as the blind because this is going to be the pull cord. i.e. you don't keep pulling on the loose end too long or that reverses the creation of the pull loop. The loose end then goes to the left pulley, under the blind, ties at the back.
Janet Granzow Sorry for the wrong wording. I speak Afrikaans and tried my best in doing this in English. Hopefully you get it to help you anyway. Good luck.
