Introduction
If your beautiful set of blinds has a broken slat or multiple broken slats, messing up the decorum of your house, use this guide to restore your blinds back to new. Window blinds are used to determine how much light to let in or keep out of your house all whilst adding an added barrier of protection from the outside world.
Before using this guide, determine how many replacement slats you have. Typically, each set of blinds comes with multiple unused replacements that reside near its bottom rail. Next, determine which blind slats need replacing, starting at the highest one. Step 3 will require you to start at the highest damaged slat as starting anywhere else will result in extra work for you.
Check out this video linked below that serves as a good example:
What you need
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Using the 7/32" flathead screwdriver, gently lift up the buttons located on the bottom rail of the blinds.
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Remove the bottom rail buttons to expose knots at the end of the lifting cords.
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Untie the knots.
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Begin pulling the lifting cords up through the route holes of all the following blind slats.
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With the new replacement slats in place, begin at the highest slat.
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Create a loop with the lifting cords.
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Slide the loop through each routing hole on the same side of all the slats.
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Once you reach the bottom slat, thread the lifting cords back through the bottom rail.
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Use the 7/32" flathead screwdriver to push the excess lifting cords into the bottom rail holes.
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Slide the buttons back over the ends of the cords.
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At each bottom rail button, double knot the lifting cords.
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Lastly, gently hammer the bottom rail buttons with the handle of the 7/32" flathead screwdriver to ensure the button is securely fastened.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Very good tutorial. Thank you.
What happened when that string retracts and goes missing ?
