repair day/night shades
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:25 pmFound this on the internet, its floated around from forum to forum
so I'm sharing here as well
Instructions for re-stringing pleated fabric day/night shades--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pry loose the end caps on all rails with a flat head screwdriver or pocket knife. The rails slide off horizontally, and may get hung up on a knob rivet, so be firm, it will eventually slide off.
In the top rail, the cord will be attached to a spring on each side. The cord coming from the left will run down through the left side of the night material. The cord coming from the right will run down through the right side of the night portion of the shade.
The cords will cross in the center rail, so that the cord that runs down the left hand portion of the night shade, will cross over and run down through the right hand side of the day shade. Do the same for the right hand side of the night shade. It will cross over in the center rail and run down through the left hand side of the day shade.
Hang in there, you’re almost done!!
Now the cord coming down through the right side of the day portion will once again cross in the bottom rail and exit out of the left hand side of the shade through the end cap. Do the same with left hand day portion of the shade. Slide the bottom rail back on and then re-insert the end caps.
REMEMBER: Reset the drop of your shade by tying the cord retainers where you need them to be and adjust the tension as needed by wrapping the cord around the cord retainers.
(This information was sent to us by United Shade, LLC---28605 C.R. 8---Elkhart, IN 574-262-0954)
thanks to Gerry and Darrel for providing this information (from some other forum)
so I'm sharing here as well
Instructions for re-stringing pleated fabric day/night shades--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pry loose the end caps on all rails with a flat head screwdriver or pocket knife. The rails slide off horizontally, and may get hung up on a knob rivet, so be firm, it will eventually slide off.
In the top rail, the cord will be attached to a spring on each side. The cord coming from the left will run down through the left side of the night material. The cord coming from the right will run down through the right side of the night portion of the shade.
The cords will cross in the center rail, so that the cord that runs down the left hand portion of the night shade, will cross over and run down through the right hand side of the day shade. Do the same for the right hand side of the night shade. It will cross over in the center rail and run down through the left hand side of the day shade.
Hang in there, you’re almost done!!
Now the cord coming down through the right side of the day portion will once again cross in the bottom rail and exit out of the left hand side of the shade through the end cap. Do the same with left hand day portion of the shade. Slide the bottom rail back on and then re-insert the end caps.
REMEMBER: Reset the drop of your shade by tying the cord retainers where you need them to be and adjust the tension as needed by wrapping the cord around the cord retainers.
(This information was sent to us by United Shade, LLC---28605 C.R. 8---Elkhart, IN 574-262-0954)
thanks to Gerry and Darrel for providing this information (from some other forum)