[HN Gopher] Do It Yourself Blind Repair
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Do It Yourself Blind Repair
Author : nsajko
Score : 313 points
Date : 2024-01-02 17:31 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (fixmyblinds.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (fixmyblinds.com)
| nsajko wrote:
| A very nice for profit site. Their business model seems to be
| selling parts for repairing window blinds, but the site is a
| treasure trove of information on the topic of window blinds, and
| the design of the site, organization and presentation of
| information regarding this specialized topic are beautiful. Just
| wanted to share it, no affiliation.
|
| NB: despite the richness of information, the site fails to help
| me because it's missing info on the specific type of blinds I was
| interested in ;)
|
| EDIT: relevant Wikipedia pages:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_blind
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_shutter
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_shutter
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_shutter_hardware
|
| Window shutters are often used as/instead of window blinds in
| Europe. The linked site sadly doesn't seem to cover shutters yet,
| presumably because they're not popular in the USA currently.
| EDIT: possible explanation by another commenter - "They're hella
| illegal in America because of weird fire code rules":
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38845794
| jsmith45 wrote:
| Shutters are complicated, as they are really are several
| different things.
|
| For example, interior venetian shutters are closely related to
| blinds, but are not especially common in the US. Blinds with
| slats (venetian blinds) can perform a similar function, but can
| be raised to prevent any blocking of view, while interior
| venetian style shutters usually swing open and require
| additional wall-space. such shutters might win on maximum
| amount of light blocking (even vs wooden slat blinds) but that
| will vary by shutter design. Cost is certainly a major factor
| of them being uncommon (but far from unheard of, we even have
| multiple different names for them) in much of the US.
|
| Roller shutters could be considered an exterior equivalent to
| roller blinds (or roller shades), although roller shutters are
| often designed with proper blackout capability, which most
| blinds and shades lack. I presume cost is one of the major
| reasons these are rare in the US.
| anthomtb wrote:
| Are you talking about shutters on the exterior or the interior?
| I have plantation shutters in my house, as do several of my
| middle-America neighbors. Exterior shutters in these parts are
| almost always decorative.
|
| I like the look, ease of tilting the louvers up and down and,
| most importantly, they are dead simple to clean. But they were
| not cheap and not easy to install. I could have had high
| quality fabric shades for half the cost and spent one-third the
| time on installation.
|
| Edit: Maybe its particular to what I installed (Veneta) but
| good luck fix a single louver if one breaks. The frame which
| contains them is either glued or very tightly press-fit. I'm
| not saying it would be impossible but you'd need to be careful
| and probably need to build some sort of jig for re-assembly.
| sarchertech wrote:
| Plantation shutters are very common on older houses in the
| South. They're also pretty common on higher end newer houses.
| I love them and had them installed when we moved into our
| current house a couple years ago.
| tomjakubowski wrote:
| This site really has it all. Somebody took a whole lot of know-
| how about window blinds, organized it, published it online, _and_
| they found a way to make some money to sustain it, without being
| obnoxious or burying the information in toxic SEO sludge. It's
| like the sheldonbrown.com of window blinds.
|
| I wish I knew a site like this on every subject.
|
| This page is a _work of art_ , god damn it
| https://fixmyblinds.com/pages/troubleshooter
| romseb wrote:
| I agree this is well-made.
|
| > This site really has it all.
|
| It doesn't have German Rolladen though.
| torcete wrote:
| That system is very common in Spain. I didn't know it was
| German.
|
| I had to fix several of them, sometimes with more success
| than others. Yes, I would be nice to also have a guide por
| the Rolladen system.
| munk-a wrote:
| They're _hella_ illegal in America because of weird fire
| code rules - so you rarely see any support for them on US
| oriented websites.
| lostlogin wrote:
| Assuming I've searched the right thing (are they external
| blinds?), what would make this particularly bad in a
| fire?
| conductr wrote:
| Perhaps difficulty escaping from interior.
| munk-a wrote:
| In Canada at least it's because fire-fighters aren't
| trained to bypass them and, as you said, concerns about
| people within being unable to escape.
| yial wrote:
| I would imagine that's due to egress rules?
|
| But searching (and assuming I found the right thing) it
| looks like they're made and installed in some places in
| the USA.
|
| Example: https://rolladenlv.com/
| ajmurmann wrote:
| Oh, no! Another thing prohibited by weird fire codes
| despite more lax rules in Europe resulting in fewer
| casualties. We can't even have nice apartments because of
| fire code: https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-build-
| more-family-size...
| weaksauce wrote:
| they named those shutters after my favorite food? crazy.
| dark-star wrote:
| Heh, those are called "Rouladen" but yeah they're
| pronounced almost the same ;-)
|
| And yes, they are delicious
| StayTrue wrote:
| sheldonbrown is a good benchmark.
| doubled112 wrote:
| It reminds me of how the Internet used to be in all of the
| right ways.
| dunham wrote:
| It doesn't look like it covers what I had to deal with to fix
| my Hunter Douglas blinds. (The kind you can lift and close by
| hand and they magically hold their position.)
|
| They have a spring loaded thing called a "motor" and something
| with two cones and a string between them, called a
| transmission.
|
| I managed to restring the transmission, but the motor went zing
| and broke inside when I was trying to wind it up again, so I
| ended up having to buy a new motor (I think around $30).
| ckcheng wrote:
| > I wish I knew a site like this on every subject.
|
| For water heaters, this was helpful to me once:
| http://waterheatertimer.org
|
| It is not a pretty site (author only knows of HTML tables?),
| but for me it fulfilled the:
|
| > Somebody took a whole lot of know-how about [x], organized
| it, published it online
|
| The site at first looks like just affiliate links, but has a
| lot of useful info buried like:
|
| http://waterheatertimer.org/How-it-works.html
|
| http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-troubleshoot-electric-pro...
| epivosism wrote:
| Yes, that's great! A site similar to this for anything related
| to sleep seems to be:
|
| https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/
|
| It covers pillows, mattresses, etc. Labor love, makes no direct
| money, committed to and open about how frequent manipulation is
| in the industry. I followed its recommendations ~1.5 years ago
| when furnishing a new house and was very happy with the results
| fitting out 3 bedrooms.
|
| Big Q: why is this still a niche situation? Why do only a few
| sites have this trait? I think it has to do with culture,
| habits, and laws for each language & culture. Does it vary by
| language or region? Are some industries more manipulable than
| others?
|
| Similar: amazon somehow gets away with defaulting their search
| result page to "Featured" which means "people pay us to lie to
| you". They still do provide the option to sort by "best
| selling" which at least theoretically is better. I'd expect a
| mature citizenry to rebel and force them to have a better
| default, or at least let you configure your default.
|
| I'm very interested in characterizing variation on these axes
| across the world and time. Is it really zero sum and always
| identical? Or do some habits and traits of a region, language,
| culture, education system make "better" systems more likely to
| survive? Can we even actually fairly characterize better
| systems? It sure feels like we can, but I've also seen people
| arguing that for example there is no actual difference between
| rent-seeking and "productive economic activity" on a
| theoretical level.
| drak0n1c wrote:
| Here's one about shoe lacing:
| https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
|
| And they do shoe tying:
| https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm
|
| Knots in general: https://www.animatedknots.com/complete-knot-
| list
| jcul wrote:
| This site about glue comes to mind: https://www.thistothat.com/
| antiquark wrote:
| Site seems to be missing the "Top-Down Bottom-Up" shades.
| duskwuff wrote:
| You mean like this one? https://fixmyblinds.com/pages/top-down-
| bottom-up-cellular-sh...
| antiquark wrote:
| No, my version doesn't have strings to pull, you just grab
| the top or bottom of the blind itself and raise or lower it.
| dendrite9 wrote:
| It says the shown model is just representative. I haven't
| seen them with strings like at the link but I believe they
| all use internal strings unless there is some other
| mechanism for adjusting the height.
| antiquark wrote:
| Here's a demo of the shades I'm referring to:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iUpVEZo1Xdo
| tectec wrote:
| Does it use two sets of lift tape?
| https://fixmyblinds.com/collections/cellular-honeycomb-
| pleat...
| goda90 wrote:
| They don't seem to sell mini-blind slats. I know most sets
| usually include replacements attached to the bottom, but our dog
| has damaged a lot of them.
| el_benhameen wrote:
| I've had good luck with blind-slats.com. No relationship with
| them other than being a happy customer.
| eysquared wrote:
| This is near and dear to my own lived experience, having dealt
| with what should have been a minor fix for Hunter Douglas blinds.
|
| The cord that was attached to the clutch broke and got caught in
| the mechanism itself. When I disassembled the clutch to retrieve
| the cord, an internal spring came dislodged and twisted causing
| the clutch to never function correctly again.
|
| Understanding exactly which part I needed replaced, I contacted
| Hunter Douglas, who told me to talk to a local rep. My local rep
| told me they couldn't repair this issue, and I would need to box
| up my entire window shade and sent it in. The cost was something
| around $200 for a repair.
|
| I spent a lot of time scouring the internet and came across this
| site where I purchased the entire clutch for around $30. 5
| minutes of swapping a good part for bad and I was back in action.
| JadoJodo wrote:
| My Hoover carpet cleaner stopped working sometime in the past few
| months (between uses). The suction would start up, but the
| "motor" part of it would not turn on when I went to use it. I
| disassembled it (as much as it's designed to be disassembled - no
| unscrewing things) looking for jams or clogs. Nothing. I called
| Hoover, but gave up after ~45 minutes on hold waiting to talk to
| a real person.
|
| On a lark, I searched for my issue "Hoover Carpet Cleaner Won't
| Spin". I found this[0] video. Apparently, the spinning bit can
| get stuck if moisture get trapped somewhere inside (who would've
| thought with it being all about moisture?), which causes the main
| rotary portion to stop working. A simple hex-bit force-turn
| sorted it out in 20 seconds.
|
| I don't know what I would've done had I not stumbled on this
| issue, but the way things are today, I suspect most people
| would've thought "I guess it's broken", taken it to a landfill,
| and simply gone out to buy a new one.
|
| It's a real shame that there's so much focus on "every person who
| owns an ICE needs to immediately drop $30,000+ on an electric
| vehicle", when there's so much opportunity in the "let's try to
| fix our stuff instead of dumping it" category. #righttorepair
|
| [0] - https://youtu.be/q9UAEwPM91M
| tanseydavid wrote:
| ^^^ THIS ^^^
|
| It is true, "Durable-Goods" are very difficult to come by.
| epiccoleman wrote:
| There is almost nothing as satisfying to me as being able to
| fix appliances. I've fixed a few issues with my dishwasher,
| washing machine, and dryer with just a little gumption and
| willingness to fuck around. In 2 of the last 3 cases I can
| think of, I didn't even need a new part - just had to mess
| around a bit to discover the issue. I fixed a non-functional
| agitator on my washing machine by just finding a stuck
| actuator, fixed a broken pump on my dishwasher by disassembling
| it and removing a stuck bit of plastic. My last dryer repair
| needed parts, but those only cost $30, and a dryer is a very
| simple machine.
|
| If I'd had to call a repairman or buy a new unit every time one
| of these problems happened, I'd have spent thousands of
| dollars.
| bombcar wrote:
| That last line is the reason everything is disposable, things
| got too cheap to be worth hiring someone to fix them.
|
| A $30k car? You'll pay a mechanic to fix that, it's too
| valuable an asset to just throw away (and even then, you see
| people selling cars with "something broken" that is not
| economical _for them_ to fix, but if you know how to fix it
| you can get a car cheap).
|
| A $500-1k wash machine? Unlikely to be worth the $100-200 to
| bring out a repairman (because now you're looking at a $200
| "discount" on a new one, which is probably much more
| "advanced" (if that's good) than the existing), so it gets
| tossed.
| munk-a wrote:
| It depends how old the washer is though - a lot of times
| the older ones are just plain better than newer models with
| their planned obsolescence and weird software junk that
| frequently is the first component to break.
| bombcar wrote:
| I've noticed that, (and found certain models that have
| "almost feels unauthorized" fill-and-soak modes).
|
| Almost any modern refrigerator is quite reliable _and
| energy efficient_ compared to ancient ones - but wash
| machines seem to be retrogressing in quality (and only
| partially can the blame be laid on the energy /water
| saving requirements).
| m463 wrote:
| > A $30k car? You'll pay a mechanic to fix that
|
| As long as the vehicle is reasonably dependable. Sometimes
| an older undependable vehicle might not be worth it. (think
| of stranding a loved one, or dying in winter, etc)
|
| That said, brand new cars without spares are a disturbing
| trend.
| bombcar wrote:
| There's always a tipping point, but the line for
| "literally drag the vehicle to the scrapper" is much
| lower than it is for most appliances, and mainly because
| of residual value - even a completely dead car will have
| companies willing to take it off your hands for you, or
| even give you a few hundred for.
|
| I knew a retired guy years ago whose speciality was
| fixing microwaves; any dead microwave you could find he'd
| get working again. They still exist, but they're nearly
| impossible to find unless you hear about it.
|
| I know I'd love to find someone to offload these old
| SpeedQueens on (even there, a burnt out motor was $350 to
| replace, a brand new one was $700 or so).
| rkuodys wrote:
| My experience with oven screen repair was that even if I
| order all parts that could be the reason for wierd behaviour,
| it would still be cheaper than call technician to come and
| tell me for sure which part to change. I gotas lucky on first
| try, but case still stand that sometimes it's just cheaper
| replace all suspicious parts instead of calling expert to say
| what's wrong (and call second time for replacement)
| m463 wrote:
| > There is almost nothing as satisfying to me as being able
| to fix appliances.
|
| On the other hand, a broken appliance is a real let-down. I
| have this thing that was working, and now I have
| (laundry/vacuuming/dishes/food) piling up and I have to fix
| this immediately.
| tstrimple wrote:
| > There is almost nothing as satisfying to me as being able
| to fix appliances.
|
| I get that. But I also like new shiny things. So it's with a
| bit of disappointment as well that I keep these appliances
| limping along. I want the time left in the load projected on
| the floor dammit!
| cfeduke wrote:
| I have fixed numerous home appliances over the past two decades
| almost entirely thanks to YouTube and eBay, and a willingness
| to apply myself. If the YouTube video has no intro and its
| subject is about your problem, you can be almost certain you're
| about to find out how to fix the problem.
| wintogreen74 wrote:
| YT is a great resource for fixing things like appliances, but
| the devices themselves have gotten (1) shittier, (2) harder
| to repair and (3) more expensive custom parts - that are
| themselves less durable. Example: the slide-out for the top
| rack of my dishwasher exploded, sending ball-bearings
| everywhere. The replacement part (mostly plastic) cost > $50
| and to replace required I disconnect the water & power,
| uninstall the unit and access the 2 screws on the outside.
| Great for speeding up assembly in a factory, but ridiculous
| for any other purpose.
| bombcar wrote:
| This is the saddest part, a friend has two wash machines,
| one is an old top loader and one is a newer front loader;
| the front loader has been replaced _three times_ whereas
| the top loader keeps running.
|
| It had a control knob burn out and it was $50 or so to get
| a new one, one of the front loaders had a control _board_
| fail and it was $450 for a whole new front panel, which of
| course means nope.
| nsajko wrote:
| To play the Devil's advocate, this might just be survival
| bias manifesting. The old top loader might have
| accidentally had top 0.0001 quality (tighter-than-average
| tolerances, etc).
| bombcar wrote:
| Nah, it broke "about" as often as the others (making
| allowances for complications and design differences),
| it's just that _when_ it broke, it was fixable for a
| reasonable amount _because_ there was no computer board
| in it.
|
| A similar but later top loader that I had died almost the
| same way, but required an entire control board
| replacement similar to the front loader; too expensive to
| bother with.
|
| (Now an enterprising person could likely have repaired
| the control board itself, but that's beyond my "remove
| and swap" competencies.)
| Bluecobra wrote:
| I spent way too much on my LG front door washer/dryer
| combo that when it breaks down I am going to replace it
| with a laundromat style Speed Queen.
| Bluecobra wrote:
| I think I have watched every video on how to fix my ice
| maker from freezing on my Samsung refrigerator and still
| can't resolve the issue. I haven't replaced any parts yet
| but I am dubious that it will solve it long term. It turns
| out that putting an ice maker inside the door/refrigerator
| compartment is a fundamentally flawed design.
| masto wrote:
| It was interesting seeing this from the other side as well. I
| have what I thought was an obsolete motorized awning with an
| obscure failure. I couldn't find anything about it so when I
| managed to fix it, I decided on a lark to grab my phone and
| record a short video. I didn't expect it would be of much use
| to anyone.
|
| Now it has 80k views and dozens of comments thanking me for
| helping them fix their awning. (https://youtu.be/qae0XM4Dn4U)
| Bluecobra wrote:
| I had a similar issue my out of warranty Sunjoe grass dethather
| for my lawn, where it stopped spinning. I opened it up and 10
| screws later it turns out that the rubber belt that snapped was
| readily available on Amazon for $9. I glad I ignored the
| manual, it said there was no user serviceable parts inside. I
| won't be buying anything from them again.
| ridgeguy wrote:
| Moisture in machines can be a very expensive issue.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Andersen_Air_Force_Base_B...
| northernman wrote:
| Fixed a Hayward salt generator by replacing a burnt out
| thermistor.
|
| Cost was $1.00 for two of them, so I now have a spare.
|
| Replacing the entire PCB would have been ~$400+ CAD.
| sphars wrote:
| Ah I've been looking for this site again. I used it several years
| ago to replace the strings on some our blinds when we sold our
| home, but couldn't remember what the site was (we have blinds to
| fix in our current home).
|
| Great site, clean, has (nearly) any resource you need to fix
| blinds.
| LASR wrote:
| I have a home with several roller blinds. There are several in
| various states of repair. This resource looks very handy.
|
| Related: recently, I put up WiFi blind motors on all of them.
| With HomeKit automations, these now go up at sunrise and go down
| at sunset.
|
| Has been an unexpected life-changer by bringing in natural light
| and boosting mood. I'd highly recommend it.
| boredtofears wrote:
| What did you end up going with for motorized blinds? I just
| bought a new house with a ton of great natural lighting and
| want to do this without paying an arm and a leg to get it done.
| LASR wrote:
| I ended up getting WiFi blind chain motors from Aliexpress.
| This allows me to integrate with the existing blinds that
| have chains. Also, if I ever need to remove them and go back
| to manual, it's easy.
|
| There are a ton of these on there. Here is the listing I
| ordered from:
| https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005461906004.html
|
| I spent ~$40 per blind. They go on sale sometimes.
|
| (not affiliated in any way)
| lsaferite wrote:
| Not the PP, but I used these in my house:
| https://myiblinds.com/
|
| I used to use the similar ones from Somfy, but they were just
| too much of a pain in the end. The only thing I don't like
| about the iBlinds model is that there's no hard-wire
| communication option (I have 4 conductor wires with power and
| RS-422 at every window).
|
| I'm surprised there aren't any commonly available blinds that
| include an internal tilt motor with external manual fallback.
| Bonus point would be if it also included a lift motor.
| quercusa wrote:
| Ordered lifting string from them to fix some cellular shades.
| However, it's hard to push string (through the cells) as you'll
| need to do if it broke . I borrowed a _bodkin_ from my wife and
| it was the perfect tool.
| panzagl wrote:
| I used an unfolded Christmas tree ornament hook to do the same.
| prpl wrote:
| Having recently moved, I have to give honorable mention to the
| cheap ikea blackout shades (the folding type, not roller type).
| We use them in conjunction with curtains, and despite having to
| adjust them manually, they really last a long time and work great
| for the price.
| davidy123 wrote:
| Thanks, I might use this site. I want some motorized bottom-up
| shades, but they are crazily expensive. Motorized kits are
| available for DIY motorized blinds, but they aren't bottom-up. I
| have some ideas on how to use them for bottom-up blinds, but
| haven't got around to putting it all together, partially due to
| lack of info.
| tempestn wrote:
| Saw the title and thought it was a site with DIY guides for blind
| people. Which would be pretty cool.
| wintogreen74 wrote:
| that's a different website: "Do It Yourself, Blind; Repair!"
| philwelch wrote:
| Reminds me of the old joke, "how do you make a Venetian
| blind?". Which I'm sure was a popular question in 1204.
| inimino wrote:
| I used to be neighbors with the owner of this business. Good
| people. Never in a thousand years would have expected to see this
| on HN though!
| marknutter wrote:
| I just so happen to have a honeycomb blind in need of repair.
| Pleasantly surprised to see this at the top of HN today.
| mkoryak wrote:
| I know they are trying to make money, but it would be nice if
| they could link some 3d printer models for things like handles.
| tbihl wrote:
| Perhaps send him links/files and some info to see if he'll
| include the information that you think he's missing. contact
| info is on the site.
| 4b11b4 wrote:
| I once re-strung a set of blinds. It was not fun (really, really
| frustrating), but I'm one for pain in order to not make more
| garbage.
| moyix wrote:
| Unfortunately the site doesn't seem to cover cordless blinds? In
| New York they're voluntarily phasing out corded blinds because of
| safety issues with small children, but the cordless blinds we
| have are terrible and unreliable.
| maxerickson wrote:
| I expect they aren't as repairable. I have one that I'd like to
| fix, but I think the end of the cord that came unattached was
| fixed in place by gluing in the piece it attaches to.
| SamuelAdams wrote:
| Same issue here. I specifically have this blind:
|
| https://www.lowes.com/pd/LEVOLOR-Trim-Go-2-in-Cordless-White...
|
| However they are around 8 years old. When opening the blind, it
| does not push up as smoothly - it takes a few small pushes
| versus one smooth, long push.
|
| Not a dealbreaker but it would be nice to know how to fix that.
|
| Edit: Looks like there is a section on some components of
| cordless blinds.
|
| https://fixmyblinds.com/pages/how-to-replace-a-wand-tilt-mec...
| evan_ wrote:
| Same, we replaced ours with cordless blinds a few years ago and
| they were all broken in less than a year.
| chrsw wrote:
| This is amazing. I have some broken blinds I've been putting off
| fixing because I was afraid of what a time sink it would be.
| werdnapk wrote:
| I just fixed my roller blinds last week which wouldn't hold and
| would roll down by themselves. The plastic clips that hold the
| clutch in place cracked on one side so the inner plastic tube had
| no friction to hold the inner springs in place. Broke a toothpick
| up into some small pieces and inserted them into the gap of the
| clip to keep it pried open and my problem was solved.
|
| I thought these would be the type of things this site would go
| over instead of buying replacement parts (based on the site
| name), but this site will actually help me identify the correct
| size of a new clutch if my toothpicks ever fail.
| trevor-e wrote:
| This is amazing, wish I found it several months ago before I
| bought replacements. Two of my Levolor blinds broke in the same
| exact way, the cord wore down the small piece of plastic that
| handles the locking mechanism. Clearly not designed to last and
| an obvious scam.
| raimondious wrote:
| Really appreciate all the info about making blinds safer for kids
| organized into one place. Good link for sending to parents.
| anthomtb wrote:
| I purchased replacement mounts for a couple shades from this site
| less than a month ago. The blind was "MyBlinds by Hunter Douglas"
| from Home Depot, purchased in 2019, but that branding seemed long
| gone. Luckily I was able to dig up the installation instructions,
| figure out the shape, then FixMyBlinds had enough info for me to
| get my shades up.
|
| Interestingly, FixMyBlinds had Bali, not Hunter Douglas as the
| manufacturer of the shade. I think (can't recall exactly), that
| Hunter Dougles, Levolor, and Bali may all be part of the same
| company these days.
| avgcorrection wrote:
| I wonder how many upvotes are for the slightly ambiguous title.
| voidee wrote:
| Excellent. I applaud anyone who helps people repair their own
| equipment vs trashing it. Some of the repairs I've made on
| appliances have taken days to complete, but it is extremely
| satisfying once done and they've lasted for years.
| revskill wrote:
| You know what, to me, the hardest part is not about "just start",
| it's about "what to start".
|
| Finding a set of core principles to start will help you answer
| "why you do all of this in first place" is the whole reason you
| keep working on.
| angry_moose wrote:
| We went with Roman Shades, and despite spending a significant
| amount of money on them the garbage plastic mechanisms completely
| disintegrated within about 2 years.
|
| While researching repairing them, we found this guide to build
| your own: https://www.onlinefabricstore.com/makersmill/how-to-
| make-a-r...
|
| We were able to salvage the fabric from the old shades (which was
| still in good condition), remount it to about $20 of wood and
| assorted hardware per the guide, and they've been perfect for
| about 5 years now.
|
| It's one of a few times we've gotten something that's so
| bafflingly bad that the only explanation is planned obsolescence
| - for a rounding error in extra manufacturing costs they could
| have built something that would last decades. Always feels good
| to fix your way out of that.
| japanman185 wrote:
| I can't see the website is it working for anyone else?
| acyou wrote:
| Is this a paid advertisement? Hard to tell the difference. I'm
| surprised at the other comments. I didn't notice any video
| content on the site. I consider video to be king for repair and
| hands on work.
| jacobolus wrote:
| There are 128 videos at
| https://www.youtube.com/@fixmyblinds/videos
| Cthulhu_ wrote:
| Nice. I've got some old cellular type blinds (TIL what they're
| called!) and some years ago ordered some parts online, it's a
| known brand; I had to get replacement end caps, a plastic wall
| mount, err. Probably some more bits. A few euro each plus
| shipping, a few minutes of work, and they were a lot better
| again. Cheaper than getting a new one, although the material is
| looking a bit tatty.
| nolongerthere wrote:
| Wow, I was so excited, I need this exact site, just bought a
| place with transitional blinds[0], they're all beautifully well
| kept except in one room where one of the blinds is damaged and
| while most of it appears to work, the bottom assembly broke and
| needs to be replaced, unfortunately they do not appear to have
| any info on this type of blind.
|
| [0] https://www.lafvb.com/allure
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