1994 new interior

[GregOConnor]

removal of the valence is first. the fold down valance comes off with the fabric concave face. then the window boxes. these units are all wood screwed on. easy job . With the fabric sections removed I had time to remove window frames and replace wall paper around the window and shade boxes with glue down thin vinyl covering to make it cleaner for future maintenance. I also completed restringing all the Blinds. Rob 911 showed me how to restring on his last visit from Canada. I opted to remove the day shades. Without day-shade section I was able to make the shade a one hand lift and lower operation. here are a couple pics


the tape on the laminate is not ac duct tape. it is gaffing tape (used in the film industry set and sound stage construction). I use it to support and protect corners and sections that get rubbed during removal. this stuff is 30. a roll but worth it because it leaves no residue and sticks to anything.

Day Night shades are good but the white day shades got funky and are hard to clean. I just cut the strings and removed the day section and day pull down bar. I then moved the string spring to the top and use the lazydaze forum image to restring. there are three different configurations . the bedroom window has 4 strings within the shade and uses this image

most other shades have only two row of strings and use only one set of strings off of the top spring.

the shade vendor or wanderlodge allowed the end tie down to float at the top and installed the spring in the bottom square tube. it you notice the many helpful sites on the net on how to restring, the ends are tied down at the bottom. I opted for this fixed method which allows the operator to move the shade one handed and stay level. I made the tie down under the bottom tube. Simply poke two holes 1/2 inch apart in the plastic slide near one of the screw holes and pull the ends thru and tie.