To Mocoondo: I suspect the tension spool must have taken several direct sideways hits when people swiveled the chair around. When the chair is in it's "locked for travel" position, the back of the chair sits VERY close to the wall/window. The chair is supposed to be slid away from the wall BEFORE it gets swiveled! I guess I need to put a warning sign on that chair for future guests??? Before it got knocked out of the wall the tension spool was screwed into a standard plastic anchor. I suppose the multiple hits jarred the anchor/screw back and forth in the hole enough times that it enlarged the hole in the wall.
TO AO hitech: hole too large for the toothpick trick. I'll post again after I can get a piece of dowel glued in. Hopefully that will hold.
In case anyone is wondering, why not just attach it in a new location, there's not enough extra cord on either side of the shade to allow for moving the tension spools down. I don't want to have to re-string the dang shade unless it's a last resort.
