"Lost" the bottom string on my pleated day / night blind?

I have restrung several of my day-night shades. I bought the materials at Fix My Blinds.

You will find everything you need there and lots of instructions.

You will probably have more blinds fail, so its probably smart to buy enough string to repair several blinds. It gets a lot easier after the first blind.

joebedford wrote:

Alan_Hepburn wrote:
It is incredibly expensive, compared to buying new string. I got a 200yd roll of string for about $5 at a big box store.

I agree with the expensive part - I've been quoted over $400 to replace the 4-string big blind in my big window.

From which big box store did you buy the string? I've looked in Lowes and Home Depot and couldn't get it.

I've heard that some people buy 50-lb test fishing line - for my restringing I just went to Harbor Freight if I recall and bought a spool of polyester cord the same diameter as the original cord. I know it's not going to last forever, but for the price if I have to restring them every 5 years or so I don't mind! Home Depot and Lowes should carry the same, or similar, cord. Look in the area where they have rope, twine, etc - rather than in the blind area.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice. We removed the blind from the wall (biggest job was removing / replacing the zillion cleats the RV manufacturer used) then pulled the end pieces off the bottom finger hold. That allowed us to slide off the finger hold and retrieve the string that went up inside. Reversed the process and it's as good as new.

As I said, the biggest job was removing all the valences. At least next time they'll have removable screws which will make the job a lot easier.

I'll file the advice on restringing - I'm sure I'll need it someday.

Glad you have the blind fixed. Thanks for the feedback.