I have a large 6'+ wide day / night pleated blind in my living room slide.I thought that one of the strings had broken but on closer examination I see that the plastic doo-hickey that attached the string to the wall at the bottom broke and allowed the string to disappear into the bottom horizontal frame.I know I'll have to take the blind down and fold it up at least partially to get the stress off the strings. But then what? How do I get that string out of the bottom frame? Does it come apart somehow?Appreciate your suggestions.

Check for end caps on the frame.

Pull the end caps off the bottom metal piece and slide it off. You will probably see the string. pull some slack and run it through the hole in the end cap. Reassemble the pieces and you should be fixed.

The string would have been knotted on the do-hickey and that knot should have stopped it going into the hole in the end cap. So the string may have broken and now be too short. You can buy that kind of string and restring if needed. Huge PITA, but do-able.

BFL13 wrote:The string would have been knotted on the do-hickey and that knot should have stopped it going into the hole in the end cap. So the string may have broken and now be too short. You can buy that kind of string and restring if needed. Huge PITA, but do-able.X2 that the string is likely too short to be able to get it back on the tension spool.Not all that hard to restring these shades. See these instructions.

Not incredibly expensive to buy a new day/night shade. Not terribly difficult to install.

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

CloudDriver
Explorer
Dec 15, 2014
BFL13 wrote:
The string would have been knotted on the do-hickey and that knot should have stopped it going into the hole in the end cap. So the string may have broken and now be too short. You can buy that kind of string and restring if needed. Huge PITA, but do-able.

X2 that the string is likely too short to be able to get it back on the tension spool.

Not all that hard to restring these shades. See these instructions.
BFL13
Explorer II
Dec 15, 2014
The string would have been knotted on the do-hickey and that knot should have stopped it going into the hole in the end cap. So the string may have broken and now be too short. You can buy that kind of string and restring if needed. Huge PITA, but do-able.
dbbls
Explorer
Dec 15, 2014
Pull the end caps off the bottom metal piece and slide it off. You will probably see the string. pull some slack and run it through the hole in the end cap. Reassemble the pieces and you should be fixed.
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Dec 15, 2014
Check for end caps on the frame.

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