How do you lengthen a blind cord?
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Mounting Window Blinds That Are Too Short
A few options to cover this gap is by adding a larger custom valance, a cornice, or drapery above the blinds. If you are handy you could even mount wooden valance boards at the top and paint or stain them to match the horizontal blinds.
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Cords should be 40% or less than the total length of the blind. This includes both lifting and tilting cords. Be sure to only shorten cords when the blind is in the fully lowered position.
A new safety standard will take effect Saturday limiting the manufacturing of corded blinds in response to fears they could injure or kill children by strangulation. Starting Dec. 15, most products used to cover windows must either be cordless or have short, inaccessible cords.
Gently pull the old cord to thread the new cord through the blinds. Continue until the old cord is completely replaced by the new cord. Cut off the old cord where you connected the two cords. Tie knots on the end of the new cord and reattach the caps.
If one or more of the lift strings becomes frayed or breaks, you can remove the broken strings and restring broken blinds strings so your blinds can work like new.
- Step 1 – Measure the blind. ...
- Step 2 – Remove the headrail by pushing up on the bracket tabs on the backside of the blind. ...
- Step 3 – Use the lighter to melt an end of the new cord to the old cord. ...
- Step 4 – Tie a knot at the end of the new cord so it won't pull through the blind.
Extension brackets are used to push an outside mount further away from the wall. Hold down brackets are mounted to the door or wall and attach to the window covering. They are used to secure the bottom of the covering.
Push up the bottom rail until it reaches your new bottom slat. On the bottom side of the rail, you'll see plastic buttons. You can pry these off with a flathead screwdriver to create leverage. Push the excess cord length into the holes where the buttons go.
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Cord cleats keep dangerous, dangling cords out of the way of playful children and pets. Cord cleats are easily attached to the wall on either side of the window. They're used to wrap the window covering's pull and/or tilt cords around them, keeping the cords tied neatly up and out of the reach of grabby little hands.
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Extension brackets are used to push an outside mount further away from the wall. Hold down brackets are mounted to the door or wall and attach to the window covering. They are used to secure the bottom of the covering.
