How do I remove this Venetian Blind?
June 8, 2014 7:53 PM Subscribe
One of my cats has chewed through the cord of these blinds and we need to fix it before we move out in a couple of weeks.
The attachment seems to be different from the others in the house which were spring loaded.
We have tried pulling, rotating and prying with a screwdriver but nothing seems to move it.
Here is a link to one of the brackets holding the blind in place.
I've had a look through the other questions but didn't see anything that matched what we have.
Response by poster: Here are a couple more picture that hopefully give a better idea how the blinds are placed.
Picture One
Picture Two
The photo linked by Kalessin seems to match what we can see but the blinds just won't budge.
There is no room to slide them sideways although there is an end cap which can be popped off.
We've found a label with the brand information - they are Rhapsody blinds but their website doesn't seem to have instructions.
posted by poxandplague at 8:41 PM on June 8, 2014
Picture One
Picture Two
The photo linked by Kalessin seems to match what we can see but the blinds just won't budge.
There is no room to slide them sideways although there is an end cap which can be popped off.
We've found a label with the brand information - they are Rhapsody blinds but their website doesn't seem to have instructions.
posted by poxandplague at 8:41 PM on June 8, 2014
Yeah, rock the blinds back and forth, they probably 'popped' into place, and you can pop them out of place, then unscrew the bracket and you're done.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 7:18 AM on June 9, 2014
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 7:18 AM on June 9, 2014
Yes, squeeze and twist toward you and upward. It was installed by first slipping the top channel in and then rotating the bottom lip into the clasps. You might be able to use a flat head screwdriver behind the blinds to pry the bracket away from the blind. Pushing up on the blind may give you a little more room to free that bottom ridge.
posted by mzurer at 9:16 AM on June 9, 2014
posted by mzurer at 9:16 AM on June 9, 2014
Note that there is flex in the bracket on the bottom clasps, but not so much on the top where it is fastened to the window jamb. Pretty sure you really want to pop out the bottom first.
posted by mzurer at 9:22 AM on June 9, 2014
posted by mzurer at 9:22 AM on June 9, 2014
Response by poster: Thanks so much Kalessin.
We gave up on Monday and called a blind repair guy to come around to take a look yesterday. He couldn't figure them out so we were just going pay the rental company for the damage.
I just sent through the link to the instructions you found and my partner just messaged me and told me that it took him longer to find a screw driver than it did to remove the blinds.
posted by poxandplague at 6:21 PM on June 10, 2014
We gave up on Monday and called a blind repair guy to come around to take a look yesterday. He couldn't figure them out so we were just going pay the rental company for the damage.
I just sent through the link to the instructions you found and my partner just messaged me and told me that it took him longer to find a screw driver than it did to remove the blinds.
posted by poxandplague at 6:21 PM on June 10, 2014
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posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:14 PM on June 8, 2014