Tuesday 23 September 2014

Non rolling roller blinds

I'd bought some black out roller blinds for the bedrooms which worked a treat at keeping the rooms dark at night.  The problem with both of them was that they had flimsy plastic chains that insisted on breaking no matter how I handled them.

I got a replacement chain from B&Q but that lasted only days before it too broke.  So the blinds have been pretty much non functional for months.  Well I finally got round to buying another replacement chain.  Seeing as I couldn't find one locally I went online and got a 3m length of chrome roller blind chain with 2mm gap from a seller on Amazon for a few quid. 

Fitting it was a little fiddly but luckily I have small fingers so it wasn't too difficult.  I did eventually determine that the blind needed unrolling all the way before threading on the chain.  The first time I did it I had the blind fully opened which meant that when I tried closing the blind I found I ran out of chain.  Second time I rolled it down halfway which didn't work either.  Then like Goldilocks I figured out the right option the third time, which was inevitable as it was the only option left.

It cost a few quid and a bit of fiddling and I now have functioning roller blinds again.  I know, it's a small achievement but so is everything in life depending on how you look at it.  Next step - window sills.

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