Roller blind problem

[Murmansk69]

I've just bought a couple of roller blinds from Dunelm Mill.

They were quite cheap and now I can see why! The mechanism that winds
them up and down is not up to much - nylon string with balls on it is
ok but the bit that winds the blind is stiff and weak.

The blinds themselves are ok and I've now chopped them to length so
can't really take them back.

Anyone know of a supplier of new bits for blinds so I can maybe buy
some better quality parts for them? The roller is metal not cardboard.

Thanks

[Roger Mills]

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Murmansk69 <stai...@gmail.com> wrote:

I know the Dunelm Mill blinds you mean - I've got two of them!

When cutting the first one to length, I religiously followed the supplied
instructions - with the result that the b*****y thing is too tight, and
graunches as you wind it up and down. In the case of the second one, I
'adjusted' the instructions in the light of experience, and it works
perfectly!
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[The Medway Handyman]

Murmansk69 wrote:
> I've just bought a couple of roller blinds from Dunelm Mill.
>
> They were quite cheap and now I can see why! The mechanism that winds
> them up and down is not up to much - nylon string with balls on it is
> ok but the bit that winds the blind is stiff and weak.

Par for the course mate I'm afraid. I've fitted literally hundreds of
roller blinds and they all seem much the same. I suspect one or two
factories make the mechanisms for all blind makers.

The trick is to get the distance between the brackets spot on. Too loose &
the blind falls down, too tight & it strains the mechanism. Silicone or
PTFE spray makes a big difference.

I always warn customers about how fragile the mechanism is (I don't supply
the blinds) & tell them to take care, don't force & don't let kids muck
about with them.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Murmansk69 <stai...@gmail.com>
saying something like:

>Anyone know of a supplier of new bits for blinds so I can maybe buy
>some better quality parts for them?

A decent hardware store (if such a thing still exists) will have naked
rollers and proper sprung internals with associated brackets.

[Appin]

The message <7vfqi5pav3aqes31o...@4ax.com>
from Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly...@REMOVEgmail.com> contains these words:

Can't say I've ever had problems fitting these dreadful modern blinds,
but what I'd really like to find is a source for the supply of old
fashioned wooden rollers and the associated end fittings for friction
drive blind cords.

[garner....@gmail.com]

Best advice i can give is dont buy s**t blinds from dunelm. Pay the extra and get them done proffessionaly. Ive had my share of bad experiances from their products and lost out on £££'s

[Brian Gaff]

You don't like them then?
I like blinds from Wilkinsons...
Hides under table.
Brian

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[GB]

On 16/10/2014 21:32, Brian Gaff wrote:
> You don't like them then?
> I like blinds from Wilkinsons...
> Hides under table.
> Brian
>

I just put up some Ikea ones.

[JimK]

/

[JimK]

/garner....@gmail.com
Best advice i can give is dont buy s**t blinds from dunelm. Pay the extra and get them done proffessionaly. Ive had my share of bad experiances from their products and lost out on £££'s /q

Where do these people keep popping up from??
5 year old post, unfamiliar ID/tag/email addy.....????

Jim K

[newshound]

I have a few made up from John Lewis kits.

[susans...@gmail.com]

You can buy them on ebay

[Chris French]

In message <9030cbcf-656e-4256...@googlegroups.com>,
susans...@gmail.com writes

>You can buy them on ebay

Well thank you, I would never have guessed.
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[Lobster]

On 07 Jan 2016, Chris French <new...@familyfrench.co.uk> grunted:

> In message <9030cbcf-656e-4256...@googlegroups.com>,
> susans...@gmail.com writes
>>You can buy them on ebay
>
> Well thank you, I would never have guessed.

Yes, all this time I've been trying to buy them from the fishmongers. Who'd
have thought? Thank you so much Susan for sorting out my roller blind
problem.

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David

[Dicci]

Lobster <davidlobs...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:XnsA589A4DD148Cd...@81.171.92.222:

where can you buy beef curtains

[The Other John]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:28:25 +0000, Dicci wrote:

> where can you buy beef curtains

From the shop that made Lady Gaga's steak frock? :)

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TOJ.

[Phil L]

susans...@gmail.com wrote:
> You can buy them on ebay

Fuck off Sue you thick twat

[Brian Gaff]

If I wore roller skates would I be a roller blindy?
Brian

<susans...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You can buy them on ebay

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