The new owners

[ascreaton]

There must come a time when Hillary's will listen to the grass roots

Ade

[keenasmustard]

you will wait along time

[advisorc proudly SA woman]

I need some advise on the sloping verticals. Can anyone please tell me apart from the spring on the side, how do you get the top carrier in the head rail to remain in position? On both head rails the carriers kept sliding down and it affected the drop. Cords were as tight as possible and it is quite a stiff operation to work the blinds. My solution was to use a small washer in between the last and second last carriers and bend it slightly so that it cant move! Please give me some advise here, because it took me ages to get the washers in and blinds hanging.

[loneranger]

advisorc said:

I need some advise on the sloping verticals. Can anyone please tell me apart from the spring on the side, how do you get the top carrier in the head rail to remain in position? On both head rails the carriers kept sliding down and it affected the drop. Cords were as tight as possible and it is quite a stiff operation to work the blinds. My solution was to use a small washer in between the last and second last carriers and bend it slightly so that it cant move! Please give me some advise here, because it took me ages to get the washers in and blinds hanging.

On a normal headrail, the first carrier (the one nearest the control end) is held back by a white nylon washer (not quite a full circle) which clips over the drive shaft. These are now soft nylon and don't work as well as the previous, more rigid version. You must have seen these .... they fall out at the drop of a hat.

On a sloper, these are (or should be) replaced by a metal collar which is fitted between the first and second carrier. This collar is secured by a little grub screw which clamps it onto the drive shaft. Try rotating the drive shaft until you can see the screw, loosen it and slide the collar further up the sloping shaft and then re-tighten the screw.