My wife insists on getting thin horizontal strip vinyl blinds for this sliding door. We probably will need to get two and for sure will need to install it outside of the molding. The problem is that with the handle and the molding on top, there is about a 1.5 inch protrusion and we will need something to extend the blind out so that when installed it can drop straight down outside of the protrusion without an unsightly bulge over the molding and handle.
Is there some kind of extension bracket that I can buy? Does anyone know the name to search for? Thank you.
Since there are so many different types and brands of blinds there aren't aftermarket brackets available. Most/all blind mounting hardware comes with the blinds or from the blind manufacturer. If you don't have the ability to come up with a solution on your own you should look carefully when choosing blinds for ones that you can mount.
Removing your molding is one option as is installing a molding at the top that blind brackets can mount to. You can also walk the aisles of your local home center to get ideas for what is available and what you can use. Maybe there is a shelf bracket you can modify or a structural Simpson bracket in the lumber department that might help.
I agree you'd have to install something above to mount the blinds to, but maybe she should reconsider and use a different treatment. If it gets installed farther out, you'll have a large gap at the sides.
Providing there's enough space at the sides, a curtain rod and curtains on rings would be a better choice and look nicer, too.
Look into wrap around design curtain rods. The ones I saw stuck 2 1/2 inches from the wall. You could mount this to the top molding and the curve would solve the edge problem. It is possible to purchase the vinyl replacement slats if that is the look you want rather than a curtain. You would just need rings for the rod to hang the slats from.
I'm trying to replace the Battery Bracket Assembly on a PowerRise Duette; the part opposite the spring where the battery tube clips in. I have the part, but I cannot figure out how to get the black cover off the motherboard where the clip wire plugs in. I have the firs two clips on the black plate off, but there looks like another one I cannot get to. Any ideas?
My cordless shade is broken. There are two separate shades mounted on one mount, each shade a little over 3 feet wide and 8 feet long, for a sliding door. One shade looks puckered on the top/left side, makes a clicking noise when raised or lowered, and won't go all the way up. I've done the "gently pull the shade all the way down, gently pull on one side then the other, raise the shade back up" trick, but that does nothing.
The only markings are Gloria 2T 19963.....Cellular Shade C#: 82CPCS0212.04
FCH EV 02/12/15 CLASS R.
Is this a DIY project?
I took it down to look at the inner workings, but nothing looked obviously wrong, not that I would really know what to look for.
Any suggestions.
04-12-21, 08:03 AM
Is this a DIY project?
I took it down to look at the inner workings, but nothing looked obviously wrong, not that I would really know what to look for.
Any suggestions.
