Whatever happened to spring-loaded roller blinds?
Discussion
eddie1980 said:
By God man, are you i-n-s-a-n-e, cords, springs, string, whip injury, choking hazards its a massive minefield of personal injury.
No actually no idea, not seen one for sale anywhere in a long time.
Ironically the newer kind with the cogwheel at the end have a hanging loop that's marked as a hazard and has a clip so you can stop little Timmy strangling himself with it. The old 'pull down, tug to release' kind just had a 6" bit of string hanging off, and even if little Timmy was suicidal (because his dad bought a Prius) he'd find it impossible even to self-harm with it.No actually no idea, not seen one for sale anywhere in a long time.
Anyway, I put the new cogwheel type blind up yesterday and right from the start the silly plastic chain started slipping on the silly plastic cogs. I can no longer raise the blind fully because the little doofah used to join the silly plastic chain won't run through the silly plastic mechanism. Result - a completely useless blind.
You know what? Two of my ancestors back in the 1850s were blind-makers in the East End. I bet their blinds lasted longer than 24 hours.
robinhood21 said:
Simpo, the join tag is not meant to go through the mechanism. Pull the end off the blind and adjust the chain so the tag is positioned just the other side of the mechanism. Push end back on and all should work OK.
I think his point was that even set up correctly, the blind is so s
t, that the chain will slip and it will stop working eventually.bitwrx said:
robinhood21 said:
Simpo, the join tag is not meant to go through the mechanism. Pull the end off the blind and adjust the chain so the tag is positioned just the other side of the mechanism. Push end back on and all should work OK.
I think his point was that even set up correctly, the blind is so st, that the chain will slip and it will stop working eventually.
: Having reread the post and digested said post (going to blame it on my stinking cold) I stand corrected.Oh, and agree. They are a very poor (and cheap) copy of the real thing.
igiveup said:
Ah yes! - although I have to buy a metre of fabric for £45. I've managed to effect an 'improvement' so with a handy bolt and one more dab of Araldite I think it'll be OK.robinhood21 said:
Oops! : Having reread the post and digested said post (going to blame it on my stinking cold) I stand corrected.
Oh, and agree. They are a very poor (and cheap) copy of the real thing.
Yep, the slipping chain meant the joiner gradually got higher and higher.: Having reread the post and digested said post (going to blame it on my stinking cold) I stand corrected.Oh, and agree. They are a very poor (and cheap) copy of the real thing.
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