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
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!
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.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Murmansk69 saying something like:
A decent hardware store (if such a thing still exists) will have naked rollers and proper sprung internals with associated brackets.
The message from Grimly Curmudgeon 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.
Best advice i can give is dont buy s**t blinds from dunelm. Pay the extra a nd get them done proffessionaly. Ive had my share of bad experiances from t heir products and lost out on £££'s
You don't like them then? I like blinds from Wilkinsons... Hides under table. Brian
I just put up some Ikea ones.
Not a roller blind - a vertical one, but after looking at the eye watering prices in store, I found a place which made them custom at a fraction of the price
(checks receipts folder)
ah, blinds-depot.co.uk - £60 when the cheapest instore (which would have needed cutting down) was about £80, and a custom quote (from a "no riff- raff" type shop) was £120.
/ snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com Best advice i can give is dont buy s**t blinds from dunelm. Pay the extra a nd get them done proffessionaly. Ive had my share of bad experiances from t heir 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
I have a few made up from John Lewis kits.
You can buy them on ebay
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Well thank you, I would never have guessed.
On 07 Jan 2016, Chris French grunted:
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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where can you buy beef curtains
From the shop that made Lady Gaga's steak frock? :)
If I wore roller skates would I be a roller blindy? Brian
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