#Blinds won t open with wand how to
#Blinds won t open with wand update

#Blinds won t open with wand how to

See instructions above on how to adjust the rail weight on the bottom bar. You need to use the weight on the under part of the bottom rail to adjust the shade. Solution: This usually happens when a shade has been taken down after originally installed. Problem: Silhouette shade goes up crooked. Move the weight in 1' increments toward the side where the fabric is gathering. To release the weight clip, insert a ﬂat blade screwdriver into the weight clip and turn clockwise. How to adjust the rail weight on the bottom bar: Check that the installation brackets are level. Solution: Check that the window is square by measuring the diagonals. Problem: The shading raises or lowers unevenly or the bottom rail is uneven when fully raised. Replace continuous cord by taking off end cap and feeding cord through clutch. These strings are mended together with a precise mending machine. Solution: Do not try to mend it together by glueing it or melting it together because it will not hold together. Problem: Hunter Douglas Silhouette Shade circular or Continuous pull string broke. Hunter Douglas Silhouette Shade Mounting Brackets - Sold in pairs Solution: Purchase the newly redesigned brackets that do not have the clear piece and will work with any Silhouette Shade manufactured from 1991 to now.

#Blinds won t open with wand update

The newly update ones have a plastic piece that is fully attached and will not come off easy. This is a common issue with the older brackets.

Problem: The clear plastic piece of my Hunter Douglas Silhouette Shade bracket broke off. Solution: Most likely the rings on the back of the bamboo shade have become detached due to usage and need to be sewn back on or you may need new cordlock mechanism. Problem: Lift cord moves, but shade does not move upward or when it does move it is crooked. Bamboo Shade Mounting Bracket - Outside Mount - Sold in pairs Bamboo Shade Mounting Bracket - Inside Mount - Sold in pairs Problem: The bamboo or woven wood shade brackets are broken or you cannot find them. Solution: To lock the shade in the raised position (or anywhere along the path to the fully raised position), engage the locking mechanism at the top of the cord by pulling the cord straight down, or toward the outside of the shade. Problem: The shade will not stay in the raised position. Then put the cords back into the cord tassel. Undo the cords from the cord tassel and straighten them when the bottom bar is slightly lift off the bottom of the window sill so you can see if it is level or not. The cords should come together into a cord tassel. If your honeycomb shade does not have a pocket and ferrule, then you have to adjust your shade by the strings that you use to pull the shade up and down with. Re-insert the ferrule and your shade is now correct. To adjust pull out the ferrule which is inserted into the pocket. Solution: Hunter Douglas and some other brands have a pocket and ferrule system on the bottom of the bottom bar that allows you to adjust the level of the shade and the length of the shade. Problem: The bottom rail is not level or the shade height is to short or to long. Hunter Douglas 3/4' Honeycomb Shade Cordlock System Body Solution: Corlock system may need to be replaced due to cord has worn a groove in cordlock body which caused the cord to fray and with the groove it does not allow mechanism to run smoothly through cordlock mechanism. Problem: Pull cord is stuck and will not move. Honeycomb or Pleated Shades or Hunter Douglas Duette Honeycomb Shades Solution: Need to replace lift strings due to age which causes to much drag or you the string may be rubbing on headrail as it travels through the holes on the bottom of the headrail. Problem: Lift cord is stuck and will not allow blind to retract. Solution: You need to replace wand tilter in headrail, you need to replace the wand, or the ladders on blind have shifted and are not on over barrels inside blind headrail (this is more common when the blind has been removed or newly installed) High Profile Wand Tilter Low Profile Wand Tilter Problem: Wand turns, but slats on blind won't move. Faux and Real Wood Blinds or Hunter Douglas Everwood Blind Collection