I've had to restring a couple that broke and I just carefully ran the new line following the one that broke. Didn't have any problem.
Judy L said
08:28 AM Feb 5, 2016
It's been a while but I had to restring the shades in our Teton. As I recall, I found the name of the manufacturer of the shade on the underside of the bottom rail and looked them up on the internet. The manufacturer's site had instructions on how to restring the shades. It wasn't too difficult.
Terry and Jo said
09:28 AM Feb 5, 2016
Kathryn,
First of all, welcome to the RV Dreams forums. Hang around a while and you'll soon see that there are a lot of folks here that can provide answers and advice to any questions you have. They area also very encouraging.
I "Googled" the phrase "restringing RV blinds" and found a few how to videos as well as some with still images and instructions. Here is one:
Presuming that your blinds are the "day/night/ blinds, we watched a demonstration once at a regional RV rally. The couple doing the demonstration had a few tips. One was to purchase some upholstery needles so that one could thread the line through several pleats at once instead of just a few at a time. I have no experience in this, but the gentleman helping also suggested fishing line instead of the regular line for blinds. He claimed that the fishing line would last longer than the regular line.
They also suggested taking the blinds out and finding a large table in the RV park's lounge on which to work. With everything laid out on the table, it looked very organized and they didn't have to juggle the blinds around very much.
Fix-My-Blinds has parts if needed and they also have diagrams of the blinds to help with restringing.
You may also want to do a search on Youtube; they have a number of great videos, if you're a visual person like me.
Clay L said
03:20 PM Feb 9, 2016
Some people that used fishing line said it wore/cut through the grommets.
I found the cord at a JoAnns sewing store. There were two sizes (7 and 9 mm ?), mine used the smaller size.
Glenn West said
04:09 PM Feb 9, 2016
We bought string kit. Still in drawer. DW bought rather nice shades and installed. We like it better and no strings to contend with. Reminds me, need to clear out drawer. lol
The strings are beginning to wear in the day/night shades in our Teton 5th wheel. Any suggestions or "how to's" out there?
http://rv-dreams.activeboard.com/t8253445/restrung-my-daynight-shades/
Found this with the SEARCH function.....
Kathryn,
First of all, welcome to the RV Dreams forums. Hang around a while and you'll soon see that there are a lot of folks here that can provide answers and advice to any questions you have. They area also very encouraging.
I "Googled" the phrase "restringing RV blinds" and found a few how to videos as well as some with still images and instructions. Here is one:
How to Repair RV Blinds Good, Quick, and Cheap
Presuming that your blinds are the "day/night/ blinds, we watched a demonstration once at a regional RV rally. The couple doing the demonstration had a few tips. One was to purchase some upholstery needles so that one could thread the line through several pleats at once instead of just a few at a time. I have no experience in this, but the gentleman helping also suggested fishing line instead of the regular line for blinds. He claimed that the fishing line would last longer than the regular line.
They also suggested taking the blinds out and finding a large table in the RV park's lounge on which to work. With everything laid out on the table, it looked very organized and they didn't have to juggle the blinds around very much.
Fix-My-Blinds has parts if needed and they also have diagrams of the blinds to help with restringing.
Fix-My-Blinds Parts
Fix-My-Blinds Repair Instructions
Good luck.
Terry
I found the cord at a JoAnns sewing store. There were two sizes (7 and 9 mm ?), mine used the smaller size.