How to remove the blinds from the window 🥝 and disassemble the roller blind

Blinds - a fashionable way to design a window opening. They are gaining more and more popularity among owners of plastic windows, and this is no accident. Blinds are convenient and practical; they do not need to be constantly adjusted and hooked to hooks. From time to time, you still have to wash them, and at that moment the question arises of how to remove the blinds from the plastic window. Let's talk about this. This is not very difficult, you most likely will not have to call a specialist from a cleaning company.

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What blinds do you have?

In modern apartments, there are three types of systems:

• horizontal
• vertical
• rolled.

Which is more convenient - the owners decide. Sometimes it seems that such structures are fixed tightly and they cannot be removed. This often happens when the window decor is fixed on the screws. But even in this case, it is quite easy to remove the blinds from the plastic window.

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How to disassemble vertical blinds?

In order not to break the system and not remove anything superfluous, deal with the design. The device includes:

• cornice;
• connecting chain;
• control chain;
• weights;
• runners;
• cord;
• actually lamellas.

In modern blinds there are eaves from different materials. Commonly used:

• plastic;
• aluminum;
• wood.

Before you remove the blinds from the window to wash, decide whether you will remove the entire structure or just remove the lamellas.

Option 1

Remove lamellas longer than the entire structure. They are attached to the cornice using a special clip. Unfasten the strip from the clip and you're done.

Option 2

If you need to remove the entire structure, it is best to act in this order:

1. First, open the curtains just like you always do.
2. The lamels need to be assembled on the one hand, this is also easy to do, it is for such actions that the control chain is intended.
3. The chain and weights must be pulled down.
4. Take off the lamellas in turn - this should be done especially carefully if the blinds are old and the clips are worn out.
5. If necessary, remove the cornice - press the tab on one side, holding the cornice itself, and then do the same operation on the other side.

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How to remove fabric vertical blinds?

Lamels come in different materials. For their manufacture apply:

• plastic;
• aluminum;
• straw;
• bamboo;
• the cloth.

The procedure is always the same, but there are small differences regarding the handling of canvases. Having removed the cloth, it is better to roll it. But plastic and aluminum lamellas cannot be folded under any circumstances.

Important! When you collect the plates on one side, make sure that they hang evenly and do not twist.

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How to remove horizontal blinds from a plastic window?

Upon closer inspection, it usually turns out that it is quite simple to remove horizontal blinds from a plastic window:

1. Remove the decorative covers - there are a lot of them, they are attached in several places.
2. Look at the upper bar - there you will see the latches, they are also called flags.
3. Lift the plates up.
4. Pull the flags to the right and toward you.
5. Remove the cornice.
6. Pull the blinds toward you and down.
7. Remove the entire structure.

How to remove the blinds on the clips?

Such models are often hung in the attic.To remove them, you will need a special key. You can buy one in the same store as the window decor itself. The procedure, of course, will be different from when you removed the blinds with a cornice:

1. Turn the clamps counterclockwise.
2. Remove the blinds.

Important! After washing, the system must be hung using the same key by turning each clamp clockwise.

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Roller blinds

Roll models are not recommended to be washed; dry cleaning is preferable in many respects. And it's not even that the material from which such blinds are made is afraid of water. It’s just that after washing them it’s not always possible to twist them back into a flat roll. Therefore, it is better to clean such blinds with a vacuum cleaner with a soft nozzle.

If, nevertheless, washing is inevitable - well, nothing is impossible to remove the roller blinds from the plastic window. You only need a screwdriver. Use it to pull the tab on the bracket, and then pull the blinds down.

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How to wash the blinds?

Some types of such window decorations are generally not worth washing. Bamboo or straws are usually treated with a special compound, so such blinds are best cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.

Important! It is possible to wash metal, plastic and fabric products.

There is nothing complicated in this, however, it is better to refuse some things. You do not need:

• hard brush;
• hard sponge
• aggressive detergents.

For washing, a normal soap solution is most suitable. You can make it from laundry soap or any detergent intended for care with this type of surface:

1. Remove dust from all elements of the system with a vacuum cleaner or shower.
2. Fill the bathtub with soapy water.
3. Spread the lamels and lower them into the bath so that the water completely hides them.
4. Keep the structure in solution for one and a half to two hours.
5. Rinse each plate thoroughly.
6. Drain and rinse the product.
7. Let the lamellas get rid of the water and dry a little.
8. Hang the system in place.
9. Wipe all the elements - for this you need a soft cotton cloth.
10. Insert plugs and decorative elements.

Important! To wash the blinds as little as possible, regularly sweep off the dust from them.

The turning elements also need care. For processing you need:

• machine oil;
• autospray.

Important! Lubricate the rotary elements several times a year, and it is more convenient to do this when you wash the entire structure.

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A few words about fixtures

Different types of mounts have their own characteristics that must be considered when leaving.

Option 1

The blinds on the hooks are convenient, they are very easy to remove. However, with this type of fastening, the sealant sometimes suffers - precisely in those places where the hooks hang. It must be replaced periodically.

Option 2

Light models, along with a cornice, are sometimes attached to tape. To remove such blinds from a plastic window is not difficult. It is enough to pick up the cornice with something sharp, like a knife or spatula. Traces of scotch tape are easily rubbed off with white spirit, and on some surfaces with sunflower oil.

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Now you know how to remove the blinds from the plastic window if they are made of any material with any control principle. Therefore, when you understand that it is necessary to clean the window decor, you will not have any problems with this process.