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03-09-2008, 12:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Dillon KOA
Posts: 1,291
M.O.C. #7445
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Screws and Blinds
Why can't Keystone/Montana come up with a screw system that keeps screws in cabinets and walls? I'd also like to have a blind system that isn't so delicate. We are extremely careful raising and lowering our blinds, but it's just too easy to get one end higher than the other, and before you know it, you have the blind in a bind. And--what about those knobs on the awning windows, the knobs that catch the shades as they are being raised or lowered?
Love the look of the blinds, but absolutely hate their delicate nature. Sometimes I even hate to raise or lower them because it's such a pain, and I'm always worried that the string will pop, or the anchors will pull out from the wall, or that they'll catch on a knob. There has to be a better system!
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03-09-2008, 04:09 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: _
Posts: 5,238
M.O.C. #6337
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We took the knobs off the windows. Only open those particular windows a few times a year, can put the knobs back on, and spin em and don't even need the screw to hold the knob on. Open window, enjoy breeze, ready to close, do so, put the knob back in the cupboard.
Tricks to the blinds, use TWO hands to raise and lower, Do not raise both the day and night blind at the same time, do the night blind, then the day part. When you are raising (or lowering), pull slightly away from the window and kinda curl the handle portion. SteveR used to have a great way to describe this action. Go slow and steady.
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03-10-2008, 10:59 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Palmer
Posts: 1,526
M.O.C. #7893
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And if your short like me, I have to stand on the couch to raise the blind there, crawl over the dinette chairs to get those 3 blinds, forget the 5 blinds on the large slide where our recliners are. Oh my! It's my job to open the blind over the kitchen sink and dresser. Why mine? Because I can reach them without having to get really friendly with my furniture.
Tammy
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03-11-2008, 10:09 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kville
Posts: 2,865
M.O.C. #7871
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You can also adjust the tension on each blind...most of mine were two stiff until I loosened them.
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03-13-2008, 11:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 1,043
M.O.C. #5329
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I had the same rants, just learned to live with the blinds, and developed a technique similar to above. On the screws, though, I think the "dedicated old world craftsmen" get a little carried away with their screwguns. Remove the screws one at a time and break a matchstick off flush in the hole and then replace the screw, or go to larger screws.
I agree, it should be right from the factory, but very little is these days..
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03-26-2008, 04:29 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Nampa
Posts: 140
M.O.C. #1027
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Amen to the "two handed" approach to lifting and lowering the blinds. They are a bit of a chore and yes they do snag on the window knobs, but if taken slow and 1/2 at a time - can be done ok. Also - look back in the archives for info on securing the end caps with very small sheet metal screws so they don't pop out and slide the shades out the end of the frame work - also works nice.
The old match stick in the screw hole has been a great fix for loose hinge screws in our coach(s) for years.
Persevere -
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