How to remove day night shades 36CKTs

[spawnman]

I need to restring most of the blinds in my trailer and was wondering if anyone could share how they removed the blinds to be able to do this? Seems very tight and hard to get under the valance to remove them.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg

[Wiscampsin]

It's alot easier to remove the valance first, then remove the blinds.

[SeaDog]

X2 with the valance

[TimfmCt]

Originally Posted by SeaDog

X2 with the valance

yes, remove the valance

[donniedu]

The valance will be held in place by two to 4 screws. Once their out of the way, two or three screws will take thw blind down,

[keith52]

I'll stick with the herd mentality, remove the valance.

[shughey00]

I don't know how old your CKTS is so maybe they changed a little but on mine the screws that hold the valance to the wall at the top are hidden by the blinds so...you have to take the blind out first. There are two L brackets on either side for the short valance and then two L brackets at the top of the valance and these are hidden behind the shades...but this is on a 2004 so certainly newer may be different.

If yours IS like mine the blinds usually snap into the two metal clips so to get them out you sort of have to get your hands up in there and kind of twist ( or rotate) the front of the blind up to pop it free of the clip then it will simply (well kind of simply) come right out.

Once you have done it once you can pop em out in a few seconds..they are easy ONCE YOU HAVE DONE IT ONCE. It's just getting the right twist down to release it from the clip

[bob caldwell]

On a 2010, after gett'n the pretty stuff out of way, 4 screws, the shade is screwed into wall by x number of screws.....whole thing comes right off...

[DrLewie]

Most day/nite shades clip into the brackets and can be removed with a twist. FYI, I have an 07 Cardinal and I've restrung those shades so often I'm now replacing them with blinds.

[bob caldwell]

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[silverback 35ts]

Originally Posted by spawnman

I need to restring most of the blinds in my trailer and was wondering if anyone could share how they removed the blinds to be able to do this? Seems very tight and hard to get under the valance to remove them.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg

You first should get the valance out of the way, look up inside there are about 4 Phillips screws you will need to remove, then you will see all the remaining screws to remove the blind.

Now for the blinds if you have the patience anyone can restring their own blinds, BUT if you want look on the bottom of the blind and you will see the company who makes them with a phone # and you can mail back as many as you need redone and the company will do it for a nominal fee, Just saying.

As for WHY you had such a issue with what seems a large number of shades is the fault of FR, they pull the strings WAY to tight in the factory and it wears out the strings VERY FAST. When you reinstall them you only need a small amount of tension under the mounting screw, instead the factory pulls them very tight (thinking them will not fall during transit) I found this out myself after getting a few sets of my own back from the blind company and they sent with them instructions to "reinstall" the tension on the strings and i have not had any problem with the falling or wearing out anymore.

Good luck and i hope this helps and Happy Camping

[Jim in Halifax]

Originally Posted by spawnman

I need to restring most of the blinds in my trailer and was wondering if anyone could share how they removed the blinds to be able to do this? Seems very tight and hard to get under the valance to remove them.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg

What YEAR/MAKE/MODEL????
Our 2014 CC----You have to remove valances.J

[kinzoo]

Originally Posted by bob caldwell

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This is how mine are installed...
Just a example of the shortcuts that Cedar Creek takes to save money...
No consideration for the consumer down the road.
What would be wrong with installing clips to mount these blinds for easy removal and repair.
It would probably take them a minute longer to install clips and do it the right way.

[shughey00]

Huh..well on the older Cedar Creeks they used the clips...now I see why you have to pull the valance on newer ones.

And yes they way overtighten the tension on the cords. Not only does it cause early failure but makes it real tough to raise and lower especially on the real wide blinds.

We finally got rid of them all and went with cordless shades. Then again mine were 11 years old.

[Little John]

Originally Posted by shughey00

Huh..well on the older Cedar Creeks they used the clips...now I see why you have to pull the valance on newer ones.

And yes they way overtighten the tension on the cords. Not only does it cause early failure but makes it real tough to raise and lower especially on the real wide blinds.

We finally got rid of them all and went with cordless shades. Then again mine were 11 years old.

Cordless shades!
Could you advise where you purchased them?


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[spawnman]

Originally Posted by Jim in Halifax

What YEAR/MAKE/MODEL????
Our 2014 CC----You have to remove valances.J

Mine is at 2013 Cedar Creek/36CKTS.

I will get up under the valances and see what I need to do to remove them.

Thanks for all of the responses!

Greg

[HeyJude]

Originally Posted by spawnman

Mine is at 2013 Cedar Creek/36CKTS.

I will get up under the valances and see what I need to do to remove them.

Thanks for all of the responses!

Greg

I just pulled my rear blinds off and restrung them. However, I was able to get mine off without taking off the valance. After redoing the blind I'm thinking I'm going to put new cordless blinds in in the near future instead of restringing all of them.