How to Adjust the Spring in a Window Shade
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- The traditional roller window shade is making a comeback after about a 30-year decline in popularity.
Today's consumer simply doesn't know how window shades work and this is causing many people to believe the window shades they've purchased are inferior or defective.
This video demonstrates how to tighten the shade spring for proper functioning. (If your problem is with releasing or loosening an over-tightened window shade spring, watch THIS video • How To Release An Over... )
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I called Andrew to ask how to loosen the shade spring when tension is to high (shade was very hard to pull down, then wouldn't go back up). He took the time to explain it to me. Old fashion customer service, gotta love it! Thanks Andrew!!!
Mick! It's a thrill for me to know my video helped you. Thank you so much for letting me know.
How do you do this? Mine are way too tight! Can't find anywhere how to loosen them
There are some good people still in this world...!!!👊👊👊
Hi. Liked your video.
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You absolute star!! I have a really old one of these blinds and recently I thought I was going to have to go through the nightmare of replacing the entire thing....not anymore! Thank you so much from England.
Thanks so much! Wouldn't allow me to give another thumbs up, as I viewed it last year when I had an issue, and came back here to check your video out again! I ended up pulling our shade all the way down, and it won't go up, so I assume the tension has gone out completely, so I'll pull the shade, and see if this works. Hoping it's just that, as it was working just fine, then all of a sudden it wouldn't go up at all, which then had me at no more to pull senerio!
Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. I'm still not sure if your problem is solved...I hope so!
Thank you, sir. I’m a 70ish grandma and knew nothing about window shades. I needed to rewind a shade and didn’t know where to start. Someone told me about TH-cam and I found you. The job is done .. it rolls all the way to the top .. and I’m a happy grandma again. Thank you so very much. Thank you for teaching me this ‘trick’.
That's fantastic! Thank you for letting me know the video helped you. By the way, my dad's pediatrist's name is Troiano-University of Pennsylvania.
@@mazerwholesale Isn’t that interesting about our name. Don’t know if any close relative lives in Pennsylvania, but you never know. Thanks for talking to me and of course, thanks for helping me.
Hi Andrew, you are the best, was suffering with my roll-up for a long time and just fixed it in less than 2 minutes after seeing your video. Every day, specially during cold months rolling it up in the morning and rolling it down in the evening became a formidable task! Now it's been taken care of with your help! THANK YOU 🙏
I'm so glad the the video helped you. Thank you for letting me know.
Completely agree! I bought new shades for my childhood bedroom a couple of years ago because the ones in there were all ripped up. One of them was “malfunctioning” but I was too lazy to replace it. Every time I visit my parents it annoys me to see it pulled down. This video just saved me a trip to Home Depot :)
3 yrs after your video and I have to say "thank you". Saved me a bundle in blinds with those few minutes you took to tell us how to fix!
I LOVE IT! Thank you for letting me know the video helped you.
Agree❤
Here's an easier way to do it. Take a kitchen fork. Put it on the flat metal end of the shade, the same that he showed you, so that the flat metal piece is between the tines of the fork. Hold it tight. And then turn the fork clockwise until you feel a tightening. Just be careful that you don't tighten it too much or hold the fork too loosely because it can spring back on you once you tighten it. But that's a sure, easy way of tightening it and it's the old school way. It's the way I did it growing up ( I am 68) when all the shades were the spring type shades.
Thanks for this comment! Saved me a lot of time. But to everyone else, hold your forks tight. I loosened my grip just a litttle bit and it got catapulted across the room😅
thank you, worked well, took about 4 times of doing the unwind, roll , and on and on, now tight as a snare drum,
BINGO!!!! So glad to hear it!
This is very nicely explained! Was very frustrated, until I found this video. Thank you!
GREAT! Glad the video helped you. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you I’m 35 yrs old and needed a refresher. I knew about feeling to get it to stay or pull it back up didn’t know about the hand rolling technique for tensioning it.
Thank you Andrew, I was about to put mine in the garbage but thank to you it is working again
GREAT! Thank you for letting me know! So glad to be of assistance.
Hi Andrew, What if our roller shade’s spring is sprung? It won’t catch when we try to wind it.
Thank you! My mom taught me to use a fork to rewind the spring! Your method is much easier!
Mother is always right! (But my method IS better!) Thank you for your comment.
Wow. I've had this problem for years on our bedroom blinds, they would never roll up properly. Doing some painting, rolled the shades back up by hand to put them back in. Came here to find out how to fix the spring, went back to test the shade, and it's working perfectly! So I fixed it without even realizing it! Haha. Thanks!
Thank you.. I just bought new roller shades and have been struggling to get the tension.. They are long shades of 70 plus inches and it's quite the curl work out to roll them up over and over.. But enjoy them very much.. love the clean look that roller shades add to my window decor. large windows and i love the view that they offer over other blinds.
Great. Thank mate.. you get a thumbs up. The only thing to add is that the spring latch didn't hold position when I first fitted the flat end (into the middle part of the bracket - with the flat horizonal). But, when I re-fitted the flat end with the flat surface vertical (in the upper side of the bracket) - the latch started working. Maybe it had nothing to do with it working or not - maybe I just accidentally gave it a little jolt. So - all good - just sharing my experience.
i'm glad the video helped you. Yes, the biggest thing which makes the shade spring become loose is the bracket. Sometimes that bracket gets bent out of shape and the flat end of the shade spins inside the bracket rather than tighten the spring. Or sometimes it's just not sitting inside the groove properly.
I've been having this issue for 6 months and I can't believe I was able to fix it so quickly!!
Fantastic video Andrew. With your great instructions & demonstration we finally fixed our bathroom blind after 6 months of the blind not staying in any down position. Best wishes from Adelaide, Australia
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Oh my goodness, thank you!! This is such an easy fix I feel silly not thinking if it myself, lol. My blind is so springy now! Works amazing. I appreciate you.
Hey, don't feel silly! I grew up in a hardware store. See all the comments from people all over the world...this is not common knowledge. I'm glad the video helped you. Thanks for watching it.
I did this on one shade works great thank you. The other one when I tighten the spring, it releases as soon as you pull it out and have to start over.
Just tried this on our shade which hasn't worked properly for soooo long and now works a treat
Thanks so much!
Great! Glad the video helped you. Thanks for letting me know.
good job! I have just replaced the material on a very old blind and was unclear as to why I couldn't get it to spring back up again. You saved the day, thank you. megs UK
Super helpful thank you so much. I was about ready to throw my blinds in the garbage until I watch your TH-cam video and got it fixed. So helpful!!!’
i'm really glad thed video help you out. Thanks for letting me know!
Super helpful. My kids accidentally popped ours off the track and they just never worked right afterwards. I was about to replace when I though I should search for repair tips. 2 minutes later my blinds are good as new.
Thank you for your response. I'm sorry for overlooking your initial comment.
Thank you! I was about to buy new ones for my apartment because I don't want the landlord to charge me for them when I move out but this worked like magic!
I'm so glad you let me know the video helped you. Thank you for letting me know!
Thank you for your roller shade videos. Your instructions and explanations are so clear and straightforward and finally I understand how to mount, trim, and maintain them. I appreciate very much how you stick to the point without a lot of preamble.
Thank you for watching my videos and for the compliment. I'm glad these videos helped you.
thank you for taking the time to show us how the roller blinds work ! it did for me!
I'm really delighted the video helped you. Thank you for letting me know!
Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate being shown how to fix a problem that I’ve had for several years
Thank you Andrew. It's amazing how something so simple in design can be so bewildering until it's explained so clearly. Greetings from Dublin, Ireland (where these types of blinds are still very popular), Tony
Thank you for letting me know the video helped you!
I have always used shades but the last ones I bought, you tightened them on the flat end with a pair of pliers!! That didn't work on the new ones so I am sure glad I found your video!
Thanks for letting me know the video helped you!
gosh.. I rly thought I broke it today. This makes so much sense!! I am so thankful I clicked on your video!!!
Thank you for letting me know the video helped you!
Thanks so much , I was struggling half day trying to figure this out.I have got 29 blinds to do.Thank you so very much.Your trick worked like a charm.
Mine wouldn't even go up. Till i watched this. Saved me from weight an angry review.
I'm so glad the video helped you. Thank you for letting me know.
3:47 was what I was looking for. I didn't know how to roll them up at all! Thank you.
Glad the video helped you! Thanks for letting me know.
My new RV has slow roll up shades and one of them won’t roll back up. I’m going to try this, thanks.
Please let me know how it goes!
tyvk for this Skill.
Mom and dad have some pretty hard-to-find blinds, and those blinds have become frustratingly difficult to operate.
Hopefully this will allow them to enjoy the window treatments that they chose, for many more years.
U r truly a blessing because I was ready to scream and throw it out😭 I was using the grandma method using a fork to make it tight. Bad idea very bad😁 Andrew I finally said to myself look online and u were the first person I clicked on. U saved my day and thank u sooo much. Whew!! I can relax now😂😂😂
I'm delighted the video helped you! Thank you for letting me know. Did you give the video a big thumbs up?
very well explained....I always did it the wrong way by turning the flat metal which was hard to do.....thanks
I was wondering how to retension mine and you answered my question perfectly. Thank you very much, very helpful :)
I'm glad the video helped . Thank you for letting me know!
this is a excellent video, but I have a question. How far do you pull the blind down when checking and correcting the tension. Is there a certain amount of feet that you should pull the fabric down when doing this process?
I'm terribly sorry I failed to respond to your comment over a year ago.
Thank you, I was wondering how it works, but now it is clear.
Thank you for your reply. Good luck!
Magical! would be great to explain how the mechanism works.
Who would have thought the fix is so simple! Thank you.
I'm really glad the video helped. Thank you for letting me know!
We just purchased a shade a few days ago and it won' roll up. I will try this method. Thank you!
This took me a few try’s which was ever so frustrating as I kept dropping the blind itself 🤦🏻♀️😆😆
But, eventually once my butter fingers worked this was a brilliant example of how to fix my blind, so thank you 🤩 ❤️🙏🏽
I just put brand new shades up and paid a lot of money for them. They have no tension!! I was considering taking them all back or trying to come up with something to make them work. I came across your video. I am going to do this. Thank you for the info. Can't wait to share with the man who installed them for me. 😁
Thank you for watching the video. Were you successful in adjusting the shade tension?
@@mazerwholesale YES!! It worked with no problem. Thank you so much. I thought about ripping them off the window I got so aggravated with it but thanks to you they are working and not ripped to shreds. 😁
Thank you so much fantastic explanation 7 min video and fixed in 30 seconds Great video great job 5 stars
Hey, thank you for the kind words, thanks for watching, and thanks for letting me know the video helped you.
Tried this method and it worked beautifully, thank you.
Great! Glad it helped. Thans for letting me know.
Super job. Thank you for a clear and very helpful video! A video like yours is why Facebook exists in the first place... you do help others in a very selfless way. My respects!
I'm very grateful for your kind words and I'm glad the video is helpful to you.
What can info if the inner spring is not working at all. I may have pulled it a bit hard. Did I break the print? It went “twang” when I pulled.
In order to tighten a totally unwound spring is to hold the shade parallel to the floor. It will not wind up if you hold it vertically. You can also put the shade into the brackets as shown in the video. If it doesn't tighten up, the spring is broken and you must replace it.
OMG, it was just that simple! I have just thrown out several for this very reason. I was able to "repair" my remaining two however. Thank you so much for this. I had no idea. So simple.
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Thank you!! The instructions included with our shades made this overly complicated.
OR you can hold the end in the bracket (flat end) with the point end out of the bracket, and hand wind it all the way and it will recoil. I did this to 7 of my blinds and it worked on all of them.
Great, helpful video. Glad I found and subscribed to your page.
Glad I could help...and THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING!
Thank you for this easy solution. It worked however it is a bit tight now and could be loosened a bit. Can you suggest away to reduce the tension or will it just happen on its own? Thanks
So helpful, thanks. You saved me 100 dollars and the old blind from ending up in the landfill
Thank you! What's the best way to measure a window for a shade. Thank you.
Thanks - this was very helpful. My old privacy blind had no tension at all, and I was able to fix it using this. It seems like the shade doesn't want to stay down - it doesn't always lock into place when I tug on it. Is there a quick fix for that, or is that the sort of thing you'd just replace the shade to correct?
Darnnn, I just realized I never replied to your comment. I'm sorry. If you take the shade out of the bracket and wind up the flat end of the shade (that's the spring-loaded end), then you should be able to turn that flat end clockwise to tighten the spring. Alternatively, you can roll the shade fabric up unto the roller, place the shade back into the bracket, then pull the shade down. As you pull the shade down, you shoud feel some resistance. That resistance is the spring tightening up inside the roller core. If that flat end is frozen stiff, your spring is SHOT. If the flat end just turns and turns and never gets tight, YOUR SPRING IS SHOT.
@@andrewmazer4748 Thanks! I'll give it a try.
Yes...Thank You again ...you saved us sooo much time and aggravation ...appreciate your videos!!!
So glad to know our videos are helpful to you. Thank you for your comments.
Appreciate your knowledge and demo. This is happening with our RV.
Very well explained and you have given all the information I need. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Andrew. I knew there was something I could try to fix my RV blind. It is pretty good shape still and did not want to just throw it out.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. I'm glad my video helped you.
Excellent. Does the roller work if its installed vertically instead of horizontally?.
Thanks man! I really appreciate you taking the time to make this. I knew the fix had to be something simple! Thanks again so much
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Hi Andrew, I just did what you showed in the video, my blind is going up but stops every 2 inches , this make me pull 20 times until I can open the blind up,
How to reverse it? I mean how to make spring back to normal ?
I have old shades that don’t necessarily stay down, or up, but can be readjusted for either. The issue is that we want the shades to do both equally well, and without frequent tuneups needed. That’s why mini blinds are popular.
Thank you!!!!! You just saved me $100
Cool! THIS is why I post videos!
Thank you! Your instructions were very clear, and I was able to fix 3 shades. Thank you for this.
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Thanks Andrew - saves me a replacement purchase
That's how I roll, man! Thanks for watching my video.
Thanks for the video! I have a quick question- In my case, I am having those vertical slat blinds and I have 2 issues and would greatly appreciate your response!
(1) In my living room window blinds, only 1 out of the total 9 blinds move when I pull the rope attachment. The remaining 8 blinds just stop moving along with the first one after 2 seconds of pulling my rope attachment so there is this huge gap created when I close the blind and sunlight comes right in.What to do about it?
(2) For my bedroom window blinds, i ma having the same issue but in this case 4 out of 9 blinds move after pulling the rope attachment. The remaining 5 just won’t move at all after a while so it creates a wide gap and sunlight comes right in. How to solve this issue?
Thanks ahead of time for your response🙏
Too easy! Thanks so much for this video it was just what I needed for a quick fix.
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Andrew, this really helped, problem fixed! Thanks!
I LOVE to hear that! Thank you for letting me know.
Worked like a charm. Andrew, I thank you for very much for taking the time to post this extremely helpful video! :)
I'm THRILLED to know the video helped you. Thank you for letting me know.
Thank you so very much for a clear useful information. You saved my 2 blinds!
I'm delighted the video helped you save your blinds. Thank you for letting me know!
Nice job, Andrew. Being a third generation retailer myself, I enjoyed your little bit of personal history. Plus, as you said, window shades are back, I guess. I grew up with them in the 50's & 60's in my parent's house. Now, we are adding some to our new sunroom that has a few hours of intense sun in the summer. Thank you for your help. M. Cohen, Indianapolis
Thank you for your comment!
thank u for your fix ,but can you explain what to do if you over tighten the spring on blind
Thank you! This was just what I needed to fix my bedroom shades!
Could you also made a video on how to loosen the tension ?
From what I have researched, to release the tension, simply turn the little tension thing in the opposite direction with your fingers and it will completed release all the tension. Then you'll have to go through his process several times to add the tension back in as he has shown you in this video.
Mine wont go down and stay down it go up always do i have to fo the same method??
I had such difficulty rolling up my blinds. I watched this video, tugged down a bit and rolled the blind so fast it flew off the hinges 😂😂😂.
3:10 the tutorial starts.
Thanks for this video!
Thank you! I just purchased these for my travel trailer which I had installed in the trailer from the manufacturer. Brand new levolor roller shades 😮💨 well this is exactly what transpired!!! Uggghhh
Thank you for explanation I don’t know why this is not in manuals.
Thank you for your comment. It's not that easy to explain! The video tells the whole story. Glad I could help.
Hi Andrew! ThAnk you! Just installed mine today and this helped a lot. But my window is above my kitchen since and I can’t reach it if al the way rolled up. I’ll probably keep it partially down most the time anyway- but I wondered if you knew a way ti add a chain or string to it so I could pull it down from the ground if it’s rolled all the way up
I use a pair of kitchen tongs to reach up and grab the bottom of the shade to pull the shade down over my kitchen sink window. And they do have shade pulls with a various "rope" designs that you can attach to the bottom of the shade.
Thank you for making this! I was able to fix my one shade that’s been giving me trouble for months!
I'm so glad this video helped you! Thank you for letting me know. It's a thrill to have your feedback.
Thank you, worked like a charm!
Excellent! I LOVE THAT!
Thank you so much! 5th video I came across for this issue and only one that explained it well.
Hi! Just saw this video yesterday and tried it out. It works like a charm! Thank you! I though I had to take it apart and replace the spring, but you saved me a lot of hassle!
I'm wondering how to tell if I need a new spring and if I do is there a one size for all window widths?
Thanks for your tip. So simple and saved me from buying new ones. Thank you
Thank you for letting me know the video helped you!
Thanks for your help. I have a candy favtory store in Gatlinburg TN. We are replacing the fabric on their rollers and 2 rollers will not go back up easily. They are old shades. Hope this is the fix....
Sometimes the old springs go soft so there's nothing you can do. But the technique in the video almost always works. LET ME KNOW!
As a child I would see how those blinds were flying up and kept going around and around and losing spring tention.
So I just left them in the window frame and just rolled them the other direction to tighten up the spring.
I never needed to take them out of the mouting brackets.
What about if it doesn’t want to stay down ?
In your case the problem is most likely caused by your spring being too tight. I made a follow up video on the subject of How to Releaver an Overtightened Shade Spring and you can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/hjzMp7kQL38/w-d-xo.html Try it and let me know how it works for you.
How do I fix the broken spring inside the roller where winds up unwound and I don’t know how to fix it. This blind is old but the shade is darking one very good quality. Hopefully you can HELP. The Blind is 35” long with a 1”opening. I’m from New Hamburg Ontario Canada. Hopefully you can help , I really prefer this type of blind.
Thank you so much for posting this video. It’s was so helpful. I was able to fix my roller shade.
I'm so glad the video helped you. Thanks for letting me know.
I took my shade down today and the right side pin is not sticking out anymore. It’s flush to the plastic disc and I don’t know what happened. I don’t think it cracked off. Any ideas or help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you for watching my video. The plastic disc is not really a disc. It's a plug. You can usually pull it out with your fingers but if not, get a flat head screwdriver or a butter knife and pry it out. I don't think you'll be able to use this plug again, but take it to a hardware store where they cut shades. They'll probably GIVE you one free. Good luck. Let me know how it goes. -Andrew
Thank you so much for your video. I thought my roller shades were faulty and was thinking of replacing them until I came across your video and did exactly as you said. It worked! You just saved me a few hundred dollars :-)
I'm so glad the video helped you save a bunch of money! Thanks for letting me know.
thank you!! this video, plus the video to loosen these blinds, have totally saved me!
It's a thrill to know my video helped you. Thank you for letting me know!
Thank you! At my parents and thought I screwed up their blinds this morning- they work now 👍🏽
BINGO! Glad I could come through for you! Thanks for sharing.
mazerwholesale thank you for the video! My anxiety went to overdrive when they were almost pulled down to floor because I couldn’t get them to snap up lol
Perfect! Much better than Levlor’s instructions.
What do you do if the shade would not stop where you want it, down or up?
Brilliant. So simple but unless you know, you don’t. Cheers bud!!