Thank you so much!!! I’ve been having the hardest time finding someone to fix my shutters. I decided to look it up on TH-cam and I found your video thank you again!!!
Hi Cliff, Thank you for your video. I found it very informative. My question: What is the process of putting a staple into the tilt bar when the staple is already in place on the louver. Where do you place your hands, etc? Again, thank you for your video.
Hi cliff you said the staple when you shoot it in has a little glue ... I'm interested in the gun / method of how you shoot them in .. I'm looking for a more efficient way of making these in the UK. Many thanks Pete
Hi Peter, When started building shutters out of my garage, I attached a 18 gauge 1/4" crown Senco staple gun to a custom made stand to drive the staples in through the tiltrod staple into the louver. This is a good staple gun that you could use Senco SLS25XP-L Cliff
I would like to know how to remove one of the horizontal wooden slats without ruining it. Why? Because I'd like to connect a indoor portable A/C hose to the outside, going through the blinds, so I need to remove one without permanently ruining it. In other words, I'd like to be able to replace the wooden slat once the A/C is no longer needed.. Do you have any recommendations on how to remove the wooden slat? It has a horizontal wooden dowel pin on each side, holding the slats in place.
I'll send you a document of step by step Louver removal and replace. Send me email address and I'll get it to ASAP My email address: cliffm@avalonshutters.com
@@cliffmoore2048 I need to replace some of mine which have pulled out and missing. I have a couple of them and they are 5/8 inch long staples. Does that sound right?
@@nickkatopodis3209 Hello Nick, you could use 5/8" for the tilt rod and 3/4" for the louver. Here's a tip: if the hole diameter in the louver or tilt rod is much larger the staple, you can shave a small piece of wood from a toothpick and place it in the hole at the same time as the staple with some wood glue to help the staple hold better. This is ONLY if the hole is twice the diameter of the staple.
@@cliffmoore2048 Thanks for the tip! I did notice a pattern, on all my existing shutters, the staples on the louvers extend almost double the length then the staples on the tilt rods.
@@nickkatopodis3209 Got it, that tells me that the lumber being used is less dense, so the staple is probably 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" in length. Those can be hard to push into the louver without the staple veering through the top or bottom surface of the louver and you could end up changing the louver out completely. You should be safe using 3/4" to 1" in the louver, you just want to make sure that you have louver material on all sides for the glue to adhere to. Here's another Tip: Its best to re-glue the first staple coming out as soon as you can, because that one staple will bind up the flow/function of the louver bank and this binding will force the staples to pull out around it causing an even bigger issue.
A big guy that knows what he's doing and even he has problems making it happen and scars up the shutter a bit in the process. Amateurs have little chance of doing ten of these and not wrecking the blind along way I think.
I'm sorry you feel that way about the video. I didnt want to stage the staple replacement to make it seem easy by pulling the staples out ahead of time before filming. Personally, I thought it was perfect, because it turned out to be the worst case scenario staple replacement and it was meant for a remote installer in a remote area that needed to know how to maneuver through a tough staple replacement. Now, it's usually much easier to do staple replacement, but Avalon does a really good job when setting the staples, so this could happen when taking the staples out of a louver. Thank you for watching
@@cliffmoore2048 I have to do about 14 of those and am dreading doing it myself because these louver staples are so small the bar doesn't even go to 45 degrees open to access it straight on. I know pushing so hard is going to slip somewhere along the line and trash a louver is my guess. You're really good at it and still had difficulty doing it so I can't do it better than you. Your a good guy and thanks for the reply. By the way, they don't sell them a the big box stores at all. I'll have to go to my window and blind guy and get these smaller narrow crown ones. thanks
Hello @@dennislaux , it sounds like you might have other staples working there way out of the louvers. If I'm right? you'll need to pull those out first to properly do this. Can you send me pictures of the whole tiltrod where the louvers attach the tiltrod?
Thank you so much!!! I’ve been having the hardest time finding someone to fix my shutters. I decided to look it up on TH-cam and I found your video thank you again!!!
All that makes perfect sense, thanks. Now if I just knew where to get the staples.
How many do you need?
Hi Cliff, Thank you for your video. I found it very informative. My question: What is the process of putting a staple into the tilt bar when the staple is already in place on the louver. Where do you place your hands, etc? Again, thank you for your video.
Hello Janie, here's the link to attach the tilt rod from the backside of the panel. th-cam.com/video/Bs4UUmzjxvE/w-d-xo.html
Hi cliff you said the staple when you shoot it in has a little glue ... I'm interested in the gun / method of how you shoot them in .. I'm looking for a more efficient way of making these in the UK. Many thanks Pete
Hi Peter, When started building shutters out of my garage, I attached a 18 gauge 1/4" crown Senco staple gun to a custom made stand to drive the staples in through the tiltrod staple into the louver. This is a good staple gun that you could use Senco SLS25XP-L
Cliff
I would like to know how to remove one of the horizontal wooden slats without ruining it. Why? Because I'd like to connect a indoor portable A/C hose to the outside, going through the blinds, so I need to remove one without permanently ruining it. In other words, I'd like to be able to replace the wooden slat once the A/C is no longer needed.. Do you have any recommendations on how to remove the wooden slat? It has a horizontal wooden dowel pin on each side, holding the slats in place.
I'll send you a document of step by step Louver removal and replace. Send me email address and I'll get it to ASAP
My email address: cliffm@avalonshutters.com
What if a staple partially breaks in the louvre
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I hope the video helped. Sorry for the delay
Hi. Nice video. Which type/size of staple do you use? Is there generally a standard size or multiple sizes/shapes? Thanks
1/4" Narrow Crown 18 Gauge Stainless Steel Chisel Point Staples 3/4" to 1" - Spotnails is the brand
@@cliffmoore2048 I need to replace some of mine which have pulled out and missing. I have a couple of them and they are 5/8 inch long staples. Does that sound right?
@@nickkatopodis3209 Hello Nick, you could use 5/8" for the tilt rod and 3/4" for the louver. Here's a tip: if the hole diameter in the louver or tilt rod is much larger the staple, you can shave a small piece of wood from a toothpick and place it in the hole at the same time as the staple with some wood glue to help the staple hold better. This is ONLY if the hole is twice the diameter of the staple.
@@cliffmoore2048 Thanks for the tip! I did notice a pattern, on all my existing shutters, the staples on the louvers extend almost double the length then the staples on the tilt rods.
@@nickkatopodis3209 Got it, that tells me that the lumber being used is less dense, so the staple is probably 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" in length. Those can be hard to push into the louver without the staple veering through the top or bottom surface of the louver and you could end up changing the louver out completely. You should be safe using 3/4" to 1" in the louver, you just want to make sure that you have louver material on all sides for the glue to adhere to. Here's another Tip: Its best to re-glue the first staple coming out as soon as you can, because that one staple will bind up the flow/function of the louver bank and this binding will force the staples to pull out around it causing an even bigger issue.
A big guy that knows what he's doing and even he has problems making it happen and scars up the shutter a bit in the process. Amateurs have little chance of doing ten of these and not wrecking the blind along way I think.
I'm sorry you feel that way about the video. I didnt want to stage the staple replacement to make it seem easy by pulling the staples out ahead of time before filming. Personally, I thought it was perfect, because it turned out to be the worst case scenario staple replacement and it was meant for a remote installer in a remote area that needed to know how to maneuver through a tough staple replacement. Now, it's usually much easier to do staple replacement, but Avalon does a really good job when setting the staples, so this could happen when taking the staples out of a louver.
Thank you for watching
@@cliffmoore2048 I have to do about 14 of those and am dreading doing it myself because these louver staples are so small the bar doesn't even go to 45 degrees open to access it straight on. I know pushing so hard is going to slip somewhere along the line and trash a louver is my guess. You're really good at it and still had difficulty doing it so I can't do it better than you. Your a good guy and thanks for the reply. By the way, they don't sell them a the big box stores at all. I'll have to go to my window and blind guy and get these smaller narrow crown ones. thanks
Hello @@dennislaux , it sounds like you might have other staples working there way out of the louvers. If I'm right? you'll need to pull those out first to properly do this. Can you send me pictures of the whole tiltrod where the louvers attach the tiltrod?