Wasted 2 hours yesterday trying to feed those ladder cord ends back into the bottom rail and line them up with the slots in the buttons to hold them tight. Just spent 7 minutes watching you use needle nose pliers and NOT trying to match up the ladder cord ends with the slots in the buttons. You just saved me from seriously considering suicide. I can now go back to my friends' house and shorten the remaining blinds and not look like a complete idiot in the process. Levolor needs to update its "picture" instructions to include those 2 very important install hints. Thanks, buddy!
Thanks, this is perfect! The manufacturer's video instructions would have had me ruining my blinds, terrible instructions. So glad I found yours. Worked perfectly for me and your advise on the length to leave the blinds was perfect.
Thanks so much for this video. I helped me get all my blinds to the right length without ruining anything. The video was consice, had great tips, was easy to see and hear. Was really perfect.
This video is genius! I bought 3 Levalor blinds that needed to be shorted a lot and the instructions that came with them is useless! Matter-of-fact I spent all morning trying to do what they said and broke all three buttons and what a mess! But somehow after hours of struggling and frustration, I salvaged that one. After I watched this video I was able to do the other 2 in about 30 minutes! You need to contact Levalor and offer to sell this video to them!
Videos should be made like this, detailed oriented, any lay person can follow it and then act on it.Thanks for making the video i am going to try it next week, have 6 windows to do.
I should have watched this video BEFORE I messed up the first blind. The second one was a piece of cake to alter. Thanks so much for the clear explanation of this process.
I think you must've been listening in on my conversation with my wife. Bought blinds for the house we're remodeling two days ago and we were trying to figure out how to shorten the blinds... then this video popped up. Thanks for sharing! I've used a few of your tips recently and it's been a life saver.
Omg! Thank you so much… I was going to replace my blinds, it was going to cost me $75 to replace…. I decided to give you a try, and I couldn’t be more grateful…. Thank you now I will just get a perfume…😜
I ruined two buttons trying to pry them out…and then I found your video. So much easier. Mine were a tad tight for my arthritic hands, so I supported the underside with a 3/4” socket and tapped it out with a hammer and flat punch. I made sure to avoid the strings inside. Thanks for the great tips!
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel thanks to your video, I was able to adjust custom lengths to many blinds around my house. It’s been bothering me for years!
You saved my blinds from the official video’s attempts to blind me with their stringy, curt video that was just too light on the details (puns intended); the difference is night and day. In all seriousness, the Levolor instruction video should DEFINITELY NOT appear first in the search results as it pales in comparison to your clear, concise and handy tips that have all the right strategies and explanations. Thank you!
I removed the two lift cord's knot, then removed some slats and the bottom piece (maybe I shouldn't have roved the bottom piece?) now I can't find the lift cord...where dit it go? All I have now are the ladders hanging. Any suggestions as to how to fix this?
HI, without being able to see it I can't say what happened.. My only suggestion would be if you have a 2nd one that is in tact try to copy what they have done and that should get it back working again.
Thank you so much! I was getting confused on how to do the buttons! Another tip I can give to y'all is if you have a convertible screwdriver (change out different heads), take out the head and press the empty body into the button cavity (where you would push in the button), hold the bottom to stabilize it and push down! It worked so well to get the buttons out
This is great! Ty! So I noticed there's some long strings tying those buttons inside, that's just so they'll hang as to keep you from losing the buttons right?
I think so... If I remember right you can cut off any excess string you don't need. Be careful in doing that and make sure not to cut anything to short or cut anything that is still needing to be long! Just whatever was excess. It's been a minute since I did one of those, so I can't remember off the top of my head.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel I looked again and now I think I may have been talking bout the lift strings lol but yeah I'll be very sure before doing anything I can't undo. Thanks for the quick reply!
I’m having trouble removing the buttons. I tried several devices but the rim around the buttons cracked as if dry rotted. Called Levolor and they are aware of the button problem. I was advised to return the blind for another pair. However, I’m concerned about the next set 😮.
Interesting... I haven't heard of that problem. I suppose you could open the box in the store and try it before you let them cut them down to your window size. They won't accept returns after they've cut them..
It looks so easy, but my Levolor blinds have the tension cord running right through a tiny hole in the slat on both sides. Is there a fix for that? Thank you!!
I just bought some Levolor cordless blinds and in the optional instructions sections it reads THESE BLINDS CANNOT BE SHORTENED DUE TO THE CORDLESS OPERATING SYSTEM. Anything different from 9/21 to now? Asking for the future. I already used the new blinds at a window where they fit fine. Took the older corded blinds and moved them to the window to replace the busted blinds. Those I know how to shorten those. Thanks.
Wow, I didn't know that. I haven't had an occasion to install those recently. I wonder if there are different models and you got ones that are different than mine?
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel The blinds I have are aluminum. Model number #929770. When compared to my old corded blinds, I really do not see a difference in the set up.
@@justmythought1586 Yea so I found them on Lowes website and sure enough one of the reviews said there were no shortening instructions in the instructions. So they called customer service and they told them these "can not be shortened". So I haven't seen what the newer models look like. The ones in the video were model 929839 which are an all vinyl faux wood. So yours are apparently a different model, although I'm not sure what the strings look like and how they differ from mine.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel I called Levolor. I was told that as soon as I cut the cord, it would shoot up towards the mechanism at the top releasing all the blinds. The only module that can be cut are the faux wood ones. To keep the same kind of blind, I would have to special order to fit a particular size of window.
@@justmythought1586 Wow... good to know. The faux wood ones are the ones I used in the video. They should at least make a note of it in the instructions so nobody tries that. Thanks for the info.
What did you do with the excess pull cord? Did you tuck it into the bottom slat? Will that work? Also, my pull cord goes through a hole on the two side set of strings. It seems I have to get to the end of the cord to remove the excess slats.
I seem to remember cutting off most of it once I figured out how long I needed it, and then tucked the rest away. But it's been a couple of years so I don't remember exactly..
This video helped me shorten my blinds with ease. The problem is that I had to remove so many panels that the tensioner is overcompensating and the bottom of the blind won't sit in the window sill. It keeps creeping up!
Hi, very easy. There are little grooves cut into the slats where the strings come down... The slats will very easily pull out from the side, either left or right. You just have to work the slats around the strings where the grooves are and slide in a new slat... Hope that helps... 😀
HI, I can't say for sure. I've never tried that. I suppose you might run into a problem with the weighting of the blinds since cutting more than 24 will lighten the load quite a bit... I'm not sure what other problems you might run into.
Great video, I would just add that the buttons can be stuck in too much so that prying them out with a screwdriver breaks the outer edge of the button and they wouldn’t come out using my thumb from inside the channel. Solution was to tap them out using a small (1/4” x 1”) piece of wood and a hammer. Thanks again for a very useful video !
Did I miss something? You didn't mention what to do with the other two strings that are not to be cut but too long after removing the slats and cutting the ladders. Excellent details on everything else.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel no problem I’m a maintenance technician and had to shorten some Allen and Roth blinds which are similar but different than levelers.
Getting the buttons out is not nearly as hard as getting them back in. Threading the cords up into the hole is not a problem. Getting the cords into the grooves in the button so that it fits back into the hole is impossible! If not in the grooves, the cords take up too much room so that the buttons will not go back into the holes. Any suggestions or secrets? I've done everything else necessary for 11 sets of blinds (various sizes), thanks to your video, but I cannot get the buttons back into the holes properly. I've got to go back to finish the job - hoping for instructions or "master" secrets. Your cords are not exactly aligned into the grooves, but you don't have trouble getting yours into the hole with little effort. Mine are only fitting back in the hole if the cords are in the grooves. Everything has gone smoothly.
HI, Sometimes these jobs can be tedious! No doubt that's what those grooves are for, but seems like to key is to not allow the cord to be bunched up to bad and they should flatten out when you push it back in. I'm sure it's a matter of trial and error.... which of course after 11 sets of blinds you've already done!
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel Thanks! I've tried holding them taut after threading them up through the hole, which may help a tiny bit but hard to do while trying to keep the blind from coiling back upwards. This is at a rental property - I'll have to go back over there to attack it again today or tomorrow. Some seem to pop in easily - others not going back in at all. I may take a file and try to file down the button just enough to make it fit? Getting the cords into the grooves while fighting the pull of the blind and holding the cords taut is frustrating and time-consuming. I was hoping you had a secret to success! Those that I've completely finished look great! Your video was the best I found - short, to the point. With lots of slats to remove, I did find that cutting the horizontal ladder cords first was the easiest way to remove all the slats at one time. They fall on each other in a stack and are easily removed as you move down the ladder. A big time-saver.
@@rebeccabee123 Yes I'd have to see it but there's probably a way to modify it to fit better. Sometimes I have to do that kind of stuff.... If it won't fit, make it fit! Within reason of course and without breaking it... 😊
Thank you ! Your "class" was far more helpful than the instructions provided by the Levelor Company.
Awesome! Thank you for the great feedback..
Exactly. The instructions that come with the blinds are OK but in some places are too ambiguous to follow them with confidence.
Wasted 2 hours yesterday trying to feed those ladder cord ends back into the bottom rail and line them up with the slots in the buttons to hold them tight. Just spent 7 minutes watching you use needle nose pliers and NOT trying to match up the ladder cord ends with the slots in the buttons. You just saved me from seriously considering suicide. I can now go back to my friends' house and shorten the remaining blinds and not look like a complete idiot in the process. Levolor needs to update its "picture" instructions to include those 2 very important install hints. Thanks, buddy!
Awesome! so glad to help.. 😊😊
Thanks, this is perfect! The manufacturer's video instructions would have had me ruining my blinds, terrible instructions. So glad I found yours. Worked perfectly for me and your advise on the length to leave the blinds was perfect.
That's awesome.. 🙂You're welcome!
Such a better method than what was provided in the instructions. Only wish I’d found this video before I started!
Awesome! Thank you so much... 😀
Thanks for your tip to temporarily remove that insert on top of the bottom bar to pull the stings through more easily. A big time saver!
You're welcome! So glad to help and I'm glad that worked for you!
Thanks so much for this video. I helped me get all my blinds to the right length without ruining anything. The video was consice, had great tips, was easy to see and hear. Was really perfect.
After I ruined a set of blinds because I watched another video, I found yours and SUCCESSFULLY shortened a set. Thank you!
That's awesome 😊..glad to hear and to help
7:13 Thankyou, thank you, thank you! You saved my sanity after wrestling with Levelor’s less than stellar instructions for shortening my new blinds.
That's awesome! SO glad I could help... You're welcome.. 😉
This video is genius! I bought 3 Levalor blinds that needed to be shorted a lot and the instructions that came with them is useless! Matter-of-fact I spent all morning trying to do what they said and broke all three buttons and what a mess! But somehow after hours of struggling and frustration, I salvaged that one. After I watched this video I was able to do the other 2 in about 30 minutes! You need to contact Levalor and offer to sell this video to them!
TYSM for the great and awesome feedback! I'm so glad I was able to help.... 😊
Videos should be made like this, detailed oriented, any lay person can follow it and then act on it.Thanks for making the video i am going to try it next week, have 6 windows to do.
Thank you so much! Glad to help.. 😀
This feels like a Tim and Eric segment. Instant sub.
Thank you so much!
Your instructions were the best of the videos I watched. Clear and concise. Thank you.
Thank you so much! You're welcome..
I should have watched this video BEFORE I messed up the first blind. The second one was a piece of cake to alter. Thanks so much for the clear explanation of this process.
Arrrrgh! Sorry to hear you had an issue with the 1st blind... 😟 Glad I was able to help you get the rest of them done..... 😊
I think you must've been listening in on my conversation with my wife. Bought blinds for the house we're remodeling two days ago and we were trying to figure out how to shorten the blinds... then this video popped up.
Thanks for sharing! I've used a few of your tips recently and it's been a life saver.
That is awesome! You're welcome.. 🙂
Watched a few of your videos today. They were clear and useful. Just subscribed. Thank you
That's awesome! Thank you so much.. 😀
Thank you. Very needed information for many. Keep it up.
So nice of you
Much better than the instructions provided! If you follow the instructions, you will break the rim off of the buttons. This video is great!
Thank you and You're welcome! Glad I was able to help.. 😀
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I don’t have Lev blinds and so they’re a bit different, yet this video was more helpful than the official Levelor video.
Excellent! Glad I could help... 😀
Thank you. As others have noted your video is so much better than the official Levolor video.
Wow, thank you!
Instructions were good to go a little nervous, but got it done thank you !
Great job! Glad you got it going.... 😊
Great vid, thank you for explaining/showing this. I followed along and nailed it w/ my new kitchen blind. With zero 4-letter words! 😂
That's awesome! So glad I was able to help... 😊
Your manner is just calm enough to make watching easier
Thank u!
Omg! Thank you so much… I was going to replace my blinds, it was going to cost me $75 to replace…. I decided to give you a try, and I couldn’t be more grateful…. Thank you now I will just get a perfume…😜
Awesome! Glad I was able to help you... 😀
Nice. This video was extremely helpful! Saved so much time. Thank you!
Awesome! You're welcome...
I ruined two buttons trying to pry them out…and then I found your video. So much easier. Mine were a tad tight for my arthritic hands, so I supported the underside with a 3/4” socket and tapped it out with a hammer and flat punch. I made sure to avoid the strings inside. Thanks for the great tips!
Awesome! You're welcome. I'm glad I was able to help.. 😀
Excellent demonstration, thank you!
Thank you and you're welcome!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the super thanks! I really appreciate it... 😀
Thanks for the great instructions!
Glad it was helpful!
Incredibly helpful! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! You're welcome..
Best video on TH-cam for this!
TYSM! I really appreciate that..
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel thanks to your video, I was able to adjust custom lengths to many blinds around my house. It’s been bothering me for years!
That's awesome! So glad I was able to help... 😀@@michaelkiese7794
You saved my blinds from the official video’s attempts to blind me with their stringy, curt video that was just too light on the details (puns intended); the difference is night and day. In all seriousness, the Levolor instruction video should DEFINITELY NOT appear first in the search results as it pales in comparison to your clear, concise and handy tips that have all the right strategies and explanations. Thank you!
Wow! Thank you so much for the great feedback. You're welcome, I'm glad I was able to help.. 😎
I removed the two lift cord's knot, then removed some slats and the bottom piece (maybe I shouldn't have roved the bottom piece?) now I can't find the lift cord...where dit it go? All I have now are the ladders hanging. Any suggestions as to how to fix this?
HI, without being able to see it I can't say what happened.. My only suggestion would be if you have a 2nd one that is in tact try to copy what they have done and that should get it back working again.
Thank you so much! I was getting confused on how to do the buttons!
Another tip I can give to y'all is if you have a convertible screwdriver (change out different heads), take out the head and press the empty body into the button cavity (where you would push in the button), hold the bottom to stabilize it and push down!
It worked so well to get the buttons out
You're welcome... 😀. Thanks for the great tip!
Levolor says their cordless vinyl blinks can't be shortened. Is this video for those blinds too? Thank you.
There may be others that say that. These had instructions that laid out how to shorten them and these are Levelor... It probably depends which model.
This is great! Ty! So I noticed there's some long strings tying those buttons inside, that's just so they'll hang as to keep you from losing the buttons right?
I think so... If I remember right you can cut off any excess string you don't need. Be careful in doing that and make sure not to cut anything to short or cut anything that is still needing to be long! Just whatever was excess. It's been a minute since I did one of those, so I can't remember off the top of my head.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel I looked again and now I think I may have been talking bout the lift strings lol but yeah I'll be very sure before doing anything I can't undo. Thanks for the quick reply!
You're welcome! @@kilik0410
Thankbyou for saving me a big headache!!!!
You're welcome!
I’m having trouble removing the buttons. I tried several devices but the rim around the buttons cracked as if dry rotted. Called Levolor and they are aware of the button problem. I was advised to return the blind for another pair. However, I’m concerned about the next set 😮.
Interesting... I haven't heard of that problem. I suppose you could open the box in the store and try it before you let them cut them down to your window size. They won't accept returns after they've cut them..
It looks so easy, but my Levolor blinds have the tension cord running right through a tiny hole in the slat on both sides. Is there a fix for that? Thank you!!
HI, do you have the instructions for your model? What do they say?
Very informative, thanks
You're welcome.. 😊😊
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Lol...
I just bought some Levolor cordless blinds and in the optional instructions sections it reads THESE BLINDS CANNOT BE SHORTENED DUE TO THE CORDLESS OPERATING SYSTEM. Anything different from 9/21 to now? Asking for the future. I already used the new blinds at a window where they fit fine. Took the older corded blinds and moved them to the window to replace the busted blinds. Those I know how to shorten those. Thanks.
Wow, I didn't know that. I haven't had an occasion to install those recently. I wonder if there are different models and you got ones that are different than mine?
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel The blinds I have are aluminum. Model number #929770. When compared to my old corded blinds, I really do not see a difference in the set up.
@@justmythought1586 Yea so I found them on Lowes website and sure enough one of the reviews said there were no shortening instructions in the instructions. So they called customer service and they told them these "can not be shortened". So I haven't seen what the newer models look like. The ones in the video were model 929839 which are an all vinyl faux wood. So yours are apparently a different model, although I'm not sure what the strings look like and how they differ from mine.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel I called Levolor. I was told that as soon as I cut the cord, it would shoot up towards the mechanism at the top releasing all the blinds. The only module that can be cut are the faux wood ones. To keep the same kind of blind, I would have to special order to fit a particular size of window.
@@justmythought1586 Wow... good to know. The faux wood ones are the ones I used in the video. They should at least make a note of it in the instructions so nobody tries that. Thanks for the info.
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You're welcome!
great video!
TYSM! 😊
What did you do with the excess pull cord? Did you tuck it into the bottom slat? Will that work? Also, my pull cord goes through a hole on the two side set of strings. It seems I have to get to the end of the cord to remove the excess slats.
I seem to remember cutting off most of it once I figured out how long I needed it, and then tucked the rest away. But it's been a couple of years so I don't remember exactly..
Did my first today. I opened the blinds, tilt the slat, and it slides out. I have 15 more. Thank you for very useful tips.
Awesome! Good job.. You're welcome.. 😊
Is it possible to add blinds to a short blind
I've never tried that. It'll probably not work real smooth because of all the knots in the strings..
This video helped me shorten my blinds with ease. The problem is that I had to remove so many panels that the tensioner is overcompensating and the bottom of the blind won't sit in the window sill. It keeps creeping up!
Oh no! Can you add any little weights to the bottom somewhere out of sight?
how do you replace a slat that has broken?
Hi, very easy. There are little grooves cut into the slats where the strings come down... The slats will very easily pull out from the side, either left or right. You just have to work the slats around the strings where the grooves are and slide in a new slat... Hope that helps... 😀
My blinds (27 in. width x 64in. length) say you can only shorten up to 24inch, but I would like to shorten much further. Is this doable?
HI, I can't say for sure. I've never tried that. I suppose you might run into a problem with the weighting of the blinds since cutting more than 24 will lighten the load quite a bit... I'm not sure what other problems you might run into.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome! SO glad to help.
Thank you. I found some blinds on FB marketplace that are way too long. $10 each. You just save me $120.
That's awesome! Glad I could help. Yes those are very expensive to buy from the store... 😒
Great video, I would just add that the buttons can be stuck in too much so that prying them out with a screwdriver breaks the outer edge of the button and they wouldn’t come out using my thumb from inside the channel. Solution was to tap them out using a small (1/4” x 1”) piece of wood and a hammer. Thanks again for a very useful video !
Excellent... thanks for the great tip.. 😀
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Did I miss something? You didn't mention what to do with the other two strings that are not to be cut but too long after removing the slats and cutting the ladders. Excellent details on everything else.
HI, I'm not sure which ones your talking about. Can you give me a time reference in the video so I can see which ones?
Now can you do Allen and Roth blinds?
Good Idea.. I'll try... Thanks for the idea.
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel no problem I’m a maintenance technician and had to shorten some Allen and Roth blinds which are similar but different than levelers.
TY!
Getting the buttons out is not nearly as hard as getting them back in. Threading the cords up into the hole is not a problem. Getting the cords into the grooves in the button so that it fits back into the hole is impossible! If not in the grooves, the cords take up too much room so that the buttons will not go back into the holes. Any suggestions or secrets? I've done everything else necessary for 11 sets of blinds (various sizes), thanks to your video, but I cannot get the buttons back into the holes properly. I've got to go back to finish the job - hoping for instructions or "master" secrets. Your cords are not exactly aligned into the grooves, but you don't have trouble getting yours into the hole with little effort. Mine are only fitting back in the hole if the cords are in the grooves. Everything has gone smoothly.
HI, Sometimes these jobs can be tedious! No doubt that's what those grooves are for, but seems like to key is to not allow the cord to be bunched up to bad and they should flatten out when you push it back in. I'm sure it's a matter of trial and error.... which of course after 11 sets of blinds you've already done!
@@TheHomeImprovementChannel Thanks! I've tried holding them taut after threading them up through the hole, which may help a tiny bit but hard to do while trying to keep the blind from coiling back upwards. This is at a rental property - I'll have to go back over there to attack it again today or tomorrow. Some seem to pop in easily - others not going back in at all. I may take a file and try to file down the button just enough to make it fit? Getting the cords into the grooves while fighting the pull of the blind and holding the cords taut is frustrating and time-consuming. I was hoping you had a secret to success! Those that I've completely finished look great! Your video was the best I found - short, to the point. With lots of slats to remove, I did find that cutting the horizontal ladder cords first was the easiest way to remove all the slats at one time. They fall on each other in a stack and are easily removed as you move down the ladder. A big time-saver.
@@rebeccabee123 Yes I'd have to see it but there's probably a way to modify it to fit better. Sometimes I have to do that kind of stuff.... If it won't fit, make it fit! Within reason of course and without breaking it... 😊
SHould have watched before butchering my Levelors, but at least they still function well.
Oh no!.... Glad they still work... 😀
Why can’t u just cut the excess string instead of stuffing them through the hole?
You probably can, but If I remember right I went by the instructions. So I don't recommend it.
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Thanks for the info... 😀
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