*HOW TO* Fix A Sticky Caravan Blind When Left Down In Storage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2017
- Repairing caravan blind that's been left down on wont go up after storage. This is a very annoying common problem that anyone can fix with a screwdriver. No need to pay for expensive caravan repairs.
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Thankyou !! I've got a 23 year old Autosleeper campervan and the blinds sticking has been driving me crazy...your video has given me the confidence to have a crack at them myself rather than paying someone else 👍
That's a kind of harder way to my method....once blind had been removed ONLY release the right hand side from it's internal clips...leave tensioner side in it's holder...To apply or reduce tension just roll the blind...Much simpler and you don't need to struggle with pliers etc.
Fair play for going to the trouble to try and do it on camera single handed..
Will be loads of people now confident enough to have a go themselves.... Me including.. 🤙
Relatively new to caravans but I do have an engineering background. Your video was very helpful to me. Recognise the Coachman-same blind is the same position as mine. In my case, the spring had bent and come out of the slot on the shaft. Straightened the spring and refitted in the slot-job done👍. Liked the 🐈 as well. Thanks. Pete Caerphilly
I'm glad I could help a fellow Welsh man 👍
Thanks a million after losing it completely for 20 mins you saved me further stress, appreciate your time and effort in making this very useful video. Owe you a pint!
Love this ... Nice one I will definitely have a pint 👍
Thanks for the video on fixing blinds ,that's gonna save me a few quid I'm sure ,it was well explained and easy to understand, thanks again Dean 👍
Thanks very much 🤙
Thank you for this video. We have a lovely elderly Eriba Campervan. She’s 30 years old and like most old ladies, some things are getting a bit slack 🤣. So I’m popping outside to her now and give her a little talc. Wish me luck and I’ll let you know how I get on
I love this thanks... glad I could help an old lady out
Well done mate. Very helpful, I am sure I will struggle with bits of this but you explain it well and the camera difficulties dont stop me understanding. Infact oit makes you extra careful about explaining the steps which ois a bonus. Thanks.
Marvellous job. Thankyou so so much. I live full time in my caravan and I bought it last Feb 2019. Didn't realise 3 of the 8 blinds were not good. They are now. Also my electrics failed after one day. That is something I'm looking into this month. My sockets work but no lighting or water pump or gas heater!! 😎
I'm glad I could help... check your 12v side example the leisure battery im sure most of the lights & pump run off battery charged by electric... i could be wrong though .... good luck 👍
Nice video and easy step by step explanation. Thank you for taking the time.
Thanks very much, I had just had this problem with my 20 year old Romahome, I thought it was screwed, but using your vid I sorted it out. Thought of making a cardboard 2 piece shutter to put in place during the winter lay up, so that I avoid leaving the blinds down all winter, causing the roller to stick again. The cardboard shutters look fine and a bit of Mylar on the outside face makes them look tidy.
Thanks for the help.
Happy to help. Glad you shorted it
Love your accent. You remind me of my time living in Penbrokeshire Wales. Thanks for explaining the shade repair.
Great video , liked and subscribed , spurred me into doing two of my windows today I have a 20yr old Peugeot Boxer Ravenna fitted with the identical Dometic windows ,
I have done a sort of follow up video and have put the link it to yours as yours is so much better than mine and explains removal plus your accent is brilliant , my video is not a copy I just do tensioning a different way, I was stuck until I found you video on this thanks for posting it up
Thank you from the land down under! We will give this a go for some of our blinds and flyscreens.
Great video but you may find it a lot easier to not remove the spring loaded end of the blind and just twist the blind to add the tension when the spring loaded end is still in the bracket so you only need to release the one end
I managed to hold the tensioner with long nose pliers while I removed the blind and then just gave it another couple of turns which meant you weren’t guessing from scratch,,, very good video though and very well explained ❤
Cheers, mate - that's a mystery solved, and it'll save me a few bob, with a bit of luck. Good work.
Great stuff Leon - many thanks.............I have a 16 year old Elddis which I have had since new - I could have saved a fortune if I had come across you earlier!! Keep it up - I need to fix the Truma heater and the Eletrolux fridge which both need new elements - if you have any tips that would be excellent!!
Thanks for the tip, had visions of buying a new unit.
Cheers for that, I'd keep an eye on that cat burglar though.. I've shared it on the Autosleeper Forum. Hope that's okay
Thanks very much 👍
thanks for the video mate will be going to do mine tomorrow great job!!!!!
Brill thankyou for taking time to share this👍
Great video, thanks. I'll be doing this on my caravan. Cheers!
Great video. Huge help. Thank you.
Eamonn (Ireland)
Patience of a Saint!
Subbed
Thanks for this clear video. good job, just what I needed.
Great to hear happy new year to you
Great video buddy, just bought an elldis 2 berth hurricane, 1999 model. Love it but new to caravaning so a steep learning curve ahead, thanks to people like you taking the time making these informative videos has made things that were a mystery a few weeks ago much clearer. Thank you for great video. P.S. love the cat nosing through the window, :-) probably thinking enough fixing the caravan where is my dinner. :-)
Vazza yzf750 glad you like the video...not the best but just a general guide ...still trying to get my son to help with the camera lol... Bloody cats always hungry..
Thanks for that. I will try this . Take care
Thanks for the video, this helped me fix my motorhome blind 👍
I'm glad I could help those blinds are a real pain when they don't go back up ... thanks for watching 👀
Fantastic video, many thanks. do you know about placing the Mosqito nets on these style of Windows (half reflector /half Mosqito net) as they are worn out in ours?
Thanks will try this very soon
Excellent thank you. My blind has actually fallen out of the roller, I need to re-insert and tension.
Good luck its a pain lol
Brilliant thanks really informative
Thanks, I will be doing this soon.
Thanks for the video! I did exactly as in your video and it worked. However after a few days the tension was off the spring again. I think the spring is too old and worn maybe. Any idea of where I could get a replacement spring?
Really useful, totally forgiven the camera work ;)
Lovely video, thank you.
Just what I was looking for thank you think mine are going to be a bit more fiddly as they are in the front and I can’t get access to the end of screws
Thank you very much for this video mate.
Glad I could help 🤙
Great vid, thanks will give it a go
Awsome informative video, I live in a compass Rallye 636 in NZ and have had my 3 way fridge stop cooling any tips regards julz
Nice one butt. All the best from Swansea. 👍🏻👊🏻
Great to see more locals comments... thanks for watching 👀🐑🏴👌🤙
Thanks very much .
Going right now and do it on my Northstar camper . 👍
You said it is really really easy 😂
I've come to realise nothing about caravans is easy.
Nice one mate
Can you remove cassette blinds & put a roller blind ..would love to see how to do it
Great video but I cannot get the screw caps off in my frame with a Stanley knife any tips on how i might achieve this
You could use a small flat head screwdriver... that should do the trick ... just try not to damage them as they are on show..
Thanks...that's next weekend's little pottering task sorted then!
That's great thanks just subbed
Glad I could help 🤙
thanks very usefull
Glad you enjoyed the video appreciate the support..
Followed your video step by step and blind now works fab! Totally newbie to vanning and not a DIYer so thank you very much. We now have a view of the meadow at the side of us.
Thanks, i got same problem
Thanks very much 👍 I'm sure you will fix it now you know how 🤔
Thanks butty, from Cwmbran
No problem thanks for watching 👀
How do you stop the blinds with lights falling from roof
Thanks dead handy that is buddy
Good jaaab
Also sometimes doesn't need to be tensioned just spray wd40 down the shaft of the spring ..
Bloody Hell, just unscrew the damned thing and stop with the unnecessary descriptions will make you much more interesting to watch