How to remove the blinds from a plastic window?

Blinds - a fashionable way to decorate a window opening. They are gaining increasing popularity among the owners of plastic windows, and this is not an accident. Blinds are comfortable and practical, they do not need to be constantly adjusted and hooked to the hooks. Periodically, they still have to wash them, and at that moment the question arises as to how to remove the blinds from a plastic window. Let's talk about this. It's not very difficult, you probably will not have to call a specialist from a cleaning company.

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What are your blinds?

In modern apartments, you can find three types of systems:

• horizontal;
• vertical;
• roll.

Which is more convenient - to solve to owners. Sometimes it seems that such structures are fixed firmly and can not be removed. This often happens when the window decor is fixed on the screws. But even in this case, remove the blinds from the plastic window is quite easy.

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How to disassemble vertical blinds?

In order not to break the system and not remove anything superfluous, deal with the design. The device includes:

• cornice;
• connection string;
• control chain;
• weights;
• runners;
• cord;
• actually lamels.

In modern blinds there are cornices from different materials. Usually used:

• plastic;
• aluminum;
• tree.

Before you remove the blinds from the window to wash, decide whether you will remove the entire structure or you only need to remove the lamellae.

Option 1

Remove lamellas longer than the entire structure. They are attached to the cornice with a special clip. Unfasten the strip from the clip and it's ready.

Option 2

If you need to remove the entire structure, it's best to proceed in this order:

1. First - open the curtains in the same way as you always do.
2. The lamellas need to be assembled on one side, this is also easy to do, it is for these actions that the control chain is designed.
3. The chain and weights must be pulled down.
4. Take off the lamellas in turn - you need to do this especially neatly, if the blinds are old and the clips on them are worn out.
5. If necessary, remove the eaves - press the tab on one side, holding the eave itself, and then do the same operation on the other side.

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How to remove fabric vertical blinds?

Lamels come in a variety of materials. For their manufacture are applied:

• plastic;
• aluminum;
• straw;
• bamboo;
• cloth.

The order of actions is always the same, but there are small differences regarding the handling of canvases. Cloths of cloth, taking off, it is better to roll. But plastic and aluminum lamellas can not be turned off in any case.

Important! When you collect the plates from one side, make sure that they hang smoothly and do not twist.

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How to remove horizontal blinds from a plastic window?

On closer examination, it usually turns out that horizontal blinds can be removed from the plastic window quite simply:

1. Remove the decorative covers - there are quite a lot of them, they are fastened in several places.
2. Look at the top bar - there you will see the locks, they are also called flags.
3. Raise the plates upwards.
4. Pull the check boxes to the right and to yourself.
5. Remove the curtain rod.
6. Pull the blinds towards you and down.
7. Remove the entire structure.

How do I remove the blinds at the clips?

Such models are often hung in the attic. To remove them, you will need a special key. Buy this can be in the same store as the window decoration itself. The procedure of course will, of course, differ from when you removed the blinds with the cornice:

1. Turn the clamps in an anti-clockwise direction.
2. Remove the blinds.

Important! To hang the system after washing it is necessary with the help of the same key, having turned each clip clockwise.

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Roller Blinds

Roll models are not recommended for washing, dry cleaning is preferable in many respects. And it's not even that the material from which such blinds are made is afraid of water. Just after washing, they can not always be twisted back into a flat roll. Therefore, it is better to clean such blinds with a vacuum cleaner with a soft nozzle.

If all the same washing is inevitable - well, nothing is impossible in removing roller shutters from the plastic window, no. You only need a screwdriver. With it, take the tab on the bracket, and then pull the blinds down.

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How to wash blinds?

Some types of such window decor in general should not be washed. Bamboo or straw is usually treated with a special compound, so these blinds are best vacuumed.

Important! You can wash metal, plastic and fabric products.

There is nothing complicated in this, however, it is better to refuse some things. You do not need:

• rigid brush;
• rigid sponge
• aggressive detergent.

The usual soap solution is suitable for washing. It can be made from household soap or any detergent intended for care with this type of surface:

1. Remove dust from all elements of the system with a vacuum cleaner or shower.
2. Fill the bath with soapy water.
3. Slats spread and lower them into the bath so that the water completely hides them.
4. Keep the structure in solution for one and a half to two hours.
5. Wash each plate thoroughly.
6. Drain the solution and rinse the product.
7. Allow the lamellas to get rid of water and dry a little.
8. Hang the system in place.
9. Wipe all the elements - this requires a soft cotton cloth.
10. Insert the plugs and decorative elements.

Important! To clean the blinds as little as possible, regularly dust them off.

Need for rotation and rotation elements. For processing you need:

• engine oil;
• autospray.

Important! Lubricate the rotary elements several times a year, and it is more convenient to do this when you wash the entire structure.

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A few words about fasteners

Different types of fasteners have their own peculiarities that must be taken into account when leaving.

Option 1

Blinds on hooks are convenient, they are very easy to remove. However, with this type of fastening, sometimes the sealer suffers - exactly in those places where the hooks hang. It must be replaced periodically.

Option 2

Lightweight models together with the cornice are sometimes attached to scotch tape. Remove such blinds from the plastic window is not difficult. It is enough to pick up the cornice with something sharp, like a knife or spatula. Traces of scotch are easily wiped off with white spirit, and from some surfaces - with sunflower oil.

Now you know how to remove the blinds from the plastic window, if they are made of any material with any control principle. Therefore, when you realize that you need to clean the window decor, you will not have any problems with this process.