How to fix a counterweighted accordion blind that is stuck

blinds

We have accordion style blinds.
blinds
These are assisted…meaning that we can raise and lower the blinds just by lifting or pulling down. No need to pull any strings directly.

Now the assist mechanism is not working anymore. The mechanism is at the top of the blinds. mechanism

A string enters the mechanism from the right and the left.

I tried to pull on the string to see if I can get the mechanism to release/unwind the string but I had no luck.

Any suggestion from people that know this mechanism? How can I fix it?

Best Answer

This happened to one of our cordless blinds (made by Bali), they were stuck and would not raise or lower. I'm not certain that all types are made the same, but in the Bali blinds at least you can remove the top cover and there are one or more spring tensioned cylinders (for lack of a better term), and the blind cord may be wrapped around one of them incorrectly.

It's not fun, but I had to unspool and respool all of the blind cords until all were wound correctly around their cylinders, which required a surprising amount of force. I'm sure this makes little sense as typed, so here's a youtube video that helped. Your blinds may be a little different if they're from a different manufacturer.

Bali cordless blinds won't go up or down (not my content)