To shorten the vertical blinds you can follow the below steps.
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Remove slats from the railhead.
The two ladder strings from the front and back of the blinds will fall out once the caps are removed.
It s not hard to find blinds with the proper width but seemingly impossible to find them any shorter than 48.
Please measure the length and mark it where you want the bottom slat to be.
121008 this video will demonstrate to you how you can shorten a standard mini blind purchased from a home improvement retailer such as lowes or ho.
Move downward 1 additional slat to allow a little room.
Start with the inside top of the casing where the blinds will be mounted and measure all the way to the windowsill below step 2 place the mini blinds on a flat surface and expand to the full length.
Remove the bottom caps on the last rail of the blinds.
Properly shorten your mini blinds with guidan.
Get rid of the weight from the pocket.
This will secure the bottom rail.
If they re difficult to remove try using a pen or a knife to pop them off.
There should be two or three caps which can be twisted off.
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Measure from the top of the blind casing to the blind slat that most closely corresponds with the window measurements.
You will see a knot on the bottom of the slip cord.
Slide the lift cord into the holes and tie it into a knot.
Find the back of the slat.
Step 1 measure the height of the window.
To shorten mini blinds you ll have to lower the blinds past the window sill discover how many slats to remove.
I am trying to avoid having too much bulk in the blinds when they re completely open so would like to make them as close to the window length as possible.
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I would like to put cordless blinds up on 2 smallish windows approximately 30 25 wide by 37 long.
Shorten the string ladder so that it is just on top of the last rung below the bottom rail but leave enough length so that you can insert the ends into the bottom rail holes.
Slide the bottom rail into the string ladder loops.
Step 3 shortening the blind.
You need this to determine the exact length that you need for the mini blinds.
Cut through one side of the pocket with scissors to craft length.