Replacing a broken set of blinds in my house and apparently no one sells the old standard kind where you pull the cord to raise them, I guess because kids and/or pets could tangle in the cord? Bit of an education in miniblinds today.

  • mumblerfish@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That is the only kind I know of. How does the other kind work?

    Edit: should have been more specific; the string ones are the ones I know of.

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      2 months ago

      You lift them from the bottom and there is a system of gears and springs (citation needed) that assist with them being raised and hold them in place.

      Pull them down from the bottom and they come down (with some resistance).

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          2 months ago

          They can! They look identical to the old blinds, just without the string. I had to ask if the installers forgot the strings when we got new ones a few years ago!

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            2 months ago

            Wait, I meant like in between the glass of the windows. If you have to pull and push the blinds themselves that would not work… right?

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              2 months ago

              Are you saying that they’d be in between 2 stationary panes of glass? That sounds like a nightmare to deal with anyway.