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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@janinewilletts78784 жыл бұрын
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 👍
@brucefarr52436 жыл бұрын
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.
@scottl50285 жыл бұрын
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.. 🤙
@peteobrien76143 жыл бұрын
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
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I could help a fellow Welsh man 👍
@jonmarsden22293 жыл бұрын
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!
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Love this ... Nice one I will definitely have a pint 👍
@lisaedwards95974 жыл бұрын
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!! 😎
@RevivingSalvage4 жыл бұрын
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 👍
@natsbequiglibum4 жыл бұрын
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.
@RevivingSalvage4 жыл бұрын
Happy to help. Glad you shorted it
@deanrayner18843 жыл бұрын
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 👍
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much 🤙
@timwalker6077 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Queenbeeinmk4 жыл бұрын
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
@RevivingSalvage4 жыл бұрын
I love this thanks... glad I could help an old lady out
@colinbaker70455 жыл бұрын
Nice video and easy step by step explanation. Thank you for taking the time.
@MaureenBuckingham7 жыл бұрын
Thank you from the land down under! We will give this a go for some of our blinds and flyscreens.
@terryroswelll92443 жыл бұрын
Love your accent. You remind me of my time living in Penbrokeshire Wales. Thanks for explaining the shade repair.
@GrahamHazlehurst5 жыл бұрын
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
@Fredney176 жыл бұрын
Cheers, mate - that's a mystery solved, and it'll save me a few bob, with a bit of luck. Good work.
@ilovebrean5 ай бұрын
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
@Julia2410757 жыл бұрын
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!!
@hunty19705 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip, had visions of buying a new unit.
@jamieleewilkins Жыл бұрын
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
@christaylor765 Жыл бұрын
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 ❤
@ronbusio62842 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this clear video. good job, just what I needed.
@RevivingSalvage2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear happy new year to you
@vazza75047 жыл бұрын
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. :-)
@RevivingSalvage7 жыл бұрын
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..
@SpikeMagoo3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, this helped me fix my motorhome blind 👍
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I could help those blinds are a real pain when they don't go back up ... thanks for watching 👀
@efinn100 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Huge help. Thank you. Eamonn (Ireland)
@5-stringrebel3695 жыл бұрын
Patience of a Saint! Subbed
@keithbaileymbe33652 жыл бұрын
Excellent thank you. My blind has actually fallen out of the roller, I need to re-insert and tension.
@RevivingSalvage2 жыл бұрын
Good luck its a pain lol
@martynshenton97505 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video mate will be going to do mine tomorrow great job!!!!!
@almacrae1343Ай бұрын
Would love to know how to fix my light that run of my 12v battery. Just stopped working not sure why.
@adrianfortune39263 жыл бұрын
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
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much 👍
@dawnshairdoos73762 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that. I will try this . Take care
@dponting1006 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks. I'll be doing this on my caravan. Cheers!
@roblangendijk6517 Жыл бұрын
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?
@JonCompass3 жыл бұрын
Really useful, totally forgiven the camera work ;)
@michaelwest4525 Жыл бұрын
Going right now and do it on my Northstar camper . 👍
@karenmorgan13422 жыл бұрын
Brill thankyou for taking time to share this👍
@arkad41053 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video mate.
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help 🤙
@juliemear5585 Жыл бұрын
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
@vipermarty2006 Жыл бұрын
You said it is really really easy 😂 I've come to realise nothing about caravans is easy.
@fergutron0073 жыл бұрын
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?
@ericbond41414 жыл бұрын
Brilliant thanks really informative
@ct0263 жыл бұрын
Nice one butt. All the best from Swansea. 👍🏻👊🏻
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Great to see more locals comments... thanks for watching 👀🐑🏴👌🤙
@rosalieburr6436 Жыл бұрын
Can you remove cassette blinds & put a roller blind ..would love to see how to do it
@misvickyxx7 жыл бұрын
Thanks will try this very soon
@paulduell93753 жыл бұрын
Thanks...that's next weekend's little pottering task sorted then!
@jeff3079511 ай бұрын
Lovely video, thank you.
@briancollins31776 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I will be doing this soon.
@christophergriffith813 жыл бұрын
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
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
You could use a small flat head screwdriver... that should do the trick ... just try not to damage them as they are on show..
@user-cx9pi6ve3w11 ай бұрын
How do you stop the blinds with lights falling from roof
@michaelwest4525 Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much .
@paulm30404 жыл бұрын
Thanks, i got same problem
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much 👍 I'm sure you will fix it now you know how 🤔
@jeremywalters32684 жыл бұрын
Great vid, thanks will give it a go
@stratocaster5393 жыл бұрын
Thanks butty, from Cwmbran
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
No problem thanks for watching 👀
@jonathanbyrne9013 Жыл бұрын
Also sometimes doesn't need to be tensioned just spray wd40 down the shaft of the spring ..
@UOO303T3 жыл бұрын
That's great thanks just subbed
@RevivingSalvage3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help 🤙
@shakeynige2 жыл бұрын
Nice one mate
@FLAPERY9 ай бұрын
Thanks dead handy that is buddy
@greglewis88437 жыл бұрын
thanks very usefull
@RevivingSalvage7 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video appreciate the support..
@tracylovatt19685 жыл бұрын
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.
@meatball17306 жыл бұрын
Good jaaab
@peterkerr34962 ай бұрын
Bloody Hell, just unscrew the damned thing and stop with the unnecessary descriptions will make you much more interesting to watch