How To Release An Over-Tightened Shade Spring

In this video, I will show you how to release a window shade spring that's stuck.
In a previous video, I demonstrated how to tighten a window shade spring because some people were complaining their window shades won't go up as far as they wanted.
Many people who watched that video wanted to know how to loosen a over-tight shade spring. So watch this short video and learn how.
Mazer Wholesale sells window shades and blinds (and a whole lot of other stuff) to consumers, landlords, property management companies, disaster restoration companies and more.
Go to www.mazerwholesale.com to learn more.

[@MdSalam-uv7mf]

Your tip how to release stuck window shade spring was a great help. My shade is working normally now. Great job! Keep helping mechanically challenged people. Salam NYC

[@keithwheeler9623]

Thank you so much for posting this video. Another blind has been saved!

[@andrewmazer7400]

Super! I'm glad this video helped you. Thanks for letting me know.

[@maureendequesada-yx1ul]

Thank you for this video!! Am going right now to try this! Been sleeping in a room with a shade hand-rolled all the way down for months. Kept trying to find someone on the internet that knew what they were doing for the old-fashioned spring shades. All I could find until now was 'how to fix the tension to make the shade roll up again', not anyone who could tell me how to fix the shade where the spring is so tight-wound that it's seized. Am hoping your instructions will work. Will report back. YEEESSSS!!! Worked like a charm! Was a little hesitant to break something, but figured if it's already broken, what do I have to lose? So kept playing with it with the pliers, and SNAP! It finally released and unwound!! (Then it was too loose, but I knew what to do about that... windey, windey, windey with the roller to wind up the fabric until spring gets tighter again.) Working perfectly! Thank you, Andrew Mazer! This senior lady will not be awakened all night now by all the motion-detecting security lights, nor will I be stuck in a dark room all day because the blinds won't go up or down. So happy right now. :D

[@user-zq3gl9dg4i]

THANK YOU!! I was getting frustrated sodecided to put the installation on hold until i saw your video. 🙏 🤲

[@craigdwillia]

That worked great. Now the shade has the opposite problem. It won’t stay down. When I pull it down, it won’t stay down. Like it isn’t catching on whatever it’s supposed to be catching on.

[@mbryan5326]

Thank you so much for your very clear & instructional video. I've been making due with a ratty curtain over my bedroom window for a few weeks. You're right on about that really loud spring recoil - it made me jump! So glad to have my roller shade back up and working now.

[@billb5865]

Thanks again for your help

[@LetM3132]

Thank you sooooo much! I had been sleeping with my blinds rolled for days, cause they wouldn't cone down. Thanks to you video I fixed them!! Thanks for the warning on the kick back, it was really loud! Thanks!!

[@mindacheeseman4765]

Awesome! Clear instructions, I was having trouble with my roller blinds. Thanks for sharing this tips.

[@christopherperdigao5087]

Thank you for your video. Two years later and it's still helping people like me.

[@mazerwholesale]

Thank you for watching the video and for your kind comment. I'm so glad the video help you!

[@lovesings2us]

Thank you for making this nice video with such clear directions! Thanks to you I now have a pair of pliers and can fix my shades, when they're fixable which is wonderful. Plus, thanks to your great lesson, the maintenance people in the apartment complex where I live can have less need to visit me and we're all safer from covid.

[@andrewmazer7400]

Thank you for your kind comment. I'm really glad the video helped you.

[@khalidabakr4729]

Thanks so helpful!!

[@Pack.Leader]

Thank you. I did that with the pliers and then it was way too flabby but I eventually got it figured out. Thanks for the video.

[@zuzuspetals8323]

Awesome explanation. Just what I needed to fix my 90-year-old father’s shades. Thank you, Sir! 😉

[@mazerwholesale]

I'm so glad the video helped you! Thank you for letting me know. Tell pops he's good for at least another 20 years.

[@zuzuspetals8323]

@@mazerwholesale Thanks again and again. With God, all things are possible!

[@cmarin5904]

Love a quick fix! Alleluia! Yes, that worked exactly like your demo. Thanks so much! Not sure how the thing got so tight! Done!

[@mazerwholesale]

Great! Thank you for letting me know the video helped you.

[@thadbuck6833]

Thanks so much! You are a blessing to me!

[@mazerwholesale]

You're welcome! That's what all the most intelligent people tell me!

[@cruppy]

Excellent! Fixed my problem in 1 minute.

[@mazerwholesale]

That's great! So glad I could help.

[@lamchopkl7759]

Worked like a charm, ty, ty!

[@andrewmazer7400]

GREAT! Thank you for letting me know. Did you give the video a thumbs up? If not, please do!

[@shawnlaird6345]

You seem like the only guy on the internet that can fix a shade. My (almost) brand new shade is stuck in the "half way up" position and I can't even turn it by hand to raise it any further. I pulled it all the way down and all that does is get is stuck somewhere further down. It isn't too loose to raise...it's just not going anywhere. Unfortunately it's a BIG shade. Any hope?

[@annieclark7064]

Thank you!

[@meemz7098]

Thank you!!!

[@_NittiFire]

You weren't kidding about that kick back, I saw sparks!

[@mazerwholesale]

Those springs are no joke! Thank you for watching the video and for your comment.

[@charlenep8324]

Thanks so much!!!

[@mazerwholesale]

I'm really glad the video helped you out. Thanks for letting me know.

[@khanjones9390]

Thanks

[@sheilahburg4650]

Thanks dude!!

[@mazerwholesale]

Glad I could help!

[@davidrosen1867]

Really appreciate the video. I have 3 windows on the same wall and i can never get the 3 shades to stop at the same height. I can usually get 2 to be at the same height but the 3rd shade will be a half inch higher or lower. Would like to get them all to the same height. Any suggestions? Thanks you!

[@bpexodus]

Hi. It seems like the spring broke on my blinds. There isn't any tension at all. When I roll them down halfway, it makes "clanking" noises. The blinds do not stay when they are rolled down halfway either. It falls down. All of this started from when I heard a "bang" sound. I went to check what it was, and saw that my blinds were rolled down completely. I suspect that something is going on with the spring inside. Any help would be greatly appreciated! :(

[@loganmaccallum1500]

Mine has good spring tension but when it's in the down position I can't seem to get it to unlock and go back up, any ideas?

[@achilders385]

How can you tell if it's to tight or to loose? Mine won't do anything

[@mobile4thelord]

How can I tell if my spring is shot?

[@carolesmythe3500]

Two of my roller shades come down & up but won't stick down at any position. I don't see anything here with that problem. Can you give any suggestions please?

[@mazerwholesale]

I suggest you tighten the shade as far as you can, BUT DON'T FORCE it when it gets super-tight. Make sure you take the shade out of the brackets and then tighten the spring with a pair of pliers. Ar some point, the spring will completely release. It will startle you with the force. Then wind the spring up again, with your fingers at first, then put the shade back into the brackets and see if the spring cooperates this time.

[@danielarick2105]

Place the shade back in brackets unroll about 18", roll back up remove from brackets unroll about 18" put back in brackets, should be at preferred tension

[@philippegroleau3093]

What if it worked and the spring release tention, but when I try to retighten like the first video and it doesnt worked?

[@mazerwholesale]

If that happens, it probably means the spring is broken. In that case, you'll have to either take the shade material off and put it on a new roller or get a whole new shade. If you like the shade you have, go to the hardware store and see if they can sell you a roller alone.

[@jeffmisreal]

My Roman blinds won't stay halfway. They won't lock. Is this a tension problem with the spring?

[@mazerwholesale]

Sorry, I don't know the mechanism you have in your Roman Shade.

[@rolandgineste610]

How to fix the roller that won't click in ?? Thx

[@mazerwholesale]

I don't understand your question...what do you mean by "it won't click in?"

[@krisclinton-wd3ib]

Why won't my window shade stay down

[@poopypantsoflove]

I tried this and the tab snapped off! Is this a replaceable part?

[@andrewmazer7400]

Sorry, no. That's history. It was already gone. I know this because the moment you tightened it, there would have been a violent recoil.

[@V.HeidiHass-ih4wt]

Thank you!