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Replacement parts for venetian blinds

Panda · 2021-02-21 23:24:04

I've just bought a house and I've found that almost all the venetian blinds have a faulty/broken string tilt mechanism. Seven in total... I opened up one and dismantled the tilt mechanism to find that the crappy plastic gears inside had broken into little pieces jamming the mechanism. I've taken down a few of them to try…

21-02-2021 11:24pm

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I've just bought a house and I've found that almost all the venetian blinds have a faulty/broken string tilt mechanism. Seven in total...
I opened up one and dismantled the tilt mechanism to find that the crappy plastic gears inside had broken into little pieces jamming the mechanism.
I've taken down a few of them to try and find a brand or a model but I can't see anything on them at all, not even a tiny sticker.

I've added in photos of the left side where the tilt mechanism is broken and the right in case anyone recognises the brand or could maybe suggest a seller these blinds might have come from.

I'd like to replace them with metal parts if at all possible but I might be asking for too much there..

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