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4
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No room for error,
April 7, 2010
By Star1976
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"I ordered these shades(spring tension) for my children's bedrooms. The material is nice, but it wrinkles terribly if handled. It does block out the light well, except for the small gaps on sides and top. My only problem with these shades is the spring tension operation. It does not work well. Plus, the installation of the spring tension was difficult b/c the shades were like less than 1/16th of an inch too short. They fit in the brackets ok, but if a child were to push shades all the way to one side then the blinds could come out of the bracket. At first, I was not sure what to do, so I mounted a wooden shim to fix the problem, but that looked terrible. So, then I decided to gently bend the metal mounting brackets inward slightly to give me that 1/16 of an inch that I needed. Now they fit fine.If you also need to bend the brackets, use your hands and not a tool or you could bend the metal too much. Very easy to bend.However, I still would not buy the spring tension unless you have no other choice. The continuous cord loop system is fantastic, which I have in the rest of my house. I should have just chosen the cord system. Blinds.com is a much better company than I have used in the past. They have great products at great prices."
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