How to Install Your Blinds & Shades
Now that you've chosen your custom window treatments, it's time to get a quick how to install blinds and shades tutorial.
Our detailed videos and measuring guides will give you all the info you need aobut installing blinds and shades. Soak in the expertise of our professional installers, then get started!
If all else fails, just remember that Bali support is always just a call or click away. Get in touch via our support page.
Troubleshooting Guides
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- Documents
- Cord Lift - Adjust Length
- Cord Lift - Restring or Replace Cord Lock
- Cord Lift - Reattaching Cord Release Device
- Cord Lift - Correct Uneven Shades
- Cord Lift - Correct Billowing Fabric on Bottom Up/Top Down
- Cord Lift - Correct Locking Mechanism
- Cord Lift - Adjust Fabric Placement
- Cord Lift - Determining Degree of Twist
- Cordless Lift - Creeping Down
- Cordless Lift - Creeping Down When Shade is Raised
- Cordless Lift - Adjust Length/Creeping Up
- Cordless Lift - Operating Instructions
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. Before 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. After 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven Intermediate Rail - Mfr. Before 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven Intermediate Rail - Mfr. After 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven
- Cordless Lift - Correct Bowing Bottomrail
- Cordless Lift - Determining Degree of Twist
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Clutch & Continuous Loop with Dust Cover
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Continuous-Loop Mfr. After 11/99
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Continuous-Loop Mfr. 11/98 to 11/99
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Operation
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Uneven
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Uneven Continuous-Loop with Dust Cover
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Determining Degree of Twist
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Color Variance
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Adjust Fabric Placement
- Documents
- Cord Lift - Correct Uneven Shades
- Cord Lift - Correct Locking Mechanism
- Cord Lift - Restring or Replace Cord Lock
- Cord Lift - Adjust Length
- Cord Lift - Reattaching Cord Release Device
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. Before 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. After 2015
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Operation
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Clutch & Continuous-Loop with Dust Cover
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Uneven
- Documents
- Cord Lift - Replace Cord Lock
- Cord Lift - Release Cord Lock
- Install Replacement Slats with No Route Holes
- Install Replacement Slats with Route Holes
- Shorten Blinds
- Correct Tilter Mechanism
- Correct Uneven Hanging or Operation
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Cord Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Wand Attachment
- Cord Tilter Replacement with Wand Tilter
- Cord Tilter Replacement
- Replace Bottomrail with Route Holes
- Light Gap Between Slats
- Light Gap Between Headrail and Top Slat
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Cord Tilter
- Cord Tilter Replacement with Wand Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Wand Attachment
- Documents
- Replacing Cord Lock
- Releasing Cord Lock
- Cordless Lift - Wand Assembly
- Cordless Lift - Hard To or Will Not Tilt
- Cordless Lift - Will Not Raise or Lower
- Cordless Lift - Hangs or Raises Unevenly
- Lift Cords and Ladder Tape Adjustments
- Shorten Blind Length
- Slats Will Not Tilt
- Install Replacement Slats with Route Holes
- Install Replacement Slats with No Route Holes
- Replace Bottomrail with Route Holes
- Correct Uneven Hanging or Operation
- Correct Tilter Mechanism
- Light Gap Between Slats
- Light Gap Between Headrail and Top Slat
- Cord Tilter Replacement
- Cord Tilter Replacement with Wand Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Cord Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement and Wand or Ring Attachment
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Wand Attachment
- Documents
- Cord Lift - Hangs Uneven
- Cord Lift - Restring and Replace Cord Lock
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Raises Crooked
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Clutch
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Broken Cord Loop or Beaded Chain
- Cracks in Edges of Slats or Threads Fraying
- Reattach Rings on Back of Material
- Adjust Shade Length
- Documents
- Cord Lift - Adjust Length
- Cord Lift - Restring or Replace Cord Lock
- Cord Lift - Reattaching Cord Release Device
- Cord Lift - Correct Uneven Shades
- Cord Lift - Correct Locking Mechanism
- Cord Lift - Adjust Fabric Placement
- Cordless Lift - Creeping Down When Shade is Raised
- Cordless Lift - Adjust Length/Creeping Up
- Cordless Lift - Operating Instructions
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. Before 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Operation - Mfr. After 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven Intermediate Rail - Mfr. Before 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven Intermediate Rail - Mfr. After 2015
- Cordless Lift - Correct Uneven
- Cordless Lift - Correct Bowing Bottomrail
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Clutch and Continuous-Loop with Dust Cover
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Continuous-Loop Mfr. 11/98 to 11/99
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Replace Continuous-Loop Mfr. After 11/99
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Operation
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Uneven
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Correct Uneven with Dust Cover
- Continuous-Loop Lift - Adjust Fabric Placement
- Documents
- Cordless Lift - Replace Pull Types
- Cordless Lift or Smart Pull Lift - Shade Fraying or Not Hanging Level
- Smart Pull Lift - Adjust Height with or without Cassette Valance
- Smart Pull Lift - Shorten Cord Control with or without Cassette Valance
- Adjust Height on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with Cassette Valance
- Adjust Height on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with No Cassette Valance
- Correct Shade Levelness on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with Cassette Valance
- Correct Shade Levelness on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with No Cassette Valance
- Replace Clutch and/or Idle End on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with Cassette Valance
- Replace Clutch and/or Idle End on Indoor/Outdoor Shades with No Cassette Valance
- Replace Guide Bracket or Shorten Chain on Indoor/Outdoor Shades
- Supplemental 3" SL (Skyline) Fascia Installation
- Documents
- Attaching One Touch Wand to Stem
- Louvers Will Not Traverse (Slide)
- Fabric Falling Out of Channel Panel
- Adjust Rotation Chain Length
- S-Shaped Louver (Vane) Information
- G71 Headrail - Replace Control Mechanism
- G85 Headrail - Replace Control Mechanism
- G71 and G85 Headrail - Shorten Traverse Cords
- G71 and G85 Headrail - Only One Side of Split Stack Traverses, Gap in Center of Split Stack
- G71 and G85 Headrail - Replacing Louver Stems and Realigning Louvers
- G71 and G85 Headrail - Louvers are Hard to or Won't Rotate
- G98 Headrail - Replace Control Mechanism
- G98 Headrail - Shorten Traverse Cords
- G98 Headrail - Replace Louver Stems
- Documents
- Cord Too Short or End Plate Will Not Reach Right Side
- Realignment of Side Rails and Material
- Realignment of Side Rails and Material - Kicks Towards Glass
- Realignment of Side Rails and Material - Kicks Towards Room
- Fabric Crinkled
- Loosen or Tighten Cord Tension
- Fabric Billowing, Puckering, Bowing
- Hard to Operate
- Documents
- Cord Lift - Replace Cord Lock
- Cord Lift - Release Cord Lock
- Install Replacement Slats with No Route Holes
- Install Replacement Slats with Route Holes
- Shorten Blinds
- Correct Tilter Mechanism
- Correct Uneven Hanging or Operation
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Cord Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Wand Attachment
- Cord Tilter Replacement with Wand Tilter
- Cord Tilter Replacement
- Replace Bottomrail with Route Holes
- Light Gap Between Slats
- Light Gap Between Headrail and Top Slat
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Cord Tilter
- Cord Tilter Replacement with Wand Tilter
- Wand Tilter Replacement with Wand Attachment
Tools You'll Need
- Pencil
- Steel tape measure (never cloth)
- Power drill
- 1/16" drill bit
- Phillips screwdriver
- Flat head screwdriver
- Level
- Stepladder