Day/night shade removal?

[psyflyjohn]

I have a 2004 Sea Breeze and need to repair a day/nite shade. There are several instructions avaialble on the internet, but I can't figure out how to remove the shade to get to it for repair.

Anyone done that on the type of shade used by National?

Thanks !

[WSRG]

Just remove the cloth covered wood valance around the window. A few screws on the top of the valance, going into the storage cabinets, and the screws holding the valance to the wall. The whole assembly comes right off.

Bill

[YC1]

You are lucky. On my last mh I had to lean backwards and look up into the valence and remove screws. That was a real physical pain.

[two2go]

I just did a couple. Look up the shade to the top of the valence unit inside the top decorative frame. There should be 2 or 3 drywall screws between the shade header and that frame into the ceiling or cabinet. Then there is usually one L-bracket on each side to attach the valence side to the wall. You will need an extended Phillips driver.
I just restrung the 2 largest (living/dining) shades. I ran out of the braided nylon cord I used before, so I tried 30 lb. mono-filament fishing line. So far, so good. Sure is a lot easier to operate the shades once I got the spring tension right and the mono is almost invisible. At $2.50 for 250 yards, reasonable too. I would have tried the braided nylon casting line, but it only came in green.