Curtains Blinds

One of the problems the United States has been battling with the past years involves what seemingly looks like a very simple home improvement plan. With so many reports about accidents and risks related to window blinds cords and other corded window coverings, window blinds manufacturers have started thinking of ways to improve their products and services with the advent of industry safety standards and measures.

When buying your window shades or blinds, ask the sales staff for cord cleats that come with the blinds package. With cord cleats, hazardous incidents such as child or pet cord strangling can be minimized. Cord cleats are easy to install – they can be mounted on the wall and you can tie the cord around it already. What you need to ensure, however, is that these cleats are high enough for small kids to reach them.

An additional option is the retrofit kit especially designed for any styles of shades. Easy to install, just throw away the lift cords that goes with your shades upon purchasing. Strangulation accidents will definitely be reduced, but a drawback for this kind of anti-cord strangulation device is raising or lowering of shades became more difficult. Now, you have to remove each retrofit set-up before you can actually move the shades.

A cord tensioner is another retrofit kit that comes free with a blinds package. Normally used with blinds operated with looped cords, this mechanism works with the use of a spring tension that makes the cords stretched tight. If this is the type of device you want for your window shades, ensure to check if you have a beaded cord or a plain one lest you get the wrong cord tensioner.

These safety kits are usually free, so, all you need to do is talk to the sales staff and ask for your own cord control device. Ask for instructions on how to mount or install the device and if there are other questions you want clarified, confirm if they have brochures or leaflets to get more information from.

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