How to Hang a Top Down Bottom Up Roman Shade

When you receive your top down/bottom up shade it will be assembled.  Note how it is assembled as you may need to remove the top from the bottom. Pay particular attention to the direction the cords are going and how the cords are situated in the cord-lock, so you can properly reassemble the shade.

Drill two pilot holes into the mounting block for the valence.  Use screws that are a minimum length of 2 inches to fasten the shade to the 2 x 4 inside the window frame.  Use drywall anchors sufficient to hold 50 pounds of down force if it is not possible to fasten the shade to a stud in the window frame.

If you removed the shade from the valence in the mounting process, thread the cording back through the eyehooks and cord-lock (a needle or similar tool helps to threat through the cord lock).

One cord controls the “bottom-up”action; the other controls the “top-down” action.

When the shade is first hung on and secured to the window frame, raise the shade all the way and fix the pleats.  Keep the shade in this position for several days in order to “train” the fabric.

The shades cording system is in compliance with the Window Covering Safety Regulations. Please do not alter it by tying the multiple pull cords into one knot as that would make it possible for a person to suffocate in the knotted cord.

Due to the nature of the safety casing in which the cording is enclosed, the shade may require additional adjustments when pulling the shade up only partially.

 

Updated: 5/7/2012