Sometimes a horizontal slat will become damaged and the
need of replacing it will arise. It would be a great deal
more pleasant to go ahead and do the repair in the home.
It's possible and extremely simple. Here's how:
1. Remove the bottomrail plugs.
2. Under the plugs you will find the ladder and knotted
lift cord. Push the ladder aside and pull the lift cord out
and cut the knot.
3. Pull lift cord up through the slats to the slat that
needs replacing. The damaged slat can then be slid out from
the ladder and replaced with a new slat.
4. Re-thread the lift cord back down through the slats
making sure to weave the lift cord through the ladder rungs
from right to left.
5. Push the life cord through the bottomrail and retie
the knot.
6. Stuff the lift cord and ladder back into the holes in
the bottomrail and replace bottomrail plugs. You're
done!