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    Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 4:31pm
I seem to remember mine were hard to move, too.
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Posts: 88 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 1:29pm
And I'll add that those levers may require the additional oomph. Both of mine came off easy, but went on very tight.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 7:11am

Oh no, you answered better than I would have.  Glad you did.  I would have said something closer to "ugh, brackets on wall, turn screws, fall off wall".  Confused
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Sorry to steal your thunder!
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What he said ^^^ Cool
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Hodge, there are angle brackets at each end of the valence, two screws each as I recall. They are at a bit of an angle, but with a 2-3 inch bit in the driver, they came out easily. The little screws are less than 1/2 inch. Then there are the brackets that anchor the blinds with the little levers. They are fixed to the window frame with screws too. Remove them. I then replaced the valences with the same brackets and screws. Then we used spring loaded rods to support the curtains.
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Tech, how did you remove the header?  It seems well attached to the wall to me.  I did find (feel) the lever about 1/3 the way across as E Train described.  I can't get it to budge though.  Maybe I should put more oomph behind it!
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It is easy to remove everything.  I had the entire header removed for a while until I installed curtains.
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Thanks E Train.  I just got back from my son's wedding in Florida.  I'm anxious to try your suggestion to see if it works.  I would expect that the blinds are the same in all the R-Pods.  I would just leave the bracket if it wasn't such a tight squeeze between the blinds and the small curtain rod.
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I had to fix a valance on my 176T, so if your's are similar I might be able to help. There are 2 small levers that need to be opened to the right. Sneak a finger up between the front of the blinds and the valance, at the very top, and slide it along from one end. About 1/3 of the way across, you should feel a small (very small) protrusion; that is the lever. Slide the lever to the right (same for the one near the other end). then slide the whole unit towards you just a little. the unit should be free of the bracket.

If you can't get it, let me know and I'll take / post pictures.... It is like everything else... Impossible, until you know how to do it, then it is trivial.
 
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