Cellular Shades Or Pleated Shades With A Separate Liner Fix

Have you wondered what to do in a position like the one here?

You have functioning cellular shades or pleated shades, but would like to have a liner with all of them to filter out more light and get extra privacy.
Besides that, you don’t feel like spending a whole bunch of money to get new window shades with liners.

Is there an easy-on-the-pocket way to solve this problem?

If you like the next suggestions and your window depth has room for it, stop looking any further because the fix idea is right here.

This example shows you pleated shades in a good shape. The only problem the customer needed to solve was way too much light coming in through the pleated shades into the room. During sunny days, they’d have shadows and reflections on the screen while watching their projection TV.

To fix the problem without having to shell out cash for new pleated or cellular shades with liners, a more “financially digestible” separate liner purchase did the trick.

Take a look at the picture so you have an idea what we’re talking about.

Pleated Shades - A Separate Liner
Installation

The arrow pointing to the fingers shows you the bracket placement for the pleated shades separate liner. The other arrow points to the existing pleated shade.
How wide is the liner headrail?
It’s less than one inch wide to fit in the limited space inside the window.

The small U-shaped brackets attach to the window frame with a single screw each.

The next two pictures show you the original pleated shades and the new separate liner installed side-by-side.


Pleated Shades With A Separate Liner Installed (The left arrow points to the existing shade, the right one to the new liner.)	(Continued - The uppermost arrow points to the existing pleated shade bracket. The arrow below points to the small liner bracket. And, the short arrow at the bottom points to the liner pull cords.)

You may be wondering what the “separate liners” are.
The liners are narrow versions of pleated shades using light-blocking pleats of plastic material.

Since the liners are narrow, there’s no room for a clutch within the headrails.
To hold the shade in place, a cord cleat installation goes with each of the pleated shades liner.

This picture shows you the finished look and arrangement of two window shades in a single window.