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Last day to vote ! Thanks Yeeha CMH

Last day to vote ! Thanks Yeeha CMH

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Thanks Joy... I made these out of straw floor mats for my windows years ago. They worked good. I figured, why not make them even heavier with stronger string. It worked out perfectly. Stay warm !

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Thank you bstPip,
 I was worried about the weight of these folds and I remember reading that you "can" do without these battens, but  you may be sadly disappointed in the sag of your shade pleats without them.The battens will help keep your fold lines clean and neat. As it is, the shade is heavy and falls easily.
Appreciate the 5 Stars, never got many of those before ! ( except from close relatives )
The bottom could use a batten. A small adjustment is needed at the corners when lowered. Rather than more cutting and sewing, I was just going to hot glue an aluminum screen frame-piece along it. It's doing really good though.

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You bet, ChrisN...light, cold, heat and sound...I love it. Thanks !

BTW.. you spelled explanations wrong.. shame.

That has been corrected. Thank you..

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The tomato stakes are actually the battens. The 1 and 1/2 inch lumber is for attaching the shade at the top. Dowels were me first choice for battens but I had a few tomato stakes laying around and they had points on them. I cut them with a pipe cutter and some with a hacksaw. The pipe cutter was much quicker. When the battens were installed, I had to go back and pull them out and trim them so they cleared the walls better.

Thanks zanne101  !
 These stakes are thin metal and hollow. They're plastic coated and last several seasons. They're about $1.50 apiece for a 48 inch stake. They probably weigh less than a comparable wooden dowel. The nice thing is..if needs be, you can cut away the plastic and thus cut down on its size and weight. I remember seeing them when they had gotten old and the plastic was coming off.

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