I'm often the recipient of help on here, and I do try to reciprocate where I can for example in concluding a thread with the "with thanks to... the fix was..." etc. In that spirit and recognition of recent help, I wanted to share how I fixed my Seitz roller flyscreen.
Essentially, the flyscreen piece went all limp and whilst faffing about with it, it pretty much gave way altogether. A temporary fix with gaffer tape sorted it. Once home and on closer inspection, the plastic retaining clip for the spring loaded roller in the window frame had broken; looking online, the retaining clip needed was no longer available, or available as part of £45+ kit. Further research brought me to the following eBay seller who 3D prints them at £4.99 each! Suggest contact if a search as below results in nothing as I suspect these are made ad hoc and just to have a few in stock at any given time.
Seitz Blind Flyscreen Retaining Clip SP104409 for Caravan Motorhome Camper
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/mudman00
Duly delivered of said 3D printed parts, I went about replacing the broken one. These new ones seem way more solid by the way. Replacement was simple.
Hope this will be helpful for others, maybe someone on here actually 3D prints (or can print) these things...
Essentially, the flyscreen piece went all limp and whilst faffing about with it, it pretty much gave way altogether. A temporary fix with gaffer tape sorted it. Once home and on closer inspection, the plastic retaining clip for the spring loaded roller in the window frame had broken; looking online, the retaining clip needed was no longer available, or available as part of £45+ kit. Further research brought me to the following eBay seller who 3D prints them at £4.99 each! Suggest contact if a search as below results in nothing as I suspect these are made ad hoc and just to have a few in stock at any given time.
Seitz Blind Flyscreen Retaining Clip SP104409 for Caravan Motorhome Camper
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/mudman00
Duly delivered of said 3D printed parts, I went about replacing the broken one. These new ones seem way more solid by the way. Replacement was simple.
- Remove the vents from the sides, top and bottom of the internal window frame. Note the orientation. Beware dead flies and other detritus!
- Remove all the screws (the number would depend on the size of the window I guess)
- The frame should be easy to hold in place on it's wall mountings so you get the last (top) screw out
- Place on a flat surface
- Unscrew two small screws and remove the old clip
- Insert the new one on the flattened end of the roller, keeping the other end inserted in its own retaining clip
- Twist until a sufficient force exists to move the roller up and down, not too much so it snaps though
- Push it into the roller and place the now attached clip into the space left by the old clip, mine was a good fit and pretty much held itself in place
- With a firm finger on it and before reinserting the screws, give the blind a test, adjusting tension as you require
- Then pop the screws back in
- Refit the frame to the window
- Refit the vents
Hope this will be helpful for others, maybe someone on here actually 3D prints (or can print) these things...
