How Venetian Blinds Work

Venetian blinds have a number of single individual blinds which we call slats. The slats are parallel and of equal distance to the other slats. These slats when pulled can turn in unison at the same direction, determining the amount of light that passes through.

Venetian Window Blinds have on average 2 inch or 1 inch wide slats. A lift cord is inserted and run through a routed hole in the center of each blind slat, or with some Venetian blinds, the lift cords run though lift ladders or even in tiny slits made at the back of each slat. So when you tug on the cord, it lifts up all the slats starting from the bottom going up.

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