Repair a blind on a Hymer

[hymerholidays]

Hi, I have a 1998 hymer b544 and the fly screen is damaged on the blind at the back by the sink and cooker. Is it possible to repair it? How easy/difficult is it to remove the blind and put new mesh into the blind. Keeping my fingers crossed because I’ve tried finding one for sale and had no luck so far. Many thanks

 

[airwave]

tried finding one for sale and had no luck so far.

Gonna be honest here , i can't help with this repair , and from the previous posts i have read , i doubt anyone will have the answer (now just watch me get proved wrong) . I've never had any issues with window fly screens , though do have work upcoming on a door flyscreen , Hymer 584 , year 2000 .
In my opinion , you have two options ,

• Continue blind with extreme care (trailblaze) , or
• Try and source a new one .

Should you decide to trailblaze , exercise extreme care . I do know there is at least one spring , possible more . You will need to work carefully , and memorise the sequence of disassemble . A camera can be a huge help here . Make sure that any part to do remove , can be put back . Now this may sound pretty obvious , but what i mean by it is , that your removing a screw , releasing a lug , or unclipping a part held by something that can be sourced on ebay etc . NOT pulling a glued joint apart .
A bit of encouragement here , every part must have had some form of assemble , otherwise how was it made in the first place . You just need to figure out how this was done .
I've not being much help here , have i , well now i'm gonna try and be so . Parts i can't disassemble , i've managed to source through Brownhills , in Newark . They were once an official Hymer dealer , and the storeman (Darrel) is highly knowledgeable with van's of this vintage . I get the feeling through past dealings , everything is still available , beit for a price . Sorry , Hymer parts are overpriced , and of that , there is little doubt . You will need your van's vin number , so when you contact them , have it available .

All that's left for me to say now , is good luck .

 

[PaulOH]

I've dissassembled a (sunscreen) blind for repair and it wasn't a fantastic experience. It was really old - 10 years more than the OP and it seems that taking it apart kinda wrecked it? Now it doesn't really go up and down at all and I want to replace it with an insert window cover adapted for summer/winter.

If it's a mozzie blind, then perhaps you could stitch a repair using thread and a needle? As long as it works then it wouldn't have to look lovely?

I have a magnetic closing mozzie curtain on the door that was bought for €6 from the local cheapo bazaar and I have lashed it back together again using anything and everything that came to hand - drawing pins, elastic off a clothes label, a strip of plastic from a packet, sellotape, superglue, the list goes on - it is determined to fail but I won't let it!!!

 

[TheBig1]

You can often source the seitz caravan blinds and flyscreens in various sizes on ebay

Repairing them is hit and miss because once you loose the tension on the internal spring it becomes very weak and prone to jamming or snapping. If you are lucky, it will reassemble and allow you to wind up some tension. But it is fiddly to turn the rod round and round and then insert the end into the plastic lug without it shooting out again and unravelling. My preference would be to renew with a new similar blind

 

[airwave]

Now it doesn't really go up and down at all

For what it's worth , that sounds very much like the recoil tension has been released . It's difficult to explain , but inside the tube , where the screen rolls , there is a spring . It sounds like this spring is not tensioned .
A good example of this is a recoil starter on a small two stroke motor . To start the motor you pull a cord , release the cord and it's automatically rewound onto the spool . Try you tube .

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[TheBig1]

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[hymerholidays]

Gonna be honest here , i can't help with this repair , and from the previous posts i have read , i doubt anyone will have the answer (now just watch me get proved wrong) . I've never had any issues with window fly screens , though do have work upcoming on a door flyscreen , Hymer 584 , year 2000 .
In my opinion , you have two options ,

• Continue blind with extreme care (trailblaze) , or
• Try and source a new one .

Should you decide to trailblaze , exercise extreme care . I do know there is at least one spring , possible more . You will need to work carefully , and memorise the sequence of disassemble . A camera can be a huge help here . Make sure that any part to do remove , can be put back . Now this may sound pretty obvious , but what i mean by it is , that your removing a screw , releasing a lug , or unclipping a part held by something that can be sourced on ebay etc . NOT pulling a glued joint apart .
A bit of encouragement here , every part must have had some form of assemble , otherwise how was it made in the first place . You just need to figure out how this was done .
I've not being much help here , have i , well now i'm gonna try and be so . Parts i can't disassemble , i've managed to source through Brownhills , in Newark . They were once an official Hymer dealer , and the storeman (Darrel) is highly knowledgeable with van's of this vintage . I get the feeling through past dealings , everything is still available , beit for a price . Sorry , Hymer parts are overpriced , and of that , there is little doubt . You will need your van's vin number , so when you contact them , have it available .

All that's left for me to say now , is good luck .

 

[hymerholidays]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I had a horrible feeling it was going to be very difficult. What happened to it was that i left my dog in it while I popped into a shop and she jumped up and shredded the blind! I couldn’t see anything on Brownhills eBay shop but I will try ringing them. Alternatively see if I can find a Seitz one the same size. I’ve recently purchased a replacement lounge window from them and I’m quite impressed with it. Long story there, I won’t bore you with the details! I did think about trying to sew it and actually may start with that. Thanks again everyone.