Removing oak valances

[VTSweetpea]

We want to remove the oak valances in our 2001 Concourse so we can do some cabinet modifications. Can anybody who's done this (Blue-Go?) provide any hints? When I shine a flashlight up behind the valance, I see screw heads running alongside the track for the day/night shades. Do these screws attach the valance to the underside of the cabinet?

[Blue~Go]

BG here. Yes, I removed mine. Now I can't remember how (it was four years ago), but let me see if my photo files jog my memory.

The new ones I put up are shorter (around 2-1/8" or maybe 2-1/4" tall) so they don't block any of the window glass when I'm looking out That always bugged me.

[VTSweetpea]

Thanks, BG. Decided just to go for it and removed those screws. The valance dropped right off! Actually one of the easiest things we've done so far.

[Blue~Go]

Does anyone else see the two annotated photos on my previous post in this thread? (They show exactly how the valances are attached.) I saw them in Preview and then again when I hit "submit" but now they aren't visible at all to me. This has happened about three times now (different threads), and the first couple of times I chalked it up to me not noticing they didn't post, or a one-time glitch.

So is it just for me that they disappear or for everyone? VT did you see them?

[chin_k]

I thought we are just getting senile when you refer to photos, but they are no where in the thread. Now I know it is a technical problem instead. That is better.

[VTSweetpea]

No, I don't see any photos, BG. I just figured you were going to check your photo files and get back to me.....

[Blue~Go]

This is so frustrating! In this case I made a reply with some description along the lines of "OK now I remember why I don't remember specifically removing the valances, because I removed the whole cabinet" and the photos. I always Preview to make sure it works, plus refresh the thread after I submit. They appear just fine, then apparently the whole post disappears, not just the photos. It's happened a few times; one other one I remember specifically was posting photos of the new front end parts.

I will try again here in case this can help someone in future, but if I'm not posting photos anymore now you know why. Grrr.

Click once or twice to enlarge.

[VTSweetpea]

Sorry for the aggravation, BG. I always find your pictures and explanations to be extremely helpful, so thanks for persevering when posting them. Strange thing - I can see the pics and text when I read your post, but when I enlarge them, the text just appears as a black box!

[Blue~Go]

Well at least someone has seen them (the second posting).

When you say text is black box, do you mean the text that I put right on the image? If so, that's so weird, because I made it part of the image itself. When I click on it now it enlarges and so does the text, but then it's my image. But still.

Anyway, now you can see photos of what you already removed

[Scott]

When you say text is black box, do you mean the text that I put right on the image? If so, that's so weird,

Yeah, the text on the image was redacted. I can illustrate with a screen shot but can't post it because broken. The "attachments" tab has no options anymore. (Using Windows 10) Oh well.