Anyone know how to remove these vertical blind rail holders?

Bigphil1474

The house we recently moved into had the vertical type blinds in virtually every room and we've removed the broken ones. All of them had simple fixings to remove but these are doing my head in. I've tried Alan keys, screw driver (posi and flathead), pretty much every bit in my screwdriver box, nothing seems to fit the hole to remove it. Anyone any ideas how to remove? I have tried yanking them out as well.

Rodders53

Someone has well wrecked that head by using the wrong tool(s).

Set of grips around outside of screw head to unscrew... e.g. Pipe or Mole grips would be my first attempt.

Cut off head with a Dremel or similar tool or just drill off the head. Then use pliers or grips to remove the screw shank remaining.

Eldi_Dos

If the head has been stripped try drilling a pilot hole with a 2mm metal bit then step up to a 4mm bit. When 4mm has drilled out some and got a bit of purchase put drill in reverse and see if it rotates out.

Wear eye protection for this.

Edit: If you have a junior hacksaw cut a slot in head and use flat head screwdriver to undo.

Bigphil1474

Thanks both, I'll give all those methods a try. 

daveyjp

Hacksaw or dremil to cut a slot in the head and use a flat screwdriver to unscrew it.