Curtain track/pole?
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Paddie1077
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Hi you can buy them at a diy shop woodies 4 homes etc or depending if you dont need a track a pole is a good idea for around bay windows but get a carpenter to do it for you it is very easy and will cost maybe €200 to €250 including materials (labour shound be around €100 to €150) Hope this helps
Some years ago when our daughter was moving house and she had to curtain a bay window, we bought one of the ordinary plastic rails, I think about 14 feet long and we heated it with a hair dryer where it needed to curve round the window. as her curtains were quite heavy we used longer screws to attach the fixings to the wall, and she was pleased with the results and rail was still there when she moved on.
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This is something we've thought about but I don't like the idea of seeing the white plastic track on the wall but considering this option would be just as good as getting one made for 5/600e it's very tempting...
This is something we've thought about but I don't like the idea of seeing the white plastic track on the wall but considering this option would be just as good as getting one made for 5/600e it's very tempting...
I did post a reply to this thread and another one last night but neither of the replies appear, have I done something wrong, being of the older generation I'm not too sure about this stuff, or was it because it was just not revelant to the original query.thank you
I had the same dilemma myself last year. I found this site while searching online: http://www.curtainpoles.co.uk - they make wrought iron curtain poles to fit bay windows. Prices start at £158. Delivery charge is £9.50 within the UK, but they will ship to other countries for an additional fee.
As it happened, what with all the other expenses of a new home, there wasn't an awful lot of cash left in the kitty when it came to dressing the window. My cheaper alternative was to buy a wooden pole with rings to hold it in place (rather than cups for it to sit on). I cut the pole to fit inside the bay and screwed the cups into the ceiling. This works for a square bay window because the glass is covered but the bay itself is not completely blocked off by hanging a curtain rail above the bay.
As it happened, what with all the other expenses of a new home, there wasn't an awful lot of cash left in the kitty when it came to dressing the window. My cheaper alternative was to buy a wooden pole with rings to hold it in place (rather than cups for it to sit on). I cut the pole to fit inside the bay and screwed the cups into the ceiling. This works for a square bay window because the glass is covered but the bay itself is not completely blocked off by hanging a curtain rail above the bay.
As far as I'm aware, posts would not be blocked if they're not relevant (if anything, they would be deleted by a moderator if completely unsuitable, and a message left to say so). Maybe there were some gremlins about while you were posting
BetsyClark
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I'm interested in this thread because I have 2 square bays and would love to put curtains inside the bays but can't figure out how to do it myself.
If you cut a wooden pole yourself, how did you get the join at the right angle etc, would you glue the pieces together? Where in the ceiling did you position the brackets, at the joined pieces and one in the middle? I can picture that the curtains wouldn't open fully, i.e. would not open beyond the brackets? Would it take the weight of heavy curtains?
Sorry if I totally missed the point, but I just can't picture how it would work?
Betsy
If you cut a wooden pole yourself, how did you get the join at the right angle etc, would you glue the pieces together? Where in the ceiling did you position the brackets, at the joined pieces and one in the middle? I can picture that the curtains wouldn't open fully, i.e. would not open beyond the brackets? Would it take the weight of heavy curtains?
Sorry if I totally missed the point, but I just can't picture how it would work?
Betsy
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If you cut a wooden pole yourself, how did you get the join at the right angle etc, would you glue the pieces together? Where in the ceiling did you position the brackets, at the joined pieces and one in the middle? I can picture that the curtains wouldn't open fully, i.e. would not open beyond the brackets? Would it take the weight of heavy curtains?I have not seen a wooden pole suitable for a square bay window but I have seen metal poles. It is possible to get a corner joiner which you use with standard metal poles. I know Hickey's used sell them when I worked there.
I didn't actually create a bay-shaped curtain rail. My rail just goes straight across the main window, but inside the bay. Because of the way it's constructed, there are a few inches of wall before you come to the glass at the side of the bay. Where I put my rail is just in front of where the side windows begin. So the rail is suspended from the top of the bay, a few inches away from the window. I hope this makes sense! I wonder if I can post pictures here?
Basically, I wanted to get away from what the previous owners of my house had done, which was to put a rail across the outside of the bay window, meaning the space inside the bay was useless once the curtains were drawn. The way mine is set up means that I can place a chair in the window, but still draw the curtains behind it.
My curtains are not particularly heavy, so I just have one bracket either end. For heavier ones, I would advise a third bracket in the middle.
Basically, I wanted to get away from what the previous owners of my house had done, which was to put a rail across the outside of the bay window, meaning the space inside the bay was useless once the curtains were drawn. The way mine is set up means that I can place a chair in the window, but still draw the curtains behind it.
My curtains are not particularly heavy, so I just have one bracket either end. For heavier ones, I would advise a third bracket in the middle.
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Anyone know were I can get made to measure curtain tracks or poles?
I was quoted over 1000e today for one today for a bay window
Harry Corry sell special poles for bay windows. They costs about €120. The brackets kind of sit underneath the pole and they come with special "C" shaped curtain rings that slide over the brackets.
Alternatively, as I did, you can buy three seperate normal curtain poles (the Harry Corry poles were just too small for my bay window). These are mounted as normal around the bay window, but cut at an angle where they meet so that it looks like one continuous pole. (I must admit, a caprenter who was working in our house at the time cut the poles for me - you'd need to be fairly skilled to get the angle just right.)
The window is dressed with two sets of curtains instead of one. One drape hangs at each joint as such - i.e. one at each outer side of the entire bay window, and one drape each either side of the front part of the bay window.