Curtain Rail around Bay Window

[MontyVeda]

Perfect sense, but if we do that the ruffle/pleat is not at the desirably ruffle/pleats per foot

Put the hooks on about 3" apart after you've done the pleats, but this will mean each curtain will take up more space when open. To resolve this the pole needs to extend further beyond the end of the window, but you've got wall lamps in the way. How about moving house?

 

[MontyVeda]

They have got back to me with a quotation, £365.62, I politely declined their quotation

this is why i made my own bay window pole from plumbing pipe.... it should have cost £35 but I fecked up the bends so it cost about £55.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Perfect sense, but if we do that the ruffle/pleat is not at the desirably ruffle/pleats per foot
You presume right for 2 reasons, 1) It's no longer the 1950's 2) The settee/couch that lives in the bay would take too much out of the room if it was moved 400mm forward.

Its all the rage man

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Put the hooks on about 3" apart after you've done the pleats,

Ikea no longer do the track we have but looking at their product called Vidga which looks like it uses the runners that we have in ours, so calling round on the way home tomorrow to double the number to see if that cures it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Fair enough. Dunhelm and John Lewis sell ready made poles and tracks for bays

Replied to them thanking them for the quote but explaining it was beyond our budget received another quote £208.26, reminds me of the old double glazing salesmen

 

[roadrash]

I would still tell em to feck off for trying it on with the first quote

 

[Bazzer]

In our bays I used plastic tracking and using Mrs B's hairdryer gently bent them to shape.
If you haven't an old piece of tracking, buy the shortest piece available and experiment with the amount of heat you need, note how it distorts and how far you can bend it to allow the runners to pass through.
If you attempt this, be warned the plastic warms up quickly and can get very hot to touch.

 

[Milkfloat]

I would forget about curtains and just have 3 blinds.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Curtains provide less heat loss

 

[Adam4868]

I'd have three separate curtains.Failing that wooden Venetian blinds.
Our windows aren't at right angles so used a plastic track,never liked the poles.

 

[snorri]

, 1) It's no longer the 1950's

Exactly the response I got when seeking advice on home decor from a friend of the female persuasion back in the 1990s

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'd have three separate curtains.

That was offered yesterday well 4 curtains, 2 for the sides & then 2 across the front, I was given very short shift on it.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Swish Supreme aluminium curtain track. Bend it by hand, works a dream. I used to sell literally kilometres of the stuff and it's what I've got in my bay window. About £30-50 depending on size

 

[Adam4868]

That was offered yesterday well 4 curtains, 2 for the sides & then 2 across the front, I was given very short shift on it.

He that's what I meant.Ive fitted same at my parents house before.I think 90 degrees ? Is too acute of a angle to ever get what you want.

 

[Proto]

Swish Supreme aluminium curtain track. Bend it by hand, works a dream. I used to sell literally kilometres of the stuff and it's what I've got in my bay window. About £30-50 depending on size

Dubious claim to fame alarm: my dad and my uncle Bob invented Swish curtain rail. I’ve got the original drawings at home somewhere.