Perhaps that's why I'm having trouble, Perce. Probably used them in the
UK and am now looking for them in the US.

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 08/10/06 08:03 pm Darrel wrote:

Years ago it was possible to hang curtains on springs. I'm not
talking about a rod with a spring inside it, but a stretchable
tightly-coiled spring that was screwed into a wall using an eye at each
end.

Anyone know where to buy such springs?

I remember things of this kind from UK many decades ago, but I don't
recall whether I've ever seen them anywhere else. It seemed to me that
they always sagged at least slightly except with the flimsiest of curtains.

Perce