Yes ours was and inside of the top and front had some dampening polystyrene
on ours, probably not got for elf and safety these days.
Brian

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On 08/09/2019 14:53, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All,

So my wife is designing our bedroom and wants a pelmet covering the top
of the curtains. It is basically flat but then she wants an ornate top
and then the whole lot painted. To keep the weight of the whole thing
down (it is about 2.4m long) I was thinking of getting 6mm ply/ MDF for
the front, sides and top and then use some say 1"x1" battens in the
corners to screw the ply to and essentially make a bottomless/ backless
box then fix the ornate beading to it. Looking online, looks like all
the ones I could fine use 18mm MDF and just screw them together (e.g. the
front board screwed directly into the edge of the sides).

TBH the other technique seems a lot easier/ quicker but wanted to solicit
feedback here. Maybe there is a better approach?

thanks

Lee.

I'd agree with you. In the "old days" pelmet front/tops were often
hardboard.