We have a difficult window to curtain. It's deep and relatively narrow. The reveal is 16 cm deep and absolutely square sided. The window (traditional Scottish sash) is near enough 100 cm wide, 140 cm high with the sill at 100 cm.

The problem is the curtain rail which requires sharp angles over a fairly short distance.

The question is - would a corded rail work better than just a plain pull-the-curtain type?

Thanks
Rob

On Saturday 23 November 2013 21:54 robgraham wrote in uk.d-i-y:

We have a difficult window to curtain. It's deep and relatively narrow.
The reveal is 16 cm deep and absolutely square sided. The window
(traditional Scottish sash) is near enough 100 cm wide, 140 cm high with
the sill at 100 cm.

The problem is the curtain rail which requires sharp angles over a fairly
short distance.

The question is - would a corded rail work better than just a plain
pull-the-curtain type?

Thanks
Rob

I used ali I-beam rail in my square bays:

http://www.tracksandpoles.com/tracks...eam-track.html

In expensive, strong, easy to form to fairly tight bends (bend raidius about
7cm), can be top hung (ceiling) or face (wall) mounted.

Very smooth action...

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On Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:34:30 PM UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 23 November 2013 21:54 robgraham wrote in uk.d-i-y:



We have a difficult window to curtain. It's deep and relatively narrow.

The reveal is 16 cm deep and absolutely square sided. The window

(traditional Scottish sash) is near enough 100 cm wide, 140 cm high with

the sill at 100 cm.



The problem is the curtain rail which requires sharp angles over a fairly

short distance.



The question is - would a corded rail work better than just a plain

pull-the-curtain type?



Thanks

Rob



I used ali I-beam rail in my square bays:



http://www.tracksandpoles.com/tracks...eam-track.html



In expensive, strong, easy to form to fairly tight bends (bend raidius about

7cm), can be top hung (ceiling) or face (wall) mounted.



Very smooth action...



--

Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/



http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage

Thanks Tim - I went to check what was in this window at the moment and found an Al extrusion and nylon runners. The bends were R=17cm, so 7cm is really tight.

Out of interest did you use the wheeled runners or the nylon slides, and the site is advertising a Universal bracket but it's not in the drop down box ?

Cheers
Rob

On Sunday 24 November 2013 23:09 robgraham wrote in uk.d-i-y:


Thanks Tim - I went to check what was in this window at the moment and
found an Al extrusion and nylon runners. The bends were R=17cm, so 7cm is
really tight.

Out of interest did you use the wheeled runners or the nylon slides, and
the site is advertising a Universal bracket but it's not in the drop down
box ?

Wheeled runners.

What I like is that it is infinitely adaptable and doesn't wobble around
like plastic. It's also smoother than any plastic I've come across.

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On Sunday 24 November 2013 23:09 robgraham wrote in uk.d-i-y:


Thanks Tim - I went to check what was in this window at the moment and
found an Al extrusion and nylon runners. The bends were R=17cm, so 7cm is
really tight.

Out of interest did you use the wheeled runners or the nylon slides, and
the site is advertising a Universal bracket but it's not in the drop down
box ?

Wheeled runners.

What I like is that it is infinitely adaptable and doesn't wobble around
like plastic. It's also smoother than any plastic I've come across.

Yes, I didn't use that, but another version of aluminium curtain track
when I replaced one in our house, and yes it's lovely and rigid and
smooth. and hopefully will stay so longer. Any new replacements will be
similar.

As to the OP, we have corded rails in some of our windows, nothing with
such a sharp bend though - 45 degree bays.

The corded arrangement was working fine. though we now have some
failures, the weak bit being the little bit of gubbins where the
vertical cord goes horizontal. There are little plastic wheels and
things in there which have just got to worn - suspect these are probably
at least 20 years old though.

Waiting for a roundtuit or two


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Chris French

On 24/11/2013 23:09, robgraham wrote:
On Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:34:30 PM UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 23 November 2013 21:54 robgraham wrote in uk.d-i-y:



We have a difficult window to curtain. It's deep and relatively narrow.

The reveal is 16 cm deep and absolutely square sided. The window

(traditional Scottish sash) is near enough 100 cm wide, 140 cm high with

the sill at 100 cm.



The problem is the curtain rail which requires sharp angles over a fairly

short distance.



The question is - would a corded rail work better than just a plain

pull-the-curtain type?



Thanks

Rob



I used ali I-beam rail in my square bays:



http://www.tracksandpoles.com/tracks...eam-track.html



In expensive, strong, easy to form to fairly tight bends (bend raidius about

7cm), can be top hung (ceiling) or face (wall) mounted.



Very smooth action...



--

Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/



http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage

Thanks Tim - I went to check what was in this window at the moment and found an Al extrusion and nylon runners. The bends were R=17cm, so 7cm is really tight.

Out of interest did you use the wheeled runners or the nylon slides, and the site is advertising a Universal bracket but it's not in the drop down box ?

Cheers
Rob

Possibly redundant as that I-beam track looks like the real deal, but we
have been putting up corded tracks for the simple reason that our
ceilings (and therefore curtain rails) are pretty high, so the angle of
pull gets to be too oblique. Should you use any kind of corded systm
though, it pays to put an extra bracket at the cord pull end to take the
load should someone give it a bit too much of a tug.
No prizes for guessing how I found that out.....

chris French wrote:

we have corded rails in some of our windows, nothing with
such a sharp bend though - 45 degree bays.

The corded arrangement was working fine. though we now have some
failures, the weak bit being the little bit of gubbins where the
vertical cord goes horizontal. There are little plastic wheels and
things in there which have just got to worn - suspect these are probably
at least 20 years old though.

I have a couple of Swish corded tracks of similar age, the plastic has
reached 'that age' where the hooks and brackets are starting to snap-off
at the slightest bit too much pressure.