Before you start down to read the installation instructions provided with the rod and apply the following tips for effective regulation. Do not rush! Also, make sure the right tools for the job. Above all, there is no substitute for thinking carefully work first hand and lead you to save time!
Floor length
This can be subjective and is influenced by obstacles around the area of the window. But as head of the rod should extend about 15-20cm(6-8in) above the bay window on each side, and should be mounted symmetrically around the window opening. There are exceptions, in this case to seek help from a professional. Check the position that could end brackets occupy and be careful when taken or light switches in a 30cm (1 foot) of the window.
Positioning
The Poles are usually about 15 cm above the opening of a window mounted, but sometimes compromises are necessary, if not enough space or whenDisabled coving. You must enter the poles of the correct height from the ground, in order to hang the curtains properly. Take time to accurately measure and mark the positions on the wall with a pencil. When the curtains are eye, you must be very careful with your measurements, because the curtains do not have to adjust their height are different by moving the bar up or down.
Aiming at the pole position with a spirit level as a guide, even if thetop of the window or ceiling are not really horizontal.
Walls and fixing systems.
Poles are generally fixed to walls, windows or doors, so you may need to pierce the unknown material. Need a good drill, possibly with a hammer to the concrete, the right size and type of drill. In modern houses, you can only hit drywall, drill into you or you can use a steel lintel (above all for the support center in a box width). Theircould do in stone, wood or concrete, or a mixture! In the bathroom, you may need to drill ceramic tiles before they reach the wall and require special care and drills.
Be particularly careful to avoid drilling in electrical wiring or plumbing.
Poland in two halves.
This sounds like common sense, and it is to do when a Pole comes in two pieces, that the link is in the middle when you take a good reason for the implementation of join in a different place to get a measureSolution. Normally, a Pole of two parts require a center bracket and this is to hide the link. Wooden poles usually two lives, which are used to connect the two halves is. Metal bars sometimes use a wooden dowel to connect the two halves.
Assist in the installation of a long pole with a center to fit first and then flattens out left and right to the end brackets. You should get a level of finish pole, as if you start on one side and workin diameter.
Cut a reed to measure curtains
For wooden curtain rods, using a saw and a miter box saw any wood will do, however, and if you get stuck with a piece of wood right as a guide. We recommend using a miter box, however, confer on a flat surface and you'll also notice that the saw is a transverse flat surface cleaner and with less chance of chipping the wood of a conventional saw to give.
For bars of small diameter metal curtain, using a pipe cutter. For larger polesUse a high quality metal saw with 28 teeth per inch. You can use a mini-hacksaw, but I am inclined to go offline. Stainless steel rods have a sharp saw.
Remember that when the pole into two pieces, it is necessary to shorten the two sides of the same amount, so that the join key to the pole over.
Tools
Drill, hammer skills, drills, brick masonry, etc.; titanium steel lintels, wall plugs and screws, level, screwdriver, pencil mark on;saw, pipe cutter to clean and cut block and a vacuum cleaner dust.
Finally - safety first
The installation of a curtain rod should not be a difficult task, but if you lack confidence you need to take a professional to do the job. In particular, when the curtain goes up to over 3 feet of fall or heavy, or when installation space is blocked, please go directly to a professional. If you do not know a good installer screen should be the first point in its local store or inside a tentDesign store, as they help in the situation.
