Whoops - Page does not exist It seems that the page you requested does either not exist or has been renamed or removed Please use your browsers back button or click here to try to view the domains home page. Price : Low - High Price : High - Low Name: A - Z Name: Z - A When designing your room we know you want everything to coordinate perfectly, from wall colours and fabric textures to furniture and floor coverings.  This is exactly why Integra have created unique and outstanding collection of curtain poles, tracks and blinds designed to perfectly complement your chosen style. © 2013 Integra Products, Sunflex NDC, Keys Park Road, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 2FR Integra Products is a Sunflex Brand and part of the Hunter Douglas group. Tel: +44(0) 1543 271421 | Registered in England No 955278It's actually very straightforward to make a standard curtain pole to be opened and closed by strings... anyone could probably work it out by sitting

down and scribbling diagrams (I did!).  Once you've done that, you can automate the curtains with one of the commercially available curtain in the US, or in the UK.) You need one piece of cord, any sort of cord that meets your approval, and more importantly your resident interior designer's aesthetic standards. In the UK, B&Q seem to have a good range of cords. Measure the distance between the curtain pole supports (the bits that come out of the wall and have large holes in them for the pole to slideI'll call that 'A' Measure the vertical distance from the top of the pole supports to where you want the bottom of the loop to hang.  If you are going to have them automatic only, this can be very short so you can hide the opener behind the top of the curtains.  I'll call that 'B'. String length needs to be 2x(A+B) plus about 20-30cm for knots. Connect it to the curtains as shown below Black circles are the pole supports (the 2 cords on the left just sit

on the pole support together) 'X's are where you tie the cord to the rings that slide on the pole. ('LX' is where you tie it to the left curtain, 'RX' is to the right curtain. It's best to tie on at the 2nd ring from the centre, so that when you pull the cord the curtains meet properly in the middle, rather than the rings meeting and the curtains having a slight gap.  It also hides the ends of the cord better.  The two ends of the string can be tied together neatly at either LX or RX.  At the other 'X' you need to tie the cord on 'en route', or make a loop in the cord afterwards and fix it to theYou'll see what I mean when you try it...) 'k' are points where you can tie small knots, if the curtains are going to be manually controlled only.  Open the curtains fully, tie a knot at the bottom of the loop, close them fully, tie a knot at the (new) bottomNow, to either open or close the curtains, just find the highest of the two knots and pull on it- useful to avoid pulling the

pole off the wall if you're not quite awake when trying to open them... this might only be a problem for me though :-) Basically, it uses the pole supports as pulleys, which will probably wear them out eventually, so you could put some tape, or extra varnish on top of them if that concerns you.  I've had mine like this for about 6 months on a standard cheap wooden pole so far, and another onepalais grommet top drapery panel on plastic poles for about 3 years.melbourne curtains bensalem pa You need to make sure the pole is firmly fixed to the wall- openingravalli blue curtains curtains normally is a side-to-side force, so as long as the fixings supportcurtains sign parotid

the weight of the curtains and pole, all will be well.  will be pulling down on the poles, so they need to support the curtains, poles, and whatever force you need to apply to open them. There will be visible cords if you look carefully.  how 'real' cord operated curtains work (except one which had a hollow metal pole with the string inside, and a slot in the bottom face), it might be the same way, it might be better, it's probably not worse.  ones are worse, someone tell me, and I'll try to license my idea to Swish It could be used on curtain rails too, but you'd probably need to use screweyes or similar for the 'pulley' as the plastic blocks that fix curtains rails to the wall would probably end up snagging the cord.How to Replace Drawstring for Curtain Rod Curtain rods that use drawstrings on the side of the drapes are a type of traverse rod. Often children or guests will pull on the fabric of drapes not realising that the drape operates on a string.

This can break the string, or the string can wear out from sun damage. Replacing the cord may seem a bit complicated at first, but the mechanism is actually a simple pulley system, and once you fix it, you will be able to fix any similar drawstring curtain rod problem. Skill level: Moderately Easy Other People Are Reading Things you need Show More 1 Place a ladder close to your window, and remove the drapes by unhooking them from the master carriers and slides of the curtain rod system. Drapes are often quite heavy, so be careful, particularly with tall windows. 2 Remove the curtain rod from the curtain rod brackets. Most rods will snap or slide in behind small plastic doors. The ladder should bring you close enough to see how the rod mounts to the brackets. Be careful to unhook the drawstring from the tension pulley mounted to the side of the drapes. 3 Place the curtain rod face down on the table or floor. Your rod should have two rectangular plastic boxes. Mark the box closest to the table with an A. Mark the box closest to you with a B.

These are called master carriers. The small white plastic loops are called slides. 4 Cut and remove the cord, including the knots. Use a utility knife. Discard the old cord. Thread new cord into the top hole on the right side of master carrier A. Knot the cord. Take the cord to the right and over the top pulley. Take the cord down and between the top and bottom pulleys. The cord will now be moving to the left. 5 Thread your cord through the bridge of master carrier B. Take your cord to the left and between the top and bottom pulley. Pull the cord through. Take the end of the cord up and over the top pulley and move toward the right. Find the hole on the top left of master carrier A, and tie the end of the cord to that hole. 6 Rehang your curtain rod in the brackets. Slip the cord into the tension pulley. If you don't have a tension pulley, install one now. A tension pulley is a small pulley that mounts above the bottom hem of the drape at the outside edge. Slide master carrier A all the way to the right.

Slide master carrier B all the way to the left, and latch the cord into the back side of the carrier. 7 Pick up the cord slack by finding the knot on the right side of master carrier A. Pull the cord at the knot until all the cord slack is gone and the tension pulley lifts slightly (showing it is under tension). Tie a new knot as close to the master carrier A hole as possible. Test the curtain rod function by using the cord. Both carriers should slide easily from side to side. 8 Trim off the excess cord once you are sure the rod is operating properly. Start with the back master carrier. Thread the hole farthest out on the arm. Thread the drapery hook from the back to the front. All other hooks thread from the front to the back and should be evenly spaced across the carrier and then on each slide. Save the last two hooks for hooking into the bracket. Home Spun Fabrics: Restring Traverse Rods Filter: All types Articles Slideshows Videos Sort: Most relevant Most popular Most recent No articles available No slideshows available No videos available