Curtains - bay with 4x90 degree bends

[Chucklehead]

Can this be achieved?

The intention is to have the curtains fully drawn up against the wall showing the full window when not in use, but able to pull round the full bay to close.

The curtains in this pic are not functional due to the eyelets, so something like this that had a nicely engineered track along the front that allowed smooth operation around the 90 degree bends would be nice.

[jke11y]

Silent Gliss do tracks that will do this, the issue is the radius of the bends might mean that it's not quite as tight as you'd like. Depends on the size of the window.

[Chucklehead]

Thanks, will have a look. Have also just found hunter & hyland. They look like they'll cost as much as the couch though!

[Targarama]

I just had 2 of these Silentgliss rails fitted. Each is 4M long, but you won't be able to get 90 Deg bends and the curtain wouldn't slide along them smoothly anyway. Ours are big bay windows with less acute angles so the rail fits well.

Expensive by the way. £1800 for 2 fitted with pull cords form John Lewis.

[Chucklehead]

I'm only really fussed about how smooth it can go round the window section, so a 6" radius is probably OK. I expect the curtain to sit flush across the wall and rarely have to move round the first bend.

[paulrockliffe]

Best bet might be to measure it up and take it to a proper engineering place and have a tube bent to shape, supports at both ends and in the middle and it'll be solid. Anything else I suspect will be a bit rubbish and/or expensive.

[Chucklehead]

It's definitely an option, and I know someone that could help, but I'd like to see what is available off the shelf(ish)

[Chucklehead]

cheers targarama, this silent gliss stuff looks like it'll do the job.

Edited by Chucklehead on Sunday 18th December 22:49

[V8RX7]

Or if you want to do it cheaply...

I've always used the 5m screwfix curtain rails at £6.99 you simply bend them to suit.

Rub over them with silicon spray once a year and they do the job perfectly.

5m not enough for large bays so I join them in the middle.