curved bay and curtains question

dementedfeline

Looking forward to some sage advice.......

I have 2 curved bay windows. timberframed and single glazed. Currently they have the plastic track curtain rail and curtains that reach to the window cill. The track ends each side at the end of the curve of the bay (i.e. doesn't extend onto the flat wall either side).

Is it a really stupid idea to put a curtain pole across the front of the bay and have floor length curtains there? Either instead of the current ones or as well as? Would this help or make worse condensation on the inside of the windows in winter?

One room is a lounge so sofa would have to be pulled forward a bit - although curtains could just hang behind it. Other room is a bedroom and there is a chest of drawers in bay area.

Thanks

katejo

dementedfeline wrote: »

Looking forward to some sage advice.......

I have 2 curved bay windows. timberframed and single glazed. Currently they have the plastic track curtain rail and curtains that reach to the window cill. The track ends each side at the end of the curve of the bay (i.e. doesn't extend onto the flat wall either side).

Is it a really stupid idea to put a curtain pole across the front of the bay and have floor length curtains there? Either instead of the current ones or as well as? Would this help or make worse condensation on the inside of the windows in winter?

One room is a lounge so sofa would have to be pulled forward a bit - although curtains could just hang behind it. Other room is a bedroom and there is a chest of drawers in bay area.

Thanks

I have that arrangement now . It is in my front shallow bay window and looks ok . However the curtains don't go right down to the ground but hang just below the sill . I can't advise on condensation problems . I have double glazing .

cattie

No, it isn't stupid. In my last but one house I had that floor length arrangement in my bay windows. Although I did have first roller, then venetian blinds to save me having to draw the curtains when it got dark.This was for the simple reason that there was a radiator in the bay & I didn't want to have to draw the curtains & block the heat from circulating around the room.

maninthestreet

It will make your room look smaller when the curtains are closed.

sweaty_betty

I had the arrangement you're suggesting in my bedroom when I bought the house and hated it!
We just bought a longer plastic rail so that it went from flat wall, around the bay, to the opposite flat wall. We fitted curtains which come 5 inches below the window to avoid any air circulation problems (and prevent mould developing, which we've had before). We don't have a radiator in the bay, but if we did it would be below the curtain level.

We've not had any problems with losing heat/letting light into the room with this arrangement.

In terms of condensation, we have double glazing but it's old and still get condensation from time to time. All I can suggest is open the curtains as much as possible and have short ones to prevent any condensation leading to mould of the wall beneath the bay window.

dementedfeline

Thanks all. I'll go with extending the current track a bit then and keep the curtains off the floor.