extendable curtain pole

xyz123

hi

in our new home we have windows which are 238cm wide. curtain poles come in either 240 cm or 300cm. 230 is not enough as it wont allow curtain to be fully opened. 300 is too wide leaving over 35 cm on either side of window.

I have seen the extendable curtain poles. these normally have one section which is smaller than the other.

if anyones got these extendable poles, do they find that the different diameter stops curtains easily moving along the pole?

i hope what i am asking is making sense.

C.C.L.

I have extendable poles for the same reasons. I haven't had any problems as such, just once or twice the curtain ring has 'caught' on the part where they are different in size, but in fairness I think I was pulling on the curtains as I was closing them.You can get a plastic ring type fitting that goes over the join but I can't remember where you get them from.

GwylimT

All of our curtain poles are telescopic and our curtains are those ones with the metal rings on them (not sure what they are called), they don't pull or stick when I close them. The only problem we had is that the little rubber bung that is supposed to maintain a certain length degrades quite quickly, so when we moved into our new flat it was a bit more tricky to put them up as I had to hold both ends to prevent the moving end slipping and extending more.

dodgydl

We have very big windows in our house and we have tried 2 different ways to get round the issue.
One of our big windows we have used extendible poles (purchased from Argos) and have not found them to be an issue. We have eyelet curtains and as already mentioned sometimes the eyelet may catch slightly where the 2 parts of the pole join but you can easily lift the eyelet over and open/close.

In one of our bedrooms we purchased a 300cm metal pole ( from Dunelm Mill), removed the end stops from the pole and used a hacksaw to simply chop off the excess. Then put the stop ends back on and now its the perfect size.
This is pretty standard with 300cm poles as most instructions will say trim down to size where necessary.

xyz123

dodgydl wrote: »

We have very big windows in our house and we have tried 2 different ways to get round the issue.
One of our big windows we have used extendible poles (purchased from Argos) and have not found them to be an issue. We have eyelet curtains and as already mentioned sometimes the eyelet may catch slightly where the 2 parts of the pole join but you can easily lift the eyelet over and open/close.

In one of our bedrooms we purchased a 300cm metal pole ( from Dunelm Mill), removed the end stops from the pole and used a hacksaw to simply chop off the excess. Then put the stop ends back on and now its the perfect size.
This is pretty standard with 300cm poles as most instructions will say trim down to size where necessary.

Do you need any special hacksaw?

dodgydl

xyz123 wrote: »

Do you need any special hacksaw?

I just used a junior hacksaw which I picked up from Wickes for less than a fiver.

andrewf75

JohnnyE wrote: »

If anyone is still interested, I've developed a special tape to solve the problem of catching curtain rings on telescopic poles - it's called Ezyglide Tape and uses a combination of tape layers to resolve the issue (patent pending! :-) ) Just google it if you're interested...

John

I'd actually buy some of that as we have a curtain that is a right pain to close because of the extendable pole

But how do you buy it?

trailingspouse

With a bit of fiddling on you can get the bit where one pole fits inside the other to be in the middle and therefore under the central bracket.

We have very high ceilings and full height curtains, so not possible to reach the pole to sort it out if it gets stuck.

EmmyLou30

I'm don't really get why people are having eyelets catch on the bit where the two halves meet - this should be hidden under the central bracket as it's designed to be or it looks awful - not to mention downright lazy fitting. All you have to do is put the joint in the centre, chop off the excess with a bog standard hacksaw each end and shove the finials back on each end. Takes 5 minutes. We have entending ones all round our house as they don't sell single poles big enough and they all look solid as the joint is hidden under the bracket in the centre.

JohnnyE

Many people don't want a centre bracket - or don't want to saw the pole. After all, why buy an extendable/telescopic pole if you then have to cut it to size and risk getting it wrong? Somewhat negates the convenience - you might as well buy a normal pole and cut that to length instead. I suggest people read the reviews before buying - you'll find many of them state it as a common complaint.

tired_dad

Not a fan of metal poles and curtains. Very noisy.

Laura Ashley do nice wooden ones in contemporary styles. These can be cut to give a tailored look.