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Everything You Really Need To Know About Fitting A Ceiling Mounted Curtain Track

"Well fitting a ceiling mounted curtain track, most peoples worst nightmare. It need not give you cold sweats and sleepless nights."

Like most things in life you just need someone to give you a few pointers a simple plan of action. Follow my step by step guide and

you should not have to many problems.

So your ceiling mounted curtain track check list is...

What kind of curtain track hardware?

What works and what does not?

Corded or uncorded curtain track?

Bay or straight window?

What's your ceiling made of?

How to fix your ceiling track securely?

What kind of curtain track hardware are you going to use?

You can fit curtain rods/poles to the ceiling, but to my mind they never look right. I recommend you don't go down this road. Even if the rod/pole looks great down at the local store. Double this advice if fitting into a bay window.

So what does work, well the ever faithful curtain track, metal or plastic. You can bend them to fit most shaped bay windows. The neatest tracks are the ones that fit flush with your ceiling. Some curtain track brackets make the track sit 1cm (1/2 inch) from the ceiling leaving a gap.

So how can you tell the difference when buying a ceiling curtain track

Well a good rule of thumb is to look at the curtain track gliders. If they sit in a groove either under the track or a groove on the back of the track, then you should be ok.

If the curtain track gliders are the large kind that sit on the front of the track. Then curl over and under the track to the back then these are not the best. This is because the glider needs a space between the the track and your ceiling to move along when opening and closing your curtains.

Corded curtain tracks "V" uncorded curtain tracks?

Corded tracks are great on straight tracks, but not so good on bay windows (regardless to what it says on the packaging). Why is that you say, well when you bend a corded curtain track into a bay. The cords rub against the bends. The tighter the bend the worse it gets.

On a straight corded track your cords sit loosely in the channel on the back of your track. When the cord moves it does not create much friction.

On bays the cord rubs a lot on each bend creating a lot of friction. The more bends the worse it gets.

So am I saying don't buy a corded bay track?

No what I am saying is be aware and if the still want one then pick one of the better quality ones, spend a bit more. Another important point to consider is the weight of your curtains. If you ceiling mounted curtain track is fixed to a not so great ceiling then be careful.

More for bay windows but also for straight windows. When you pull the cords to move your curtains it puts a strain on the end brackets closest to the controls. Before long these brackets will start to work loose.

The answer for a ceiling mount track is...

Have a custom made metal corded track in your bay using roller gliders. Roller glider roll rather than being dragged as standard curtain track gliders do. The only draw back these custom tracks can be a bit pricey. Well worth it if you plan on staying in your home ten years or more.

I recommend these for bays with 3 or more bends, or for very heavy curtains.

What if the budget is a bit tight?

Then use an uncorded curtain track and open and close your curtains by means of "draw rods". These are rods that attach to the glider on the opening edges of your curtains.

What's the point of draw rods. Well twofold really the first is on tall windows they make opening and closing your curtains easier. Secondly they keep the leading edges of your curtains clean. because you don't have to touch them as often.

So that's it for what kind of ceiling mounted curtain track to buy and why. I have other related articles on my website.

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The Crook in the Lot $10.16 CROOK IN THE LOT ''Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which He has made crooked'' (Ecclesiastes 7:3) One's lot consists of all the things in life that God has allotted to a person. So if one sees rough and painful happenings in life, looking to second causes first will but stir up fretting and fuming. But a look at the first cause will remind us that it is God that has caused the crook in our lot, If He is to work all things to our good, He at times must put a kink in our plans. ''A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah fixes his step'' (Pro. 16:9). Observe: 1. Whatever crook there is in our lot, it is of God's making. He has decreed all things in our lives, else how could He make all things work to our good? Each one has been allotted certain things, each of us differently; yet so as to make them work together. If between two saints, good for both of them. If between an unbeliever and a believer, the unbeliever's life works to the good of the believer. 2. What God sees fit to mar, no one will be able to mend his lot. When the course of events cross our plans, and God has done it, then only God can unloose the knot in our plans. 3. Everyone's lot in this world has some crook in it. Complainers are apt to make odious comparisons. Everyone feels for himself, when he is pinched, though others do not see it. Only God knows the pain allotted to each. 4. The crook in the lot came into the world by sin. It is owing to the Fall that sin entered the world. This crook in our lot inseparably follows our sinful condition, till dropping this body of sin we enter Heaven's gates. There was no personal sin in Christ, yet He was humiliated and suffered for the sins of others. Allthis was decreed of Him. Why not in our lives also? Boston (1676-1732) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and author.

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Lionel LIO65038 O-27 Straight Train Track Section $14.53 027 straight track of the older Lionel style. FasTrack being the newer style that includes the roadbed with the track. Each piece is 8-3/4" long.

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Bachmann BAC44811 N 5 in. Straight Track - 6-Card $19.69 5" of straight track with nickel silver rail mounted on gray roadbed. E-Z track system connects quickly with better connections which provide better electrical conduction. Package comes with 6 pieces of mounted straight track. No screw nails or special tools needed for assembly track snaps together. Includes: 6 Sections of 5" Track. Model Scale: N. Sections: 5" x 1-1/8" at the base of mount.

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Lionel LIO65523 40 in. Straight Track O Gauge $19.26 Made of steel this Lionel extra long straight track section is a 3 rail O gauge track section for AC operation. Length: 40 . Made from the finest materials. Satisfaction ensured.

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One Track Mind $20.99 In 1966, being mistaken for the Beatles wasn't exactly detrimental to a young rock band's career, a lesson quickly learned by the Knickerbockers. Though they were formed in Bergenfield, NJ, the Knickerbockers wisely decided that it would be worth their while to write a British Invasion-sounding tune, and the resulting "Lies" not only took them into the Top 20, it briefly convinced many listeners that they were hearing the Fab Four operating under an alias. It proved to be the band's only real moment in the sun, but when "Lies" was included on the legendary Nuggets anthology, it secured the Knickerbockers a place in the pantheon of great `60s garage rockers. The band's recording career only lasted for three years, and most folks only know the Knickerbockers for their aforementioned Beatlesque hit, but the 30-song One Track Mind anthology makes for an excellent primer on the New Jersey rockers' output. The collection's subtitle is a telling one -- while there's no shortage of raw, straight-up rockers here, from a hard-edged cover of the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night" and a rough-and-ready Chuck Berry medley to such revved-up originals as "Just One Girl" and the title track, the Knickerbockers had plenty of pop moves up their collective sleeve. Even some of the tougher-sounding tunes here incorporate a relatively sophisticated level of melodic popcraft far beyond most of what usually falls under the "garage rock" umbrella, but there's also a batch of tracks targeted more overtly in a pop direction, complete with orchestrations. Sweet harmonies, slightly psychedelic touches, and soul tendencies crop up occasionally as well, showing that these Garden State lads had a lot more than Merseybeat mockups on their minds. ~ J. Allen

Bachmann Williams BAC44829 N Asst Straight Track $31.2 N gauge assorted straight track sections. Nickel silver with grey roadbed. 2 pieces of each section 6 total. Made with the Best Quality Material with your child in mind. Top Quality Children s Item.

Lionel LIO12020 Fto Uncoupling Track with 5 in. Straight $42.78 This is the FasTrack uncoupling piece - a half straight piece of track with a central magnet that is activated by remote control. When you see an operating car that notes that a piece of track is needed to allow it to operate - this is what it is referring too. Always great to have this item in stock as more and more rolling stock as special operating abilities!

Bachmann BAC44512 Ho 3 in. Straight Track - 4-Card $18.38 Quick and easy track assembly. Nickel Silver rails with Gray roadbed. Wood grain Black plastic ties. Snaps together and stays together. Operates on floors, tables and carpets. No screws, nails or special tools needed for assembly. Pieces will make a 12" straight track when put together. Approx. Length: 3" (7.5cm).

Bachmann BAC44512 Ho 3 in. Straight Track 4Card $22.75 Quick and easy track assembly. Nickel Silver rails with Gray roadbed. Wood grain Black plastic ties. Snaps together and stays together. Operates on floors tables and carpets. No screws nails or special tools needed for assembly. Pieces will make a 12 straight track when put together. Approx. Length: 3 (7.5cm).

Straight Ahead (Bonus Track) (Japan) $54.99 Brian Auger's ironically named STRAIGHT AHEAD--as in "to oblivion"--finds his trademark slightly psychedelic jazz moving the listener straight for it, "oblivion" that is, albeit in a less than straightforward manner. Auger never achieved either the commercial success of some of his former bandmates like Jimmy Page or Rod Stewart nor the critical success of some other jazz rock pioneers like John McClaughlin. But this reissue stands the test of time, however, mostly due to Auger's prowess with a Hammond B3. Highlight's include Wes Montgomery's "Bumpin' On Sunset" and Auger's own "Beginning Again."

Bachmann 5'' Straight EZ Track® - N Scale $9.99 GO WEST! and let these straight tracks take you there! Nickel silver track gray roadbed 6 peices per packageworks with all N Scale EZ Track® Adds 30" of track to your empire! Backmann E-Z track system. Snaps together and stays together on floors, tables and carpets. No nails, screws or special tools needed.