The key to success when hanging drapery rods is carefully planning out your installation. Lots of home-owners are making the choice to hang their window treatments on their own instead of hiring a professional drapery installer in their area. It's essential to make a plan before you select your drapery hardware components to ensure that they will all work properly together in your window so your installation goes smoothly. For a worry free and easy installation, you can follow these few easy steps before you buy your window hardware.

Examine your window carefully and determine precisely where you'll really need to hang your brackets. A center support will probably be required should your window width be more than eight feet. And, you'll obviously need brackets on each end of the rod as well. The three most common mounting positions for brackets are - on the wall and to the left and right of the window, on the ceiling above the window, or inside the window frame. For on the wall installations, you'll have to have regular brackets. Specialized ceiling mount brackets can be purchased if you're hanging the rod on the ceiling over the window. To hang your drapery rod inside of the window frame, you can use inside mount sockets. Before you start searching for drapery hardware, make certain that the collection you buy includes the proper bracket options for your window.

Normally, the curtain rod brackets you purchase will include a package of installation screws. But, it's not always a wise idea to actually make use of them to hang your pole. Analyze the surface that you're going to install your drapery bracket on. If you're hanging brackets onto wood trim, you need to use wood screws. You'll also need to make use of wood screws if your surface is drywall that has a header or wood stud behind. To hang your brackets on a metal door or into the metal casing around the window, metal screws should be used. Hollow-wall anchors or molly bolts are important to ensure that the bracket has adequate support if you're hanging into drywall without supporting studs. Drapery hardware companies give you a common screw that might not be suitable for your situation. Since they do not know the specifics of your installation, it's impossible for them to send out the proper screw each time. Your local hardware or home improvement shop can assist you in finding every one of the above mentioned alternative screw varieties.

By making use of a pole joiner, you'll be able to combine two smaller poles together to reach a longer width. For example, you might use two eight foot poles to cover a sixteen foot window. If you are using a pole joiner, you have to use a support at the position where the two poles meet. The curtain pole will start to sag and bow over time if you don't. The joiner doesn't offer enough support to stabilize the rod, it just holds the two poles together. Make certain that you have ample space to hang the center support before you decide to get two poles to cover your window.

By looking at your window and creating a plan for hanging your drapery hardware before you get your decorative hardware, you can quickly locate the perfect collection that has all of the parts you'll need to finish your window treatment. When you know ahead of time the correct type of screws and mounting hardware you need, your installation will go easily and your treatment will remain stable for years to come.

Buyers often make judgements based only on style and design without taking into account the functional limits of their window and installation surface when picking out their drapery hardware. You need to analyze your window to determine any special requirements that might influence your installation before you choose your hardware.