Custom Drapery & Curtains Dunbarton – Free Installation

Two ways. A bendable track follows the angles so one pair travels the whole bay, which suits a shallow bay and keeps the shape of the window visible. Or each facet is treated as its own window with panels at the outer edges only, which is simpler and pushes less fabric into the corners. Furniture usually decides it. If there is a chair or a table sitting in the bay, the track version wins.

Louder than a roller motor, yes, because the motor is pulling weight along a track rather than turning a tube. What you hear is a low hum and six or seven seconds of travel. In a bedroom it is noticeable when the house is quiet, and that is the honest answer rather than the brochure one. Good carriers and a properly levelled track matter more to the noise than the motor brand does.

No, it changes the layout. Keep fabric clear of the firebox and any surround that gets hot. We set the return so the panel stacks back toward the window rather than toward the mantle, and shorten the rod on that side instead of running it symmetrically. It reads slightly uneven on a drawing and correct in the room. Gas inserts throw more side heat than most people allow for.

Usually not, which is worth knowing before anyone buys cheap hardware. A good track or rod outlives two or three sets of panels, and new panels get made to the existing carrier spacing so nothing on the wall changes. Ripplefold is the one to check, since the snap spacing sets the fold size and the new panels have to match it. We note your hardware on file at install for that reason.