Decorating & Renovating
Passanie
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Blackout curtains and a very long curtain rod
We're going to put blackout curtains across a sliding door in our bedroom.
Husband sleeps days, so it needs to be as dark as possible. Only problem is the expanse is nine feet long. Surely the rod is going to need a support in the middle, right? And I'm probably going to need multiple panels? Any idea how I can prevent light from leaking in around the support and between the panels? I suspect it's going to leak through the top too. Any ideas?
Husband sleeps days, so it needs to be as dark as possible. Only problem is the expanse is nine feet long. Surely the rod is going to need a support in the middle, right? And I'm probably going to need multiple panels? Any idea how I can prevent light from leaking in around the support and between the panels? I suspect it's going to leak through the top too. Any ideas?
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Re: Blackout curtains and a very long curtain rod
Is the rod hanging above the door? I'd hang it a few inches above the door, and a few inches past on each side. There will for sure be multiple panels and the rod will need center support. The panels should meet where the support(s) are. Make sure the stretched out length of the panels is greater than the window/rod length so they can overlap a little when you pull them shut and go past the window opening.
My husband used to work nights and would sleep from 6am-2pm. We only had windows, but what we did was had a double rod, the rod closest to the window had the white blackout shades, then we had a nice set of blackout curtains that hung over the ugly ones. Light still leaked in, so my husband put a sheet above the window and tucked it in tight, so light wouldn't come from above the window (it looks so lame with the curtains open), then I put velcrow along the sides and bottom of the window. You would think it was midnight in the bedroom at noon, on a hot summer day.
You will need a good curtain rod, and several pannels. They usually only come 2 to a pack, and they are not very big.
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As for the rest of you, thanks for the advice.
OK, this is intriguing. But what exactly is an electrical metal tube? I'm picturing that silverish tube you sometimes see coming out of a lightswitch in industrial places. Is that what it is? That's a really great idea. What about finishing off the ends though? And the mounts, are those meant specifically for the tube or are you talking regular curtain mounts?