Bay Window Curtain Rails - Where to start?

Wave curtains hanging from our slimline wave curtain track

Bay window curtain rails also know as bay window curtain tracks. 

Everyone struggles with either replacing old worn or broken bay window curtain rails. Or fitting a new one to a bay with nothing up there. It's a job most people put off for as long as they can.

However, I'm sure you're here because you have decided to do a little reseach before you commit to buying something. Very wise 😊

I'm sure you have seen lots of curtain rails described as being perfect for bay windows. I'm also sure you have thought that just doesn't look up to the job. Or just looks palin ugly. 

You would be right on both counts 😒

Or, as with most people you look at it and think. Never in a million years am I going to get that fitted properly in my bay window.

Getting the bends in the right place. Then using a hack saw to cut it down to size. Then realising you just cut it a little too short 🤔

Bay window curtain rails - the stuff of nightmares!

When it comes to bay window curtain rails, the people I deal with fall in to 2 groups.

• The ones that don't realise how bad their rail is (usually plastic) because it has always been that way. They have just assumed that's  that the way its meant to work and look.

• The second group are the ones who know how bad their new track performs and looks right from the get go. That's why they're talking to me 😁

So what can you do about it, and what should you use! ...Glad you asked that question, as I have the answer right here .

If you are hanging anyof these curtains!

3 inch pencil pleat

6 inch pencil pleat

Double pinch pleat

Triple pinch pleat

Then any of these curtain tracks with srandard gliders will work well.

Reasons why these bay window curtain rails are so great!

• I have personally fitted 1,000's of these tracks over nearly 30 years. So much I'm happy to give a 10 Year NO quibble Guarantee on all of these bay window curtain rails.

• Ready bent into the perfect shape to fit your bay window.

• They all are supported with a simple video guide for fitting in no time.

• Should the bay track not fit exactly as it should. Then we Guarantee to remake at No cost to you.

Essentials Check List

• Must be able to carry large blackout lined  curtains with ease.

• Curtains must be able to glide open and closed smoothly.

• Must bend to fit almost any any shaped bay window.

• Can fit flush with the ceiling if needed within a bay window ceiling giving a really neat look.

These are my personal "must haves" for a successful bay window curtain rail. Anything else is nice but not essential.

Considered a bay window curtain pole?

You may have been thinking about using a bay window curtain pole for hanging your curtains. My advice is don't even go there, you will regret it! They are the worst designed product in the history of humankind. I'm sure they must break half a dozen trades description laws 😢

Sounds a little dramatic but so true. With so called "passing brackets" and "passing rings". That are nothing of the sort. You only have to look at the components to realise they won't work. Knuckle bends to connect the poles on the bends in the bay, rings with gaps in the back and strange looking brackets.

I have tried to fit many of these over the years (Not for long time now) with no success. You can keep tweeking them and adjusting that. But they still don't work to an acceptable standard. Most of these bay poles are not even a cheap option.

What makes your bay window curtain rails so good?

All the components are top quality. Also, the rail profiles are made from thicker than most others. It's not just the thickness of the metal as you can see in the images below. It's also the density of the meal used. 

This means you can't just order a straight curtain rail. Then after it arrives try to bend it to shape. 
It won't work as all of our tracks have to bent in our workshop using special bending machines. This means you end up with smooth runing bends in the right place.  Also, the glider and bracket channels don't deform during bending. Making the the track unusable.

Regular hand draw track

silver hand draw track

Slimline hand draw track