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Hi, I am Jonathan Broughton from
Polesandblinds.com. Today I am going to show
you how to fit this Rolls Neo 28mm Spun Brass curtain pole.
Here are all the parts supplied that you will need to fit the pole.
This particular pole is an extra long curtain pole. It is 3 metres in length.
It is supplied with 3 extendable cup brackets for extra support,
backing plates for the brackets,
a centre joiner
and the 2 finials that attach to the end of the curtain pole with grub screws
fastened with an allen key.
These particular brackets are great for
eyelet curtains as well as curtains with a normal heading because you can extend
the bracket in and out to suit the size of the wave created by the eyelet curtains when they are open.
They are again secured to hold the pole firmly in position with a grub screw.
Now I am going to mark out the position for the brackets.
The first thing to do is to work out how far
out the bracket is placed. It is a wide window and a 3 metre pole but I am restricted by the close proximity of the adjoining wall.
There is not a huge amount of room.
Normally the bracket would be fitted about 20 cms away from the edge of the window recess
but we do not have the space for that.
The best way to arrive at the bracket position is to offer up the finial, allowing about
1½" space for the last eyelet or curtain ring.
Really the bracket should be as close to finial as possible
but allowing enough room for the last eyelet.
Now I have roughly placed the bracket in position
and that is 12cms to the
centre, so I know I need to be measuring
my bracket out 12 cm.
Here I have the 12cm measurement
where I want the bracket to be fitted. That is from
the edge of the window recess.
Make a small pencil mark.
My eyelet curtains are around
about 85" from the floor to the top of the inside of the eyelet ring.
So I am going to add a bit on to actually work that out.
and it
is actually 85" to the centre of my fixing point.
Make a small pencil mark there.
And again I will measure out
12 cms and up 85" from the floor.
I am now repeating the measurements at the
other end of the curtain pole.
That's 12cms out and 85" which is
216 cms
to the centre point of my bracket.
Now I am going to string line across the window just to
ensure that the pole will be straight once it has been fitted
and also to find the location of the centre bracket.
So I am just going to attach the string line to my bradawl
and knock it into the pencil mark.
Now the bradawl is firmly fixed, go to the
other side of the window
and knock the bradawl into the right hand mark.
Here is the window with the string line running across.
I actually had to make a slight adjustment because
although the measurement is correct from the floor and from the coving,
the top of the window is sloping down slightly on the
right hand side which is giving a
funny impression of how the pole would sit. It is better that the pole
looks level above the window to the eye than to be correct to the measurements.
What I am going to do now is to find the centre point between the 2 bradawls.
The measurement from bradawl to bradawl is
260cms which is 130cms to the centre point.
Mark the centre point just under the string line
and now I need to mark out where the bracket holes need to be drilled
by using a small template I have made.
I have taken a small piece of cardboard from the packaging of the curtain pole box.
How I have made the template is to
offer the bracket up to the cardboard
and drawn half way round the bracket
and then marked the half way point
which shows where the centre point is for the bracket.
What I am going to do is to offer this up to the mark
I have made on the wall.
Put the centre mark on the hole made by the bradawl.
Mark the outer part of the template bracket
and then turn it round and place the centre mark on the centre hole.
Mark that there
and then what I do
is to get my back plate
and place it in the centre of the 4 pencil marks I have made.
I am making sure that the circular hole is on the left
and the elongated holes top and bottom right.
This gives us some adjustment on the
height of the bracket
if required when it is fixed.
Line it all up and mark the wall accordingly
which gives you the position of where the holes are to be drilled.
Now all the drill positions have been marked out
and now I am going to drill the holes.
I always use a little box which I hold up to the flat surface of the wall
to catch the plaster dust.
Drill the holes you have marked out on the wall
and put in the raw plugs.
Now take the backplate
and line it up with the raw plugs.
Here I have the Rolls Neo extendible cup bracket
and I am going to keep it on its minimum setting
in terms of projection from the wall as it is
perfect for the eyelet curtains I am going to fit.
Locate the threads of the wall fixing bracket and the curtain pole cup bracket.
Turn the cup bracket until it is held firmly in place.
To fix the cup of the bracket in the correct position to take the pole, undo the little grub screw
with the allen key provided and turn the cup to the correct
position. Tighten it up and then
it is ready to accept the pole.
Attach the curtain pole finial to one end of the pole.
Offer the curtain pole up onto the bracket.
This is the tricky corner as we have a restricted area to work with.
Keep the finial about 5mm off the adjoining wall.
I am going to make a small pencil mark
where I require the extra piece of pole to be cut off.
I am now going to
cut the excess piece of pole from the end.
I am going to use a hacksaw, although you can use a junior hacksaw if you wish.
Make sure you have a nice sharp blade.
Put your thumb by the mark
to hold the blade of the hacksaw in place.
Pop in the joiner
which holds the poles together and also supports them.
then measure the distance between the bracket and the finial
to ensure the gap between the finial and the bracket is the same both ends
and then cut the other pole to the right size.
Fit the other piece of pole
that has been trimmed to the correct length.
Squeeze the pole joiner together so it fits into
the other piece of pole.
Make sure the join is neatly in the middle.
I am now going to secure the screw
to stop the pole from moving.
Now I have installed this
Rolls Neo brass coloured curtain pole.
This poles is available in the 19mm, the 28mm and the 35mm range.
Both the 28mm and the 35mm ranges
come in lengths of 1 mtre20 all the way up to 4 mtre80
The 19mm range
is available from 1mtre20 all the way up to
3mtre60
For any further information or if you have any problems, please do not hesitate to call us.