How To Hang A Curtain Rod On A Slanted Wall

One day i was just minding my own business in my bedroom when the curtain rod next to my bed suddenly crashed to the floor.

How to hang a curtain rod on a slanted wall.

Draw the curtains and let them sit for 1 hour to make sure the adhesive hooks can hold the weight. My curtains slide right over and if you get the same color as your rods they re pretty seamless looking. A cord allows you to pull the drapes open and closed. Use a sliding track such as the type of curtain tracks found in hospital rooms.

All that remained on the wall were two gaping holes in the plaster where screws apparently used to be. Attach the curtains to the track curtain clips. It s easy to find a sliding curtain track system online or at your local hardware store. Position the rod end.

Allow about 3 inches on each side of the window. Place the track on the sloped wall or where that wall meets the ceiling. Decide whether you want your curtain rod to hang on the window frame or extend past it. Screw your hooks to the wall.

If your curtains have pleated drapery style headers hang them from a traversing rod with a one way draw. If your curtain falls either the adhesive didn t fully stick to the wall or your curtain may be. I found these doodads called rod connectors or swivel socket on amazon to connect the rods at angled corners around 10 each. So using the correct drill bit size for your anchors is important.

You just have to make sure your rod size fits into the connector. Run the curtain rod through the hoops at the top of your curtains and then hang it up again. To hang you must place drapery pins in the pleat and then hang them on the rod. Mark the wall with a pencil to indicate this area.

It should be indicated in your curtain rod s instructions or on the box that your anchors came in. I think this comes from when i was living in this super old house in san jose. They may have a pocket along the top to push the rod through or the rod may be threaded through eyelets or tabs. I hate hanging curtain rods.

In most spaces a rod with decorative finials hung on the wall outside of the window frame will look best and provide the most coverage. Hang the curtain by the tabs from the slanted line of hooks or knobs at the ceiling shake it out to be sure it falls gracefully and then pull it back into gathers to reveal the window. The rest is pretty straightforward hammer in your anchors and secure your curtain rod hooks to the wall using the provided screws.