corded bay window curtain tracks

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Introduction to Corded Curtain Track Installation

Hi, I'm Lee Stevens from Ezecurtains.co.uk, and I want to show you quickly how simple it is to fit one of our corded bay window curtain tracks. So before we get involved in the fitting, let's have a quick look at the track itself and we can look at the brackets and see how they're spaced out and how they clip on and other details. So let's go have a quick look at it.

Overview of Bracket Setup

So we've got the corded bay track on the table now and we are looking at the brackets, these are ceiling brackets that are evenly spaced around this track. On this side, we've got two on each side and we've three in the middle. We'll have a wall bracket on each return end, which we'll have a look at shortly. So here we go.

In the middle here, we've got a bracket fitted already, a ceiling bracket. Now these are click fit. That's the bracket here, little lip on here, and we have a little ridge on the top of the track on the front and the back. And that little lip goes on the ridge, just clicks up and in place.

Once you drive the screw through the brackets to secure it, it'll lock that bracket firmly onto the track. Then afterwards, we have little covers you can put on just to neat up the look. Now down here on the cord end, we have a cord loop. Now this cord loop by law now has to be one and a half meters off the floor once a track is fitted.

Preparing for Installation

So you'll be asked for the installation height of the track where it's going to fit above the window down to the floor, we'll work out the cord lengths to meet the regulations. So that's it now. So let's go and have a quick look at how to fit this track of your window. We're gonna start with the wall brackets on each side and then we're gonna secure the ceiling brackets within the bay.

Installing Wall Brackets

So let's go and have a quick look. Okay, so we've got the wall brackets now here that we're going to fit on each side of the bay. Now these have a fixing hole over the top and underneath. And you're going to need almost certainly to present the bracket over the window, mark through the fixing holes, use the six mill masonry drill bit to drill the holes, then use the plugs and screws supplied.

Now this bracket, you're going to measure in the ceiling a line straight across and put little mark here, but then you're going to measure up two centimeters further so that the top of the bracket sits two centimeters above the level in the ceiling. You'll also want to measure out 14, 15 centimeters from the corner of the bay. So when you secure the bracket in position, when it turns out, it'll be comfortable to click the track into place. Now there's a little lip on the front of this bracket and the track will hook into the lip, twist the track, and click in, and then it will be secured by the screw underneath the bracket.

So we're just going to fix this bracket in place now. And we're going to repeat this on the other side of the window. So we've got one wall bracket on each side ready for the track to click into. (drill whirs) Now I'm fortunate today that my display is just plasterboard and there's a nice piece of timber behind here, so I don't need to worry about drilling and plugging.

Securing the Track

Now we've got the bracket secured. We've got a cover that just makes it look neater and hides the screws. So we clip that in place. Now we repeat the same thing on the other side for the other bracket, pencil line across, two centimeters up, 14, 15 centimeters out from the corner of the bay, and the next step now is to click the brackets, the track into these brackets, and then we're going to secure the brackets into the ceiling within the bay.

So let's go and have a quick look at that. Okay, so we've got the track now and then we're going to lock it into the wall brackets on each side. So you need somebody on the other side to hold it up in place while you fix this side. And we're just going to click this now into the lip on the front of the bracket and twist it up backwards so that you can hear the click and then with the little screw underneath, we're just going to tighten that so we can secure it into the bracket.

You'll do the same on the other side of the bay. Now the next step is to put screw into the ceiling to hold the track up within the bay. And all we're going to do is we're going to drive the screw (drill whirs) directly into the ceiling. We're gonna repeat that for all the brackets all the way around the bay.

Ensuring Secure Fixings

Then the next step is if we're not happy that the screws into the ceiling are really secure, then we can revisit each bracket in turn and we can move the bracket over, drill it, plug it, put the screw back in, and secure it properly. So let's have a quick look at doing one of those now so that you can see exactly what needs to be done. Okay, so now we're going to revisit one of the brackets that needs a bit of attention because we're not happy. So we're gonna remove the screw because it wasn't secured as tightly as we'd like.

So we slide the bracket over now and we're going to drill a hole with a six millimeter masonry drill bit. We're just gonna push the plug into the hole with our thumb, slide the bracket back over, and we're going to just reinsert the screw. (drill whirs) And we've got a nice firm fixing there now to the ceiling. And finally, as I showed you earlier, we have a little cover that clips over and gets a really neat finish.

Installing the Cord Tensioner

So the next thing we're going to do now is we're going to have a look at the cord tensioner that keeps the cords under tension and under control at the side of the window. So let's go and have a quick look at that. Okay, so we've got the cord loop hanging down the side of the window now, and because of child safety laws, this has got to be secured to the wall. So we've got a cord tension out here and at the front, there's a little space for us to hook the cord through into the pulley.

So there we go. Now previously, I've marked and drilled two holes ready to plug this into place and screw it into place. Now, once you've got this in position and you've marked where you want it, you need to remove the cord from the loop. You can then hold it in position like so.

You can obviously mark your drill holes and we're just going to screw this back into place now. (drill whirs) Now you can't fix this with the cord in the tensioner because it just gets in the way. And now that we've got it here. Okay now, pull it up on the spring and get the cord in.

Final Steps and Curtain Hanging

Now that holds everything securely and we can operate the cord and everything's nice and neat. So that's the final step in fixing your corded bay track into a bay window. So once you got your curtains hanging, it's just a simple process of pulling the cords one way to open and pulling the cords the other way. so they meet in the middle.

And you ready now to start hanging your curtains and hooking them into the eyelets that are in the top here. Pin hooks or nylon hooks will do depending on the style choice you're going to hang. So thank you very much for watching and I hope this video was useful.

Track Spec

Track: Aluminium
Brackets/gliders: Nylon
Depth: 23mm
Width: 10mm
Top of track to bottom of inside of glider 30mm
Everything made to fit straight out of the box. No adjustments needed!

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Corded Bay Track FAQs

How do I place an order with you?

Watch the video here to get an overview.

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Introduction to Custom Corded Curtain Tracks

Hi. I'm going to show you quickly how to order a custom made corded bay window curtain track from Ezeurtains. But just before I do that, I want to mention that if your track arrives and it's not the right size, it's not the right shape, then we take responsibility. We work out what went wrong, and we correct it and quickly, and we'll remake your track so you can order from us in confidence. So the first thing you're going to need to do is you need to measure around your bay within the bay and then out on the returns each side and take the total of that size where you think the curtain track is going to fit. Then select one of the sizes from the list here. Now the next step is you're going to choose how your track is going to fix and I've just selected ceiling fixing the bay with wall fix returns, which is a really popular option.

Choosing Your Fixing Options

Now you may have it just ceiling fixed within the bay only, the track, or you may want ceiling fixed in the bay and ceiling fixed on the returns out, or there's a couple of other wall options here on options three and four.

Selecting your Bay Shape

Then once you've done that, you come to the bending service, which is basically choosing your bay shape. I'm going to choose the second down on the list, which is splay bay with returns, which is a really popular one that we make a lot of. But whichever one you choose, an image will appear below. Have a look at it and check that you're happy that that's your bay shape.

If You Don't Know Your Bay Window Style

If not, select another one. Now if you're not sure what your bay shape is called, then you can go to the bay window styles page and have a look and see if you can find your image there of the bay, and there'll be a name underneath so you know which one to select from the drop down menu. If you're still unsure, then send us a photo here of your bay window. We'll let you know what bay shape it is you need to select from the calculator.

Creating New Templates for Unique Shapes

Now if your bay shape is not on the calculator, we'll create a new template and upload it quickly so that you can then go on and place an order.

Understanding Cord Requirements

So let's go on to the next step, which is it's showing you that this particular size that we selected is going to be corded to both sides. Over a certain size, you're going to need cords on both sides. Otherwise, it'd be too difficult and too hard to pull the cords to operate your curtains. So this one shows the center pulleys here.

Overlap Arm Direction Selection

And the next step is the direction of the overlap arm. All our corded tracks come with an overlap arm, and we're gonna select the right over left option here.

Determining Installation Height

Then now is the install height. This is how high your track's going to be fitted measured down to the floor. So it's fitted to the ceiling or the wall measured down from that point to the floor. I'm gonna put in two hundred and ten centimeters here, and then I'm gonna tick here, and it's gonna show me how long the cord control loops are going to be. And in this case, it's gonna be sixty centimeters.

Cord Control Loop and Tensioner

That cord control loop will be put into a cord tensioner, and the cord tensioner will be fixed to the wall.

So next step is to upload a photo of your bay. Now if you're in the research stage, you may not have a photo of your bay. You can upload any image here just to move the form along and get to the price. So I'm going to upload another picture of my little doggy here, and then press next.

Choosing Curtain Hooks

And now we've got hooks. If you need hooks, you can choose from these three options. Nylon hooks and zinc metal hooks are for pencil pleat gathered curtains that you space the hooks every fourth or fifth pocket. The zinc pin hooks are for fixed width curtains such as pinch pleat that have the pleats sewn into the top, and the pin in the hooks pierces the buckram stiffener in the back of the curtain, and that's what you use to hang the curtains. Now I'm gonna select nylon hooks in this example, and I'm going to choose two packs because they come in packs of fifty, and one pack is usually not enough for most bay windows.

Final Review and Order Placement

And now you're on the final page, and you've got your options here and the total price. Now if you're not happy with something or you've not unloaded the, you want to change your hooks, or to another option, then you can go back. Or if you want to, upload a photo, go back to the, photo page and upload your bay photo. Just press the back button here. Then if you're ready to place your order, then enter your email and confirm email. That'll open the form to allow you to enter your name, address, and phone number.

Final Sizes Submission and Confirmation

Then once you've entered your card details, you can press the button here. Press here to place your order. You'll automatically be redirected to the order confirmation page. And on that order confirmation page will be a button that takes you through to the final sizes form. So on this form is where you give us all your final sizes so that we know where to put the bends, what angle your track needs to be made.

Customer Support and Assistance

And if you have any questions or you get stuck along the way ordering or on your final sizes, then you can use the contact details just below here to get in touch with us, and we'll help you along. So that's all there is to order custom made corded bay window track at Ezecurtains.

If you still have questions then please get in touch via the contact form here.

Is this the right track for my bay?

If you are not sure if this is the right track for your bay. Then get in touch with us here. Please send us a photo of your bay and let us know how you want your curtains to hang. Such as in front of the sill. Or down to the sill. Staying in the bay, or returning out of the bay. You can watch the video here that shows you how to take a great photo showing everything we need to see.

How do I measure my bay?

To place your order all you need to measure is the full width around your bay (NOT just across the bay). Then if you want the curtain to hang out of the bay on each side in the room. ***This will clear more of the bay side windows giving more light***

Add another 20 to 30cm for each return on to the size around your bay.

Basically Measuring where you would like the track to fit end to end.

This total size is what you will enter in the first box on the order form.

DON'T worry about being super accurate at this stage. Within a few cm's is fine. You will need to be more accurate when sending your final sizes. Again you don't need to worry as you will have a template to follow.

The video below gives you an overview of the ordering/measuring process.

If you still have questions then take a look at the more detailed ordering page How to place an order with us.

Still not sure then get in touch with us via the contact form. Attach a photo of your whole bay window.

What kind of curtains can I use on this track?

These curtain styles CAN be hung from any of our standard glider curtain tracks.

3 inch pencil pleat

6 inch pencil pleat

Double pleat

Triple pleat

These curtain heading styles you CAN'T hang from our standard glider curtain tracks.

Eyelet top

Tab top

Slot top

Not sure what bay track returns are?

Watch this video and discover what we mean when you see the word "returns" on this website.

You can also read more about "returns" here on this page.

Do these tracks come with overlap arms?

Yes the corded track come with an overlap arm pre-fitted to your new bay track. You just have to select which direction you would like it to be fitted. You do this on the order form. Either "right over left" or "left over right".

Overlap Arm Right Over Left

Overlap Arm Left Over Right

Worried about fitting to your ceiling?

If you are fitting your bay track to the ceiling. Either in the bay only, or on the returns as well. Then watch the videos below.

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Introduction to Curtain Installation

Hi. I'm Lee Stevens from ezecurtains.co.uk

And I get lots and lots of people telling me my ceiling isn't strong enough to support a ceiling fixed curtain track. I need to know where the joists are so I can fix all my brackets into the joists. Your ceiling almost undoubtedly is going to be strong enough because I've fitted thousands of these Baytrax over the thirty years almost.

And also, the joists are never going to be in the right place to fit all your brackets.

If you watch my other fitting videos, you'll see how I approach this. You don't need to know where all the joists are because they're not going to be in the right place. So you can hear that's hollow. All ceilings are hollow or almost all ceilings, unless you've got a concrete ceiling, but almost nobody does in a domestic dwelling. So if you're hanging domestic sized curtains, even big ones, blackout, floor length, really wide, as long as they're not like four meters long and six meters wide, and you truly are super heavy stage curtains, but this website is not about those kind of curtains and those kind of tracks. It's about domestic sized curtains, domestic sized windows.

Fitting the Curtain Track

So you're going to present your track to the ceiling. You're going to screw all the screws in. If you have bad fittings, then you use the plugs that we supply. The plugs we supply with the screws will suit ninety five, ninety eight percent of the fittings that you need to do and give you a firm enough fixing.

You're almost certainly when you're doing all the brackets up into the ceiling and just driving the screws in, you're going to hit some timber in the ceiling. Fantastic. You only need to worry about the ones where you don't. The ones where you don't, then if our plugs are still not giving you a firm no fixing, which is highly unlikely, then there's a couple of other fittings here that we use.

Alternative Fittings and Tools

And you can find the links to these in this video. And also, if you're watching it in the right place, you'll see the links below the video.

Now use these. We only use these if our regular fittings fail, and that's almost never.

But it's handy to know where they are, where you can get them from. I get both of these from Screwfix. Nice and cheap. So start with the basics and then move on to these if you have to. Now at the end of the track, on each end, just within the ceiling, just within the bay, there's going to be a beam across the top of the ceiling.

Dealing with Metal Lintels

Now, almost certainly, in most houses now, you're going to find it's a metal lintel. If it's timber, fantastic. You just drive the screw in, you've got a good grip. If it's metal, you're going to need to use the drill bit that you can find in the link in this video that takes you to Screwfix.

And it's a three and a half mil high speed drill bit, and it will cut pilot hole into the lintel. You'll be able to use the screws we supply to then drive directly into that hole without using your plug. That will grip. If you've got a track that returns out to the bay on each side, almost certainly, it's going to be going into brickwork.

Fixing to Brickwork

So use the plug supplied, six mil masonry drill bit, drill the hole, fix your wall fixed bracket on the return.

So that's fundamentally it. Don't worry. You don't have to go upstairs and pull the floorboards up. You don't need to start looking, you know, where every individual joist is because they're not going to be in the right place to support your track.

Final Installation Tips

You're going to be moving your brackets to where the joist is, but it's not going to give your track the support to suspend your curtains from this track. So forget about that. Just follow the guide the fitting guide, and they will show you how to fit our tracks. And then also just use the links in this video to get the bits that you may need.

You don't have to buy all these straight away. Just nip out your local branch if you need them. But almost certainly, you're not going to need them other than these three and a half mil drill bits for piloting the lintel across the top. So your last bracket on each side before your track turns out to the bay.

If it's not turning out to the bay, then the end of the track here is going to be nice and secure to hang your curtains because it's going to be fixed into that metal lintel. And if it's a wooden lintel in a really old house, then fantastic. Don't need to do any drilling. You just screw the screws directly in and you got a super solid fixing.

Conclusion and Support

So I hope that helps. And if you have questions as you move along ordering, fitting, then just get in touch.

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Introduction to Bay Window Ceilings

Hi. I'm Lee Stevens from ezecurtains.co.uk

And I want to talk to you about battens on bay window ceilings.

Debunking the Need for Wooden Battens

People talk to me all the time about, do I need to fix wooden battens to the ceiling in my bay? And the answer is absolutely not. They just look plain ugly, and they do not achieve anything. You might as well fix your track directly to the ceiling. Our tracks are designed to be well fitted to ceilings in bay windows.

Bracket Distribution for Stability We supply twice as many brackets into the ceiling as most of our competitors. So the weight's more evenly distributed.

Alternative Fixings for Plasterboard Ceilings

You're going to find that mostly you're into plasterboard in ceilings, which is fine with the plugs that we supply. Now if you had a spot that our plugs are not doing the job, then there's alternate fixings. And there's a video that you can see a link to here that shows you what those alternative fixings are and how to use them.

Fixing Techniques at the Bay's End

When it comes to the end of the bay, and just before you leave the bay on each side, assuming you're gonna return out onto the walls, you're gonna be fixing into the lintel over the top of the window.

Again, the fitting videos discuss that in more detail.

Final Recommendations on Installation

When you return out to the bay, if you're going to return out onto the walls on each side of the bay, you're gonna be fixing almost certainly into brickwork. So they'll be nice and solid fixings. So when it comes to the wooden battens, don't use them. Fit directly to the ceiling. Our tracks are designed to fit flush to the ceiling, and they're really sturdy, solid, and you won't need to use wooden battens. So I hope that was useful.

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Introduction to Ceiling Fitting

Hi, I'm Lee Stevens from Ezecurtains.co.uk

And I want to show you what to do if you're fitting a tractor, the ceiling in a bay or a ceiling in a room, and you're struggling to get a good fixing.

Alternative Fixing Method Explained

Here's an alternative fixing that you can use. So let's go and have a quick look. Okay. The fixing we're going to use is a toggle bolt. We've got a screw head on this end and then we've got two little wings that are spring loaded on this side, and they'll pop open once we go through the hole that we're going to drill into the ceiling with an eight mil drill bit. So let's go and have a look at that.

Preparing the Ceiling for Installation

Creating an eight millimeter hole in the plasterboard ceiling ready to fit the, toggle bolt.

Installing the Toggle Bolt

Okay. We've got the, regular track here with the bracket on ceiling fix. And we've got the toggle, with the wings on the top here now. And we've got this screw head inside the bracket. So we're going to present this up to the ceiling now and pop it into that hole we've just created.

So let's go and have a look at that.

Okay. I've got the wings on the toggle folded backwards, and we're popping it up now. And I could hear the wings pop open. And if we pull this down now, the wings are holding it up in there. So we're going to just use a driver now to tighten up this. And you need to pull down on the track and the bracket.

Securing the Track to the Ceiling

And there we go. That toggle bolt has now firmly fitted that track up to the ceiling.

Do that for any brackets that you're not happy that are completely solid up to the ceiling.

Final Thoughts on Installation Techniques

Okay. So we got that track now, and I'm really pulling down from the ceiling, and that is a solid fixing. It would take an enormous amount to break that to fixing free. So only use these if the red plugs we supply are not doing the job well enough, then get a packet of these from Screwfix. You can find the link in the video just here, to the ones that I use, and, you'll have no problems at all fitting your track to a ceiling in a bay or just over the top of the window on a straight window. So I hope that was useful.

What are the bracket options?

The video below is for the slimline hand draw curtain track. However, the bracket options are identical to the corded curtain tack. Take a look and see the options available. You can then choose when you place you order.

You can also see one of the wall brackets and ceiling brackets. these are fitted with neat covers to hide the screw fixings.

Ceiling bracket

Wall bracket

What areas do you deliver to?

We deliver to all of the United Kingdom mainland such as Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, Bristol, Nottingham, London, Southampton, the Isle of Wight. Also, Northern Ireland.

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Introduction to Custom Corded Curtain Tracks

Hi. I'm going to show you quickly how to order a custom made corded bay window curtain track from Ezeurtains. But just before I do that, I want to mention that if your track arrives and it's not the right size, it's not the right shape, then we take responsibility. We work out what went wrong, and we correct it and quickly, and we'll remake your track so you can order from us in confidence. So the first thing you're going to need to do is you need to measure around your bay within the bay and then out on the returns each side and take the total of that size where you think the curtain track is going to fit. Then select one of the sizes from the list here. Now the next step is you're going to choose how your track is going to fix and I've just selected ceiling fixing the bay with wall fix returns, which is a really popular option.