How to Install Curtain Brackets
Before you can hang your curtains or blinds, you must install the mounting bracket hardware. Typically a curtain rod or set of blinds comes packaged with brackets to fit the rods or rails you are hanging. The brackets are specifically designed for certain rods and sometimes specially designed to hang a certain way. Follow the directions in the curtain rod packaging as closely as possible. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Measure the height and width of the window. Consider how you want to hang the curtain, especially if the window is oddly shaped. You may want to hang a long curtain that stretches from ceiling to floor.
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Purchase a curtain and curtain rod wide enough to cover the window. Get the mounting brackets out of the curtain rod packaging. Follow the mounting directions in the package if available.
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Decide exactly how and where you will install the curtain brackets. You can attach brackets to the wall or window frame. Mount curtain rods to hold heavy curtains onto the window frame because sheetrock and drywall are not strong enough to support the weight of heavier curtains. Installing or mounting the brackets to a window frame, however, damages the frame.
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Measure the length of the rod, and make small pencil marks on the wall where the mounting brackets will be installed. Use a level to make sure the top of the first mark is level with the top of the second mark. Redraw the marks to make them level.
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Place the top of one of the brackets against the top of one of the marks. Hold the bracket securely into place while you drive screws through the holes of the bracket to mount the bracket into place. Repeat for the second bracket, lining it up with the top of the other mark.
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Check the mounted brackets to see if they are level. If the mounted brackets are not level, remove the screws and drive them in again. Leave one of the brackets in for alignment. You do not want to make a lot of screw holes or you will have to apply putty and wait for the wall to dry before remounting.
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Tips & Warnings
Follow the directions included with the brackets as closely as possible.
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mmartineau
Dec 23, 2010
is it possible to shorten the end brackets if the existing upper valice is 3/8 too short. i am worried because the brackets are holding to rails, and I'm worried about space for curtains to move. by window, thin curtains for day time, and thick ones for night time or too bright are on the outside. any suggestions? mike m
