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My favorite pieces to write center around the emotional aspects of home and savoring life's simple pleasures. Save Comment 55 Like If you live in a home with radiators, you know how tricky it can be to choose window treatments with those big, blocky structures in the way — especially if you have your heart set on curtains.
With a large radiator cover in the way, hanging regular floor-length curtains that can close is simply not possible. One way around this is to hang the floor-length curtains you want but use stationary panels meaning they do not close. This will show through the curtains if this is the case.
Somewhat more extended than the sill length may be preferable. Even so, the curtain should not touch the radiator. If you keep them closed over the baseboards, though, you will waste a lot of energy since the warm air will travel up in front of the windows and cool down rather than circulating. The base of your curtains should be at least 10 centimeters or four inches above your heaters or at least three centimeters above the floor if they run floor-to-ceiling. Ensure there are at least five centimeters two inches of space between the rear of the drapes and the front of your heaters.
Hot water in the baseboard unit warms the incoming air in forced hot-water baseboard heaters. Because fabric can catch fire, keep your drapes away from a baseboard heater. Baseboard heaters that use forced hot water may get extremely hot. The extreme heat from the baseboard heaters will undoubtedly ruin your curtain if not burning it out completely. As a precaution, you should not let your curtain touch the hot water baseboard heaters. For thin curtains made of linen fabrics, the heat from the baseboard heaters will ruin them and consequently destroy the appearance of your house altogether.
Heavy fabrics curtains can withstand the heat from the hot water, but it is still not recommended to let them touch. This is because the heavy curtains will hold back most of the moist air and prevent air circulation around the house. Instead of hot air flowing through the house, it will be diverted to the window to meet cold air and cool instantly. Search Search for: Search.
Center a traverse or pole-style double curtain rod over the window, ideally halfway between the top edge of the window molding and the ceiling. Mark the bracket locations according to the manufacturer's recommendation. Install the brackets according to the instructions, which vary by rod type, style and manufacturer. Place the rods on the brackets, but don't secure them if you're using a pole-style rod. Measure from the inner rod -- the one closest to the window glass -- to the sill or to the bottom edge of the window apron.
Measure from the hook pinholes for traverse rods, or from the top edge of the rod for pole rods. When choosing between the sill or apron, measure to whichever is closest to the radiator while remaining at least two inches above its top. The apron is the flat board beneath the sill. Subtract one-quarter inch from your result if you measured to the sill. Hang one curtain panel measuring the length from Step 5 by the total rod width from Step 3 on each end of the inner rod.
Opt for a curtain style you can open and close easily.
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