Long 4M Curtain Poles

We had the same problem as you. The poles here were 28 mm, antique brass colour (but made of steel), and 4m long. Originally they we just supported near both ends, and by one bracket in the middle. The original curtains were of thin, lightweight material, and really the poles were fine for that.

We wanted to replace the curtains with very heavyweight curtains, and the original brackets weren't up to the job. And we wanted a further bracket, so that there were now four - one at each end, and one at 1/3 and 2/3 along the length. After a search around, we found there were "open" type brackets and curtain rings. Examples here:

(We got our brackets and rings from Dunelm, but they were much heavier duty than the ones in the links. I can't find the ones we used on that website. You should find them on other websites, but they might be called "passover", "bypass", or some other name.)

The other thing is that we were also concerned about possible sag in the middle, so I put a 300mm length of dowel (actually an old broomstick which was cut off!) in the centre of the curtain pole at the middle. It was a good fit and we've not had any problems in well over 5 years.

I should have made it clear that we had two 2m poles, hence the need for the dowel in the middle.

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Likely they will be thin lightweight tube - find the largest diameter of dowel you can squeeze inside the tube. You will not be able to get a

Hi Jeff,

If you added extra brackets, how did you then open the curtains?

Or was curtain opening not required in your application?

Cheers

Chris

If you look at the curtain pole "ring" in my second link you will see that it is not "O" shaped but "C" shaped. Being an "open" circle, the open bit passes over the bracket - basically as though the bracket is not there.

Buy 2 x 2m ones. That'll give you four or six brackets depening on how many come with each pole. Bit of dowel to reinforce the joint(s).

Excercise for the reader on how to have the curtains opening and closing past the brackets.

Put up a 3 m (ie 1.5 m between brackets) metal pole set the other month. Similar weight curtains, no perceptable sag on three brackets. Remember the loading is spread along the pole when the curtains are closed. Only concentrates when open at an end where there is a bracket.

In that case, you might be better with rails made for heavy duty curtains rather than poles as these are designed with custom made curtain holders/hooks.

Brian

We had a similar problem. I joined two shorter poles with a dowel and ensured the join was at the mid point where there is a bracket (one of the through type). The curtains are full door height plus a bit and the width is about 4m. No sagging even after 20 + years (curtains have been changed of course in that time!).

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We have some about that length (12ft). Full length lined curtains. No problems. I think they were from Dunelm.