Remote curtains

[Davey]

Does anyone have experience of buying and/or fitting remote control curtains into a bay window? Are there any suppliers that anyone would recommend?

Thanks for any advice

Regards

Dave

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I had to have the rail - Kirsh heavy duty - made up to fit the bay, as it needs a mandrel to bend it. It was a long time ago, but think I used Liberties. But any decent department store or specialist should be able to help. Dunno who makes the motors these days - mine are Powercord, made by a small firm in Croydon. Overmatic, IIRC.

[graham]

Friends had remote controlled curtains on a photocell. The curtains would close when it became dark and would open again when it became light.

They didn't like them. It reminded them of attending a funeral at a crematorium where the curtains slowly close at the end of the service.

It made me laugh when they said that. When they showed me, I could see what they meant.

The curtains were reliable and the motor was quiet. I think they were made by a company called Swish?

Graham

[Mary Fisher]

I don't think I'd have liked them either, a remote is one thing, you have control, responding to light could be inconvenient.

I do like our primitive but still working cord pull curtains and grandchildren love them - there's a theatrical ritual about closing the curtains and they fight over who does it in the room where one cord pulls both curtains. In the dining room they do one side each at the same rate so that they meet atthesamepoint. Theatre again.

Mary

[graham]

The winter evenings must just fly by.

(:-)

Graham

[Chris]

I believe they are now the 'Autoglide' range by Silent Gliss. You can get them from:

sure about bay windows though. You can also get motors that attach to the existing cords of a manual curtain system, though I'm not sure if this approach would be as reliable (but it is cheaper).

Cheers

Chris

[Mary Fisher]

I'm always pleased when the auditorium empties and I can get back to Real Life. Spouse and I rarely draw curtains. We rarely spend much time in the rooms which have them.

Mary

[Dave Plowman (News)]

It works very well provided you have a free running track system. A cheap corded one would require constant taking up of the slack in the cord.

[Chris McBrien]

My remote curtain operator is in the kitchen............ making me a cuppa tea.

Chris.

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[Mary Fisher]

I'm glad to hear it - that's what men are for.

Mary

[Peter Andrews]

Overmatic, Coulsdon just a mile or so from Croydon

[T i m]

And living in a shoe helps with the novelty factor ;-)

With all the grandchildren wanting to 'have a go' on granny's curtains the locals use it as a beacon!

Mary has no telly so what else can the poor little devils do .. especially when all the charcoal or parchment has run out and they can't play outside for all the bees ;-(

At least they can look forward to supper ... (they got used to gruel in the end).

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. My swish electric curtains have just closed .. the room light will come on in a sec .. ;-)

[Mary Fisher]

GRANDMA!

The trouble is that we don't know how Morse code works in Gujurati, Hindo etc.

You're out of date. No bees anymore. Hens are a constant delight. And we do have 45 years worth of toys - which they love.

And two computers...

They only get gruel if they make it.

We have a light which comes on when the sun dims. It illuminates a painting of "Oliver St John Gogarty Releases his Swans on the Liffy ..."

Look it up.

Mary

[Andy Hall]

I suppose that at least they are allowed down from the chimney then.

[OldBill]

Thats ok if you have small slaves to operate the cords :-)

[OldBill]

Your dwelling sounds weirder by the day .... BTW there's an e in Lilley

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[Mary Fisher]

Wossatthen?

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

And yours?

:-)

.... BTW there's an e in Lilley

er - Lilley?

I recommend my optician - the only thing I wrote anything like that was Liffy - it's an Irish river. Some would say THE Irish river.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

When they're not here the curtains are rarely closed. And some of them are over 6' ...

When they're not here we rarely use the room in the evening and if we do we can't be bothered to draw the curtains.

It's not compulsory you know :-)

Mary

[Dave Liquorice]

Pretty sure they come with a spring loaded turn buckle type device to automagically keep the tension in the cord. Obviously places some retsriction on where the motor can be.