Screfix PVC Curtain Track

[elziko]

Does anyone have any experience with this Screfix PVC Curtain Track:

the curtains we're having made have black-out lining on them and so are probably a bit heavier than your average Ikea (for example) curtains. Is the track liekly to hold OK without bending too much over a 3m length bay window?

TIA

[auctions]

Don't touch it. It's virtually impossible to get straight (or curved correctly), so you end up putting extra fixings to hold it, which means you'd have been better off buying a decent rail in the first place.

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[elziko]

Thanks for the reply!

When you say 'rail' are you meaning that to be the same as 'track'?

Do you have any recommendations?

[Stuart Noble]

Nothing wrong with the basic Swish type rail in a bay. I've never needed extra fixings, even with 2.5 fullness of heavy, lined curtains.

[Lee]

Basically, what the others said ;) We have the same track in our bay, with heavy lined cotton curtains plus blackout linings and it's just about "ok" if you use enough fixings - ours has one fixing every 200mm.

I'd say get something better, really.

Lee

[elziko]

OK I don't mind spending lots more if it really is going to be better and it doesn't sound like you're too happy with yours!

At B&Q they have a corded 4m (I actually need 3.1m) 'heavyweight' track which is £40 - is this the sort of price you need to pay to get decent quality tracks? The corded side of things is a bonus I suppose.

TIA

[Stuart Noble]

I don't know what "better" means in this context. Corded aren't any stronger, and there are more bits to clog up and malfunction. If you keep the rail lubricated with a wipe of Mr.Sheen now and again, the standard Swish works well.