How to fix the ceiling cornice for curtains?

Beautiful, properly selected curtains are an integral part of the interior. On how they are fixed, depends on the overall perception of the room. The best option for fixing them today is a ceiling cornice, which allows you to visually increase the height of the room. To install the structure does not require significant effort and large calculations, so you can fix the ceiling cornice for curtains with your own hands.

Modern ceiling cornices for curtains are classified depending on the material, method of attachment, profile construction, size and shape. For the manufacture of the ceiling cornice manufacturers use three materials: wood, plastic, metal. Wooden structures are more suitable for the interior in a classic style.For rooms where all the furnishings are selected in a modern style, metal structures are more suitable. Light plastic curtain rods are versatile, they will harmoniously look in almost any interior.

There are two types of mounting ceiling structure. Either it is hung up to the ceiling using various fasteners through a hole in the plank, or it is mounted on brackets, which, in turn, are attached to the wall or to the ceiling.

Profile designs for different models differ in the number of rows. In single-row systems there is only one track. In this case, hang curtains will turn out only in one layer. Multi-row system is characterized by the presence of from 2 to 4 tracks, it allows you to create multi-layer compositions of different textures of textile fabric.

For the classic version, when hanging curtains with curtains fit a two-row design. When adding a lambrequin, you will need a three-row cornice. The system of 4 rows allows you to create complex structures of several types of fabrics.

The shape of the eaves are of the following types:

• Straight rectangular cornice. This type allows you to hang curtains, curtains and pelmets in a straight line is the most common option and is called a profile cornice. A variety of rectangular shape are rounded cornices, consisting of a main straight part and two separate arcuate elements attached to the main part (tire). Eaves of such design are very popular recently thanks to the rounded edges giving to curtains an accurate look and smoothness of forms;

• Profile cornice. These are the curtain rods, consisting of the component parts, suitable not only for windows located in one straight line, but also for windows located on different walls next to each other. Thanks to the arcuate elements, you can simulate a corner option. Swivel elements completely coincide with linear parts. Rows are formed in which the sliders with curtains move freely;

• Flexible Bay Cornice. A real find for panoramic windows, characterized by non-standard geometry. There are string and profile options. The string design consists of one or more metal cables, stretched between the brackets.The length of each string can be 5-6 meters long. The flexibility inherent in the construction of the string allows you to effortlessly decorate walls that have a complex configuration, and also to hold them around the perimeter of the bay window. Any person will cope with installation of this design.

But do not forget that the string cornices are characterized by low carrying capacity, therefore they are not designed for the use of dense, heavy fabrics.

A more popular variant of bay eaves is the tire variant. It is made of either aluminum or plastic.

Plastic profiles are easy to install, have low weight, are affordable and can be used in any premises, as they are resistant to moisture. Aluminum curtain rods are strong enough, have a long service life, a spectacular appearance and are resistant to deformation.

Thanks to the flexibility of the design, it is possible to give any configuration, it can be bent up to 100 degrees. But at the same time, it has sufficient strength and, unlike the string structure, it can withstand loads up to 80 kg.

Any cornice can be decorated with a special strip - baguette. The most common material from which to make various in texture and color baguettes is plastic. It is he who has a low price and, most importantly, flexibility, allowing the use of a baguette in virtually any cornices.

One of the main functions of the baguette is the concealment of some parts, namely the guides with hooks, the flaws admitted when sewing curtains, construction defects in the field of the window opening. In addition, the baguette helps to visually model the space by participating in the interior style.

Before you buy a cornice, you need to make measurements of the window opening.

To determine this distance is simple: it should not exceed 40 cm from the end of the eaves to the window slope on each side. This is a standard value that allows you to freely open the window, but it can vary depending on the type of windows, the width of the curtains, as well as your preferences. In the presence of two adjacent windows, the distance from the end of the cornice to the window is 30 cm.

With a ceiling mount, it is necessary to calculate the optimal distance from the wall, at which the windows will open without any problems, the hanging curtains will not touch the subwindow unit and the heating system. As a rule, a stock of 10-15 cm is enough.

For a ceiling structure that is attached to the wall with a bracket, it is necessary to leave a gap of 5 cm between the top of the fastener and the ceiling. This rule applies especially to round and stringed cornices. Rings or grommets used for hanging curtains in these types, in the absence of a gap or a distance of less than 5 cm, can cling to the ceiling when moving. The height of 5 cm can vary in one direction or another, depending on the type of curtains and your preferences.

Before purchasing a cornice, you must also take into account the weight of the curtains that will be hung on one or another type of cornice, especially if you plan to hang a multi-layer composition.

Round curtain rods, with a length of not more than 1.9-2 m and having a standard pipe with a diameter of 16 mm, can withstand loads of up to 3 kg per row. For longer eaves, the pipe diameter must be greater than 16 mm in order to eliminate the risk of sagging.

Aluminum busbars can withstand a considerable weight of textile fabric. Tapestry curtains or thick curtains in combination with light curtains can be safely hung on such cornices that can withstand up to 50 kg of fabric.

In order to attach absolutely any eaves necessary tools. The first step is to prepare a hammer drill or a hammer drill. The choice of a tool depends on the type of wall being processed. If the wall is concrete, then you can not do without a perforator, and if the wall is made of brick, then you can use a drill.

As for the drill, and for the perforator pobedit drill bits are needed. Moreover, there should be several of them, since it is possible that the drill may hit the steel reinforcement, resulting in damage or breakage. Also, to install the eaves, you need a tape measure and a marker for marking.

Now we proceed directly to the process of preparing the ceiling cornice, consisting of the following steps:

• If the cornice is longer than necessary, then you need to cut off extra centimeters using a square or a hacksaw.With a ceiling mount in the middle of the profile, a hole is drilled, but if you plan to hang out several layers of heavy curtains, the arrangement will be somewhat different. Several centimeters recede from the center of the eaves in both directions so that the width of the product is divided by two holes into three equal parts;
• Then holes are drilled through the entire product, at a distance of 60 cm. If the curtains are very heavy, then this distance can be reduced to 20-50 cm. The rule here is: the less durable the ceiling, the smaller the distance between fasteners should be;
• We apply the tire with ready-made holes to the ceiling and make marks on the surface either through one central or through two at an equidistant distance from the center (for heavy curtains). Arrange the eaves to be strictly parallel to the window opening. Then the product is attached first in the center, and then aligned, and its edges are fixed.

When installing the eaves on different surfaces, there are some nuances that need to be considered so that the product is firmly screwed and withstand considerable loads.

To work with a concrete surface, you must have two drills with different diameters.

1. First, a drill is used that has a diameter that allows the screw head to hide flush in the surface of the product. The depth of drilling should be equal to the height of the screw head.
2. Then it is necessary to drill the hole with a drill with a smaller diameter.
3. In the marks on the concrete surface, made through the holes on the surface of the tire, holes are made using a perforator and a drill in concrete. The diameter of the drill should coincide with the diameter of the dowel, as a rule, the value is 6 mm.
4. Then the dowel is inserted into the formed hole.
5. The cornice is screwed to the ceiling on one screw, it is aligned and put marks that are drilled and inserted dowels in them similar to the first hole.
6. After which the cornice is fully fixed.

The brackets are special devices with which absolutely any cornice can be attached to the wall.

Most of the eaves are sold together with additional details including the eaves, which already have holes. But if they are not, then they are drilled independently.On the side adjacent to the wall, the hole diameter must be 1 mm larger than the bolt diameter. For a closer fit of the corner to the surface, the drilled hole on the back side must be machined. If the hole is missing and on the surface to which the tire is directly attached, then it must also be drilled independently.

Further, it is necessary to attach the tire to the brackets with the help of bolts and attach the structure to the wall for markings. After that, the holes are drilled and the structure is installed.

Drywall is a special material and in order to keep the construction on such a ceiling, two methods are used:

• The first method is possible only during installation, because it involves the use of a mortgage wooden bar to which the structure is attached. The timber itself is screwed to the ceiling and does not extend beyond the surface of the plasterboard material. In order for the structure to hold well, the dimensions of the beam must be larger than the dimensions of the eaves;
• The second method allows you to attach the cornice using anchors acting on the anchor principle. The plank, designed for light textile fabrics, is fastened with the use of dowels in the shape of a butterfly or umbrella, which have the ability to unfold, forming an additional support. For a multi-tiered structure, it is necessary to drill deeper holes and use anchor bolts.

To attach the structure to the wooden ceiling, it is necessary to prepare self-tapping screws and make the correct markings. For heavy tracks, self-tapping screws are installed in 2 rows.

The adobe ceiling is a loose type of material and in order to fix the eaves on the ceiling it is necessary to use long and thick dowels together with a screw-in screw. This design, when screwed in, fills all cavities, thereby ensuring a strong fastening of the cornice.

There are two methods by which attaching the eaves to the stretch ceiling is not difficult. But both methods require preliminary planning, since in both cases a preliminary installation of a wooden bar is required. Consider them in more detail:

• In the first case, the timber is mounted on the ceiling in the place of future installation flush with the canvas.On the canvas at the location of the beam marks are made, on which the installation of the eaves;
• The second method is more original, but also more complex. The canvas is stretched not over the entire surface area, but with a small indent from the window opening, as a result of which a small niche is formed. Its width should not be less than the width of the cornice. Himself eaves attached to the true ceiling. A special profile is attached to the timber located next to the fixed profile. It is necessary to fix the tension film and hide the timber.

If the ceiling film is already stretched, then the cornice can be attached only to the walls with the help of brackets.

At present, the cornice can be attached not only with the help of fasteners, but also with the help of liquid nails that can withstand a load of up to 80 kg per square centimeter.

1. Before fixing the eaves, it is necessary to clean the surface of the ceiling from various impurities (dust, paint, whitewash).
2. Then the prepared area is carefully primed and leveled, and the eaves surface is degreased.
3. Liquid nails are applied in a zigzag on the base of the panel, after which the profile is pressed against the surface of the ceiling.
4. In order to correct the design it is only necessary to gently move it in the desired direction, without taking it completely from the ceiling.
5. The glue will be grasped after 20 minutes, and will finally dry out if all conditions are met after three days. After three days you can hang the curtains.

You can find out how to fix the eaves on liquid nails to the ceiling from drywall, from the video.

In order to curtain beautifully gleamed, you can set a special light. The LED strip installed on the curtain is used as a backlight. It is attached with a sticky base to any surface. On the curtain backlight is located either between the slots, or on the inside of the slats. With this setting, the light emanating from the tape is not blocked by curtains and other elements.

In order to install such an illumination, it is necessary to install a box in which the power supply unit with cables will be installed at the stage of repairing the premises. It is mounted either on the wall or on the ceiling. The place for fixing is chosen in accordance with the location of the DC source.

You can find out more clearly the subtleties of mounting the LED strip to the ceiling base from the video.

There are two types of plugs used in tire-type ceiling moldings. One view is needed to mask the screws and is inserted after attaching the product to the ceiling. The second type is a part that not only prevents the hooks from falling out of the groove, but also closes the trimmed end of the profile.

First, hooks are put into the grooves in the right quantity, then stoppers are installed to limit the movement of the hooks. At the last place stubs are put. In order for them not to fly off, if desired, they can be glued.

There are various ways with which you can hang curtains, curtains and pelmets:

• Grommets These are metal or plastic rings attached to the top of the curtains. With their help, hang curtains will turn out only on the tubular curtain rods;
• Cloth loops and drawstrings designed as well as grommets for tubular curtain rods. In either case, they are strung on the tubular base of the cornice.Between the loops, the base is partially visible, and the drawstring completely hides the eaves;
• The most common way of fixing the curtains on the eaves is, of course, hooks. As a rule, they are sold complete with a cornice, if you wish, you can always purchase the necessary quantity.

On the hooks you can hang not only a simple curtain, curtain or pelmet, but also an unusual thread muslin. It can consist entirely of threads, and can be supplemented with beads, beads and other decor.

There are options consisting entirely of decorative elements strung on a fishing line. These include a bead from a bead, with which you can decorate not only the window, but also a doorway, a niche, and also zoned the space.

For hanging thread string and a composition of beads in the upper part a transparent band with hook pockets or adhesive tape is sewn. To adjust the width of the transparent tape, special cords are inserted, allowing you to collect muslin in arbitrary folds.

Kiseyu can be attached with an opaque wide curtain tape with deep pockets. In this case, special fan hooks are selected as fasteners,which one end is inserted into the pockets of the tape, and the other attached to the hooks in the grooves. The folds of this mount are more even.

Windows can be designed as a multi-layered compositions with lambrequin and several types of textiles, as well as single, originally draped curtains.

Ceiling placement of the eaves is suitable not only for ordinary windows, but also for bay windows. The presence of hooks and other elements that are undesirable for review, you can cover the decorated lath-baguette or install a cornice for a niche.

As decoration, you can use the backlight, which will look equally good both in the bedroom and in the living room.

Instead of curtains and curtains, you can use muslin, and in combination with the lighting the room takes on an unusual, original look.