Step 1: Fitting the hanging rail
Your hook-on hanging rail will be transported to you in convenient, 1m lengths which are simply fitted end-to-end above your doorway with the hooks hanging downwards.
The rails are pre-drilled for wall or ceiling mounting and your curtain kit comes complete with rawl-plugs and screws for fixing into masonry or concrete. For fixing the rail to uPVC or wooden door frames, steel surrounds or RSJ's you will need to supply your own fixings. Also, you need to be sure the fixing point is solid enough to take the weight of the curtain.
Step 2: Hanging the PVC Strips
Once your rail is securely fixed in place you can start hanging the PVC Strips.
Your curtain kit will come complete with enough PVC strips to cover the width of your doorway. Each strip will have a stainless steel hanging plate attached at one end which will hang over the hooks on the rail.
You simply unroll the strips and hang them, one at a time, by their plates on the hanging rail hooks . Because the strips have been rolled for transportation they might curl up a little at the end, but they will straighten out once they have been hanging in your doorway for a while.
You start off by hanging a row of strips across the full width of the rail leaving a gap between each strip. The gap you leave between each PVC strip depends on what PVC and overlap you have.
The following photos show how to space each PVC strip.
200mm wide PVC
minimum overlap (40%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail leaving a 3
hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing each
strip across the gaps on the first row.200mm wide PVC
maximum overlap (80%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail leaving a
1 hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing each
strip across the gaps on the first row.300mm wide PVC
minimum overlap (57%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail leaving a
3 hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing each
strip across the gaps on the first row.300mm wide PVC
maximum overlap (86%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail leaving
a 1 hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing
each strip across the gaps on the first row.400mm wide PVC
minimum overlap (50%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail leaving
a 5 hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing
each strip across the gaps on the first row.400mm wide PVC
maximum overlap (100%)
1)
Hang a row of strips across the width of the rail
leaving a 1 hook gap between each strip
2)
Hang a second row of strips over the first row placing
each strip across the gaps on the first row.
Once all of the PVC Strips have been fitted you simply trim each one to about 10mm above the floor with a Stanley knife.
That's all there is to it. If it's looked after correctly your new PVC curtain kit will last many trouble free years. You can take the strips down if you wish during the summer months and they can be cleaned very easily using water and a mild detergent.