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Old 01-26-2010, 12:08 PM   #1
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I hsve just replaced my curtain rods.

I used aluminum flat bar that I bought at Lowes. It is 1/2" wide by 1/8" thick.

For hangars, I used 3/4" plastic rings that I got from the fabric store. They are sewed top and bottom to the back of the curtain.

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Old 01-27-2010, 02:17 PM   #2
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Wow, that makes for a nice, clean-looking, sturdy installation!
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Old 01-27-2010, 10:06 PM   #3
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Looks great! If someone wants a replacement for the original kind of UHaul curtain rod, I got ours on ebay, albeit British ebay.

Please post more pix. The curtains promise a theme?

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Old 01-28-2010, 08:02 PM   #4
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here is how the plastic rings are sewed on.

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Old 01-30-2010, 06:29 PM   #5
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Nice job! Looks great. So you bent the ends of the aluminum to fit the contour of your trailer. Sleek; no bracket needed.

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Old 01-31-2010, 02:16 PM   #6
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I like that! Thanks for sharing.
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Old 02-01-2010, 11:38 AM   #7
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Nice industrial-clean effect. I like them too!

One question (before I steal your idea ): How do the rings slide along the car, compared to how they slide along a round rod? Do they bind? Can you just "swoosh" them open and closed like on a round rod? Or do you have to help them?

Also, I've never thought of attaching the rings in two places. I've done curtains like yours but only with the bottom stitching on the ring. I guess I have the same question as above: Do they glide right along?

(In case you can't tell, I have an aversion to curtains that need "help" to open and close. I guess I'm super lazy but that usually means I just leave them closed )

Very cool

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Old 02-01-2010, 12:51 PM   #8
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The rings slide just great. If you are worried that they won't, the fabric store has them in a larger size like 1".
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Old 02-01-2010, 03:12 PM   #9
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Thanks for the additional info, Bud
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:20 AM   #10
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We used these.They look like a miniature "I" beam. I think that you can still get them from Sears or most fabric centres. The plus is that they will bend to match the curve of your walls.
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Old 07-01-2010, 08:41 AM   #11
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I bought this at a Walmart in Canada to replace the old curtain wires (rusted and breaking) in my U-Haul. About 7$.
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Old 07-01-2010, 09:57 AM   #12
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Bud, when you screwed to the inner wall, what did you use to reinforce the wall? I am guessing youusedsome sort of wal anchor.
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Old 07-01-2010, 10:22 AM   #13
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I used the little square plastic inserts that were there already. I presume they are original equipment from U-haul. I am told you can purchase them at Lowes.

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thanks Bud.
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Old 07-01-2010, 11:26 AM   #15
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I bought this at a Walmart in Canada to replace the old curtain wires (rusted and breaking) in my U-Haul. About 7$.
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I bought the same thing at Fanny's Fabric. I just got it put up a couple of days ago and it looks good.
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Old 07-01-2010, 11:27 AM   #16
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Bridget,

If only we could get curtain wires in the U.S.! But noooOOOooo.

I saw some in Ontario (at Wal-Mart) when I was up there looking at campers, before finding mine. I thought about buying them, but talk about putting the cart before the.... well... cart.

Little did I know that they were (seemingly) not available in the U.S.

We have the same big displays of curtain rods and accessories that you do, with tension rods, clips, swags, valances, double rods, etc. etc. But without the curtain wires!

Next time I am in Canada I think maybe I should buy 50 sets of curtain wires and then make them available to eggers in the U.S.

Not that we can't come up with alternatives, but I would love to know what makes curtain wires Canadian and not U.S.-ian (at least in the eyes of large retailers).

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If only we could get curtain wires in the U.S.! But noooOOOooo.
Someone on the UHaul site sent me to ebay for Canada... Here' the link for what I bought.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Net-curtain-wire-HOOK-E...3#ht_2469wt_707

I ordered and they have arrived. The eyes don't fit the UHaul wall anchors, but I'm working on a solution...
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...I ordered and they have arrived. The eyes don't fit the UHaul wall anchors, but I'm working on a solution...
Can you open up the eyes with a pair of needle nose pliers?

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Old 07-02-2010, 02:18 PM   #19
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Raya,

The Ikea catalog has curtain wires on page 34-35: http://onlinecatalog.ikea-usa.com/2010/ikea_catalog/US/ I don't know whether they are the correct size, but maybe they would work.
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KarenW,

Say thanks, these look pretty sweet and like the "good old" curtain wires. I was expecting shipping to be outrageous, but unless I'm reading it wrong it is not too bad. The catch might be that once you have ordered multiple feet of wire (and multiple curtain wires), you would either have to go to package shipping or have quite a few small envelopes (at about $5 per crack). Still, nice to know they are available

Vivian,

Thanks for the link to the IKEA curtain wires. I just took a look at them, and while they are very slick looking, I'm not sure they would work as well (or as easily anyway) in the camper. The thing is the "good old" curtain wires are a kind of spring, so they more or less keep themselves tight.

The Ikea wires look like an actual wire, so I think there might need to be much more tension on them to keep them tight, and so the mountings would have to be more substantial. Now, I'm not sure about that - I guess I would have to have them in hand to really get a feel for how they work. If I'm going by an Ikea sometime perhaps I will check them out (I see they are not available for purchase online).



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Here is a more direct link to the product (for IKEA US):

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60075295

As it stands, I may be making an Ontario trip this summer, and if I do I may just drop into a Wal-Mart and get the (seemingly contraband) curtain wires

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