Installing the eaves

Ceiling cornice is suitable for a larger number of interiors than wall. This is due to the low height of the ceilings in the houses of the old buildings, as well as the predominant choice in favor of stretch ceilings. Eaves attached to the ceiling vary in their types, and are also often complemented by decorative elements.

Making windows today is an important part when planning the entire interior. The overall look of the room depends on how well the cornice is selected.

Fastening for curtains should fit harmoniously into the overall decor of the room, and installation work is required to perform quality and neatly. This is especially true for open eaves, serving for decoration. Another thing - hidden cornice, showing the curtains in all its glory. You can hide some flaws, but you shouldn’t be completely neglected here.

As is clear from the previous paragraph, curtain rods perform several basic functions.First, they serve to fix the curtains. Also, curtain rods often have a decorative function, especially if it is necessary to focus on an unusual curtain mount or ceiling structure. In addition, the mounts themselves can serve as key elements of the entire design.

Correctly selected cornice will mask flaws in the repair, for example, sloppy wall and ceiling joints, irregularities and so on.

He can hide and unfortunate top curtains themselves. For example, decorative models with a wide bar are often used to conceal assemblies on a curtain tape, if this detail is not to the liking of the room owners.

Curtain rods are divided according to various characteristics.

According to the materials:

• Plastic;
• Wooden;
• Metallic.

By way of attachment to the surface:

• Wall mounted;
• Ceiling.

By the number of rows:

• Single row;
• Multi-row.

By design:

• Round;
• String;
• Baguette;
• Tire;
• Profile;
• Telescopic;
• Mini-eaves;
• Swivel;
• Expansion;
• For roman blinds.

It is necessary to elaborate on the most popular options. The most popular ceiling option is plastic tire eaves. Also, sometimes a flexible aluminum profile is selected for his replacement. This applies to those cases when it is necessary to hang a very heavy construction. For example, a three-row cornice allows you to place curtains, drapes and pelmets.

Flexible constructions can be mounted on figured windows, for example, in the bay window or in the attic room. Erker option is slightly different set of accessories, since you want to purchase additional parts for fixing bends.

Baguette on the eaves - a decorative strap that allows you to hide all sorts of unattractive parts, such as uneven ceiling or assembly at the top of the curtains formed by tape. Baguettes fit well in different styles of interiors.

Speaking of metal structures, you can select the most popular round and string cornices.

The round cornice is a bar with tips on which the curtains are attached. A rod with a diameter of 16 mm is considered to be typical.

String eaves - a thin cable stretched between two iron brackets. This type of cornice is used to hang light curtains, such as cotton or tulle models.

Regardless of the type of eaves, it is equipped with a standard set of parts. It is necessary to analyze this question for the most popular options in a little more detail.

For round metal models:

• Tubular base rods can be presented in different color variations. Gold-plated and silver-plated models no longer surprise anyone, now bronze or brass coatings are in fashion. In addition to unusual colors, metal pipes provide an interesting figured section, for example, imitation of twisted in the harness matter.
• Decorative brackets are supplied both wall and ceiling. The advantage of round curtain rods is that they are universal (although fasteners on the wall remain the preferred option).
• Hooks, rings and clips to secure the curtain fabric on the eaves. Usually such fittings are purchased immediately with the eaves. They are selected in the same style, so that all the curtain composition in the end looks harmonious.
• Additional fittings are all kinds of extension cords, fasteners, plugs, clips and so on.

For plastic ceiling:

• Tires. The number of rows varies from 1 to 4, depending on the estimated number of curtains. So, the single-row model allows you to place only the curtains or curtains, and the four-row curtains - curtains, curtains and two soft hanging lambrequins.
• Roller hooks or clothespins allow you to hang the curtain, and later wash it with these fasteners.
• The caps do not allow the hooks to pop out of the rows when opening or closing the curtains.
• Rotary elements with different number of rows are used when it is necessary to make an element curved. Since the tire cannot simply be bent, it is supplemented with turning parts. When installing, pay special attention to the joints. Only when they are executed correctly, and the design of the rows is not broken, is it possible to move the curtains freely.
• A decorative strip with hoods or a baguette allows you to close the joints on the bus bar, and also acts as an element of design. It is best to apply them only on open eaves; buying an option with a strap,you cannot hide the model.
• Plastic profiles are a lightweight replacement for iron when mounting a cornice in a niche.

For profile aluminum:

• Profiles differ in the ability to withstand different curtain weights.
• Standard fasteners of aluminum profiles are provided for placing the model on the ceiling.
• To facilitate the management of heavy curtains, profiles are equipped with rope structures, which allow symmetrically pushing the curtains to the sides or only moving them to the side of fixing. For this separately purchased carriage.
• Lifting mechanisms are provided with profile cornices for vertical curtains, such as Roman or French. Additional weights are supplied - chains for weights.
• Inserts are purchased for mounting additional elements, for example, lambrequins.
• Stopper plugs at the same time close the ugly side of the eaves and do not allow the hooks to pop out of the grooves.
• Hooks to aluminum eaves are delivered usual plastic.

In order to carry out the installation of the eaves correctly, you need to first carefully study the instructions for your chosen model.As a rule, it immediately provides recommendations for the installation of the product.

When choosing a ceiling eaves, which will be attached to the stretch ceiling, you must take care to strengthen the ceiling with a wooden beam in place of the eaves. If the ceiling is already stretched, the opportunity to hang the cornice on the ceiling is lost.

In this section, you will understand the installation of tire plastic cornice, since it is he who is the most popular today. This design can even be fixed to a beginner,

The most important thing is not to rush and do the work carefully:

• Mark the position of the eaves on the wall, making a preliminary calculation. The length of the cornice depends on individual preferences: you can make so that the curtains cover only the window opening, and you can prefer the location of the curtains in the whole wall.
• If the width in the window opening is selected, saw off a part of the tire with the length of the window opening plus 60-90 cm depending on the curtains' curvature. When choosing the option for the entire wall, you will need a tire with a wall length minus 20 cm (10 cm on each side).

• In the plastic tire, you need to drill holes for mounting: the outside is large, and the inside is quite small. The standard pitch is 60 cm, but if the curtains are heavy, it should be reduced.When installing under a stretch ceiling, note that on the side that will be located near the ceiling, the holes may not be drilled at all (later they will be cut through with self-tapping screws), and on the outer part they should be of such width that a self-tapping head easily passes through them.
• Wide models in 3 or 4 rows can be equipped with fastenings in 2 rows, so feel free to make two rows of holes.
• Attach the eaves to the markup on the ceiling. Through the holes with a pencil draw marks for drilling. It is much more convenient if two work: one holds, the other notes. So the probability that the eaves "will leave" tends to zero.

• Drill holes in the ceiling and seal them with dowels.
• Now attach the tire and screw it through the holes.

For installation on a stretch ceiling, installation is similar, except for a few important differences.

• Marking on the ceiling should be done before fixing the ceiling leaf and strengthen the place of the future cornice with the help of a wooden bar.
• The fabric itself must be strengthened with protective rings where there will be holes for fastening. After installing the rings need to carefully burn holes for screws.This is done so that the suspended ceiling does not explode.
• Using self-tapping screws, the tire is carefully screwed to the ceiling, strictly getting into the burned holes. Begin installation is recommended from the middle.

How to correctly and quickly install the ceiling cornice, see the following video.

To correctly calculate the distance from the window opening, on which it is necessary to hang the cornice, use a special formula. You will need the following values:

• The width of the protrusion of the battery or window sill, depending on what is given out. This is usually a radiator, but in some cases there are exceptions (for example, when it comes to modern small plastic window sills, but to cumbersome Soviet ones). A typical projection is 15 cm.
• Next, you need to lay the amendment to collect the curtains and they did not touch the window sill folds. Depending on the density of the curtains, the distance is 10-12 cm.

Attaching the eaves to the ceiling of the drywall is often a niche under the curtains. In this case, the niche width is calculated based on the protrusion width, corrections for the folds of the curtains and the distance between the outermost guides of the eaves (for example,1 and 2 with a two-row model, or 1 and 4 with a four-row; with single row construction this value is not taken into account).

Many when mounting the tire neglect the need to retreat such a long distance, because they are afraid to reduce the already small dimensions of the room. This can not be done, as the curtains, bumping into a ledge, will be deformed. It is better to choose models up to the ceiling, in which case you will need to lay not the width of the protrusion, but only an amendment to the curtain assembly. If the window sill is issued strongly enough, but it is necessary that the short curtains look harmonious and do not emphasize the impressive projection, the width of the window sill is taken as the basis. When it is more than 12-14 cm (correction for assembly plus 2 cm), the correction for the folds of the curtains is not taken into account.

Installing an open tubular cornice, calculate the distance to the ceiling so that between the ceiling and the curtains there is a gap of at least a centimeter.

When installing on a multi-tiered ceiling, it is best to install the cornice in a special niche, equipped approximately at the level of the upper tier. The niche hides the eaves structure, and the curtains flow, as if from nowhere. So fastening for curtains will not distract attention from a beautiful and unusual ceiling covering which for certain is the main accent in an interior.

The functional purpose of the plugs is to limit the movement of the hooks only to the eaves.Plugs do not allow them to fall out during the opening and closing of curtains. In addition, they perform a decorative function, covering the cuts on the sides of the eaves and making it aesthetically more attractive.

The plugs are placed mainly on plastic tire or aluminum profile cornices, for the round rods special tips are selected - flares. They serve as both limiters and decorative elements.

To install the stubs, you need to decide what type you are dealing with. If you use the clips included in the kit, they need to be inserted into the curtain guide. If there are several guides and there are only two clips, it is recommended to install them to restrict the curtains of working curtains: tulle moves extremely rarely, and lambrequins never.

If you additionally purchased solid plugs, not only the limiting hooks, but also the closing sections, you should be a little more attentive. First, they differ in the left and right detail. It is important not to confuse, otherwise the installation will become impossible. Otherwise, it is enough just to put the caps on the sides of the eaves.

Backlight lighting popular today due to its significant advantages over other lighting systems. It does not heat the ceiling due to low power and makes the interior of the room mysterious due to the fact that it is not visible.

Installation of wiring is best to instruct an experienced electrician, because if you connect something wrong, the curtains may flash.

First, decide on the color. Note that if you choose white lights, the lighting will eventually have a tint of the cornice. Under the white tire, you can set the backlight of any shade, the light will not refract and change the tone.

Buy a special LED strip. It is flexible and safe, and the backlight will be bright. Installation on the tire ceiling cornice is very simple: the tape needs to be glued to the bottom in front of the guide nearest to the room. For this you can use regular glue.

To make a solid illumination around the perimeter of the entire room, it is enough to mount the tape between the baseboards and the ceiling. So you can visually combine the eaves and plinths.

After installation, the end of the tape is soldered to the wires leading to the switch (they must be installed in the wall at the repair stage).

There are two ways to control the backlight. In the first case, it is connected to a common switch, in the second - to a separate one. The second option is more room for varying lighting.