Horrible Traverse Drapery Rods!

Can anyone please tell me how to adjust a traverse rod so that the
pulls actually work. My mother has an extremely long and heavy set of
drapes that required the longest "double-opening" (?) rod (the kind
that pulls the right drapery to the right and the left to the left).

It just doesn't work, and my mom insists there's a way to "thread" the
pulls so that the rod works.

I'd also like to know what to do when one of the rod supports (those
things that look like a cupped hand extending from the wall midway)
seems "warped." The right drape always "stops" when it reaches the
right wall support.

Thanks for posts or email.

Jean

Horrible Traverse Drapery Rods!

(Pennsylvania=A0Lady)
Can anyone please tell me how to adjust a traverse rod so that the
pulls actually work. My mother has an extremely long and heavy set of
drapes that required the longest "double-opening" (?) rod (the kind that
pulls the right drapery to the right and the left to the left).
It just doesn't work, and my mom insists there's a way to "thread" the
pulls so that the rod works.
I'd also like to know what to do when one of the rod supports (those
things that look like a cupped hand extending from the wall midway)
seems "warped." The right drape always "stops" when it reaches the right
wall support.
Thanks for posts or email.
Jean
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Jean,
You'll be better off checking these questions down at your local
hardware store. The folks there can show you how to re-string the
cording, possibly do it for a small charge, and can suggest a remedy for
the ornery support.
They may suggest installing additional wall brackets (supports) for
such a long rod. With long heavy drapes, it needs additional brackets to
carry the load, and they need to be mounted into the wall studs.
Cea

check your local library for "reader's digest do-it-yourself home repair."
there is a chapter on restringing traverse rods that might be helpful. i
just restrung ours, after having fought with them for many years. hubby has
pronounced that they work better than when we got them. i'll accept the
flattery. and they do work...
admom
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Horrible Traverse Drapery Rods!

(Pennsylvania Lady)
Can anyone please tell me how to adjust a traverse rod so that the
pulls actually work. My mother has an extremely long and heavy set of
drapes that required the longest "double-opening" (?) rod (the kind that
pulls the right drapery to the right and the left to the left).
It just doesn't work, and my mom insists there's a way to "thread" the
pulls so that the rod works.
I'd also like to know what to do when one of the rod supports (those
things that look like a cupped hand extending from the wall midway)
seems "warped." The right drape always "stops" when it reaches the right
wall support.
Thanks for posts or email.
Jean
---
Jean,
You'll be better off checking these questions down at your local
hardware store. The folks there can show you how to re-string the
cording, possibly do it for a small charge, and can suggest a remedy for
the ornery support.
They may suggest installing additional wall brackets (supports) for
such a long rod. With long heavy drapes, it needs additional brackets to
carry the load, and they need to be mounted into the wall studs.
Cea

"lady sylvre" wrote in message m...
check your local library for "reader's digest do-it-yourself home repair."
there is a chapter on restringing traverse rods that might be helpful. i
just restrung ours, after having fought with them for many years. hubby has
pronounced that they work better than when we got them. i'll accept the
flattery. and they do work...

Thanks! I'll see if Reader's Digest has an online archive (and I'm
glad to hear yours work, because I didn't throw the old rod I
foolishly thought was broken out!).