Metal Curtain Tracks

Metal Curtain Tracks

Metal curtain tracks are usually white painted steel or aluminium. They are also available in black, brass or silver colours and the track is often Teflon coated to ensure a smooth quiet operation. Metal curtain tracks are often extendable to make it easy to achieve the correct track length without cutting the track.

They are particularly suited to a window curtain design that involves heavy curtain fabric and ornate pelmets or valances fixed to a pelmet board. This type of window treatment often requires a corded track system as the fabric may be dressed in decorative holdbacks or tassel tie backs and should be handled as little as possible to avoid the leading edge of the curtains becoming soiled.

Metal curtain tracks are often used in bay windows as it can be easily bent. They are ideally suited to being corded, but Poles and Blinds do not recommend corded tracks in bay windows. If you wish for a touch of decadence in your window curtain design then the addition of an electrical motorised track system will open and close your curtains at the flick of a switch.

The gliders on some metal tracks are magnetic ensuring a snug join when the curtains are closed. Overlap arms are also available to ensure the curtains close neatly together.