Eyelet curtains on a patio door

by Claire

I am looking to hang eyelet curtains across 2 large patio doors (3m wide). As the opening door is right next to the wall, I want the curtains to stack on the other side. I am not sure that a long pole will be stable with no centre bracket.If I have a centre bracket the eyelet curtain won't run right across. Any suggestions please?


Hi Claire

Your right that the pole over the patio window would bow under the weight of a single curtain.

The only solution I can see is to use a standard pole with a centre bracket. When you hang your eyelet curtains you will normally put the outside eyelets on the ends of your pole. That's to the outside behind the brackets. This acts as a stop when drawing your curtains.

My solution is on the sliding door side. Don't put the last eyelet over the bracket. Fix the bracket as close to the end of the pole as possible. This will let you move the whole curtain. either from the outside of your window or to the centre of your window.

This means in normal use when not using the patio door you have the curtains open to each side of the window. When you want to use the patio door. You simply slide that curtain to the centre of the pole.

I hope this idea is of some help.