How should a curtain track be planned?
A curtain track is planned by working out where the track sits, what it fixes into, how the curtain opens and stacks, and how the finished track will physically get into the room. Your retailer or installer does this planning at the measure, and the finished curtain drop is worked out from it.
Confirm the site
Your retailer or installer checks the window, doors, handles, blinds, pelmets, cornices and anything else in the way. They confirm whether the track is top fixed or face fixed, and whether there's suitable structure to fix into. Neither method is automatically stronger. The installer picks brackets and fixings for the actual substrate and the actual curtain weight.
Confirm how the curtain moves
They record left, right, centre or multisection opening, the stack position, returns, overlaps and bends. There's no fixed percentage that predicts a curtain stack accurately. Fabric, heading, fullness, panel count, runner spacing and the track system all change it.
Confirm access
They measure lifts, stairs, corridors, doorways and the final turns for long tracks. A track we can make in one piece may still need a join to physically reach the installation.
This answer is general information. For your own windows, your retailer's advice and your order with them come first.
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