SHOWER TRACKS FOR CURTAINS

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• 14 Mar 2015

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Hi, We are having a wet room and will want to use a shower curtain. Can anyone tell my why it is necessary to have a support bar suspended from the ceiling onto the rail? If this rail is only holding a nylon curtain which cant weigh very much, if anything at all, then why the need to support the rail?
I just want to make the very small space we have as 'uncluttered' as possible.

 

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• 14 Mar 2015

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It depend on how long the rail is and wether there is a join or "L" or "U" shape.

If it is a one piece straight rail, it'll be fine

Daniel.

 

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• 14 Mar 2015

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If it has a bend you will need one, remember the curtain gets heavier when wet and your body brushing against it or sticking to it also pulls on the rail.

 

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Would it be ok if the track itself was made of a heavier type of metal other than chrome tubing etc ???

 

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The problem is the stress on the fixings, a straight pole will only deflect a tiny bit but a right angle will move a lot more so putting extra strain on the fixings, which will give, sag and in time fail.