Measure the distance from the top of the rod to the floor.
How to restring a one way curtain rod.
However after years of use the cord may become frayed or unusable.
Pull the cord and they open either from one side to the other or opening from the center to the sides.
Lay the rod on the table the front side against the table.
Traverse rods make opening and closing your draperies or curtains much simpler.
Although a broken traverse rod is a headache restringing it is a simple and inexpensive fix.
1 measure the distance across the rod and down to the curtain hem with a tape measure using a.
Instead of discarding the whole rod replace the cord.
When you pull on the cord the drapes open and close.
Locate the two pulleys on each end of the rod.
To restring a curtain rod follow the example images and use the pattern as a guide for split draw or one way draw drapery rods.
The traverse rod has one or two master carriers with arms that travel along the rod inside a track.
They are offset slightly and one is closer to the top of the rod than the other.
Re stringing a traverse rod is not difficult if you follow the 5 steps.
How to restring a one way traverse rod.
A traverse rod uses a continuous loop of cord to pull the master carrier into an open or closed.
All is not lost when the draw cord on a traverse rod breaks.
This type of rod has a cord mounted to a tension pulley on one side of the draperies.