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NOT FORGET FUNCTIONALITY |
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Hardware Challenge |
Solution |
| • Customer has a sliding door with stackback
room on one side only. The slider requires a center support
bracket. How do I do a one-way draw on a decorative pole? |
• Use our patent-pending Magic ring to pass
over the center bracket. The all-metal C-shaped ring looks like
a full metal ring when on the rod, but the opening in the back
allows it to pass over the bracket. |
| • Two windows meet in a corner, and there
is not enough room for finials in the corner. |
• Our corner rod option provides a pre-mitered
and welded corner section to join the rods together. |
| • I’m scared of using a metal decorative
pole to fit a bay window. The angles in the corners may vary
and handling the pole set may be cumbersome. |
• Our patented internal coil connector lets
the joints flex. Rods can be adjusted on site by exposing more
or less of the coil connector; or we can miter-cut the rods
to the angle and let the joint flex with the hidden coil inside
the rod. |
| • My workroom does not like metal poles
for open pole swags because they can’t use staples as
with a wood pole. |
• Attach a wood staple strip behind the
rod using cable ties or Tek screws. Attach the strip to the
rod only where the swag will cover the rod, leaving the other
parts of the pole open. Our strip is concave to snug against
the rod. |
| • I sometimes need a extra few inches on
my metal rods when I dress out the window. |
• Adjustable rods may be used, but to hide the seams
and for a better fit, our custom rods put the seams behind the
brackets. Our finials on custom rods join to the pole on a welded
internal rod stem, and so as much as eight inches can be added
to the size of the custom pole by exposing the rod from the
mounting stem of the finial. |
| • It’s not the decorative hardware
itself, but the bracket options that limit my use. |
• Over time we have encountered all sorts of situations
and have one of the largest selections of bracket options for
mounting decorative hardware. There are various bracket projections,
ceiling mounts, inside mounts, tapestry mounts and flush mounts.
We just introduced a canopy mount with a projection of 14 inches
to allow designers to create canopy type window treatments. |
