covered tracks

[anne.w]

Please help me! An interior designer wants to have pinch pleat curtains on a track and she wants the track covered with the fabric and the pinches hanging in front of it. I think it's called lathe and fascia. Can anyone tell me how to assemble it and does any brand of track work better with it?

Thanks, Anne

[Tam]

Re: covered tracks

Hi Anne,

Welcome to the forum

I think what your interior designer is referring to is an upholsterd lathe fascia with attached track.

I use them alot and they are pretty effective, even if some may find them ugly, they do work well.

See the topic post below, there are a couple of photos of the ones I have recently completed

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2350&p=13372&hilit=lathe+fasci a#p13372

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1121&p=5469#p5469

Hope that helps

[anne.w]

Re: covered tracks

Thanks Tam,

I presume there's no wadding on the front piece, and do you normally use 6mm mdf?

Thanks, Anne

[Tam]

Re: covered tracks

No wadding is used , 3mm ply is fine to use for the front section. It only needs to be thin and tacked to the front of a pelmet board.

Full instructions can be found in the Encyclopedia of Curtains from Merrick and Day

[anne.w]

Re: covered tracks

Tam you're a star! You've saved me a lot of trial and error

Thanks! Anne