Need advice on hanging net curtains on the back door. Where does one attach it (on the door itself? or.....?)?

Answer 1

No, put a rail up above the door on the wall. And please don't use nets, get voile instead. Much more chic.

Answer 2

Don't bother. Net curtains went the way of gas mantles, rag & bone men, and Mansion Polish.
If it is just to cover a glass panel on a door, there are tiny eyes that screw into the door each side, and a spring device which threads through the fabric. If in UK try B & Q anywhere else try a curtain store who will sell the springs, which can be cut to length with sharp pliers.

Answer 3

If you put the rail above the door then when you open it the curtain will get caught and be in the way !!!!! You can get little screw in hooks that you can attach the wire or rod onto the door and hang you curtain on that !!!! These fittments come with the rod when you buy it.

Answer 4

Are these people insane? If you mount it on the wall won't he "mesh" get caught in the door when closing it? Buy a spring rod with attachment hooks. (Looks like a long thin spring.) It's sold in any curtain store, usually used on french doors. Buy two, hem the bottom with a rod pocket like the top and shirr enough of the curtain to make it look full and it will never be caught in the door.

Answer 5

On the door, using stretchy plastic-covered wire that you thread little loops into, on each end; then screw the matching hooks into the top of the door, put the wire through the top of the curtain and then easily attach to the hooks you put in the door.

Voile though, I agree, is much nicer looking than nets!

Answer 6

if you mean net curtains to look nice and cover the glass then attach with curtain wire and hooks near the top of the door, if you are talking about nets to keep bugs out of the house then you should attach them on the door frame on the opposite side to the way the door opens, ie if it opens out then on the inside and vice versa.

Answer 7

best technique is to use sprung wire, covered in white plastic (the sort of cable used to hang net curtains) and fit it both to the top and the bottom of the aperture so that the curtain is held in place on the door. that way round the curtain wont move as you open the door. if you prefer you can tension the lower cable to hold the net tight to keep the desired appearance of the curtain

BTW voile is a fancy name for net curtains..... ROTFLOL

Answer 8

Nope I wouldnt hang it on the door itself but above it on a thin pole - for large doors it hangs better and if you want to and are using the garden - sweep it to one side with a curtain clip or something. Also if have it hanging down when the doors open (when its above the door) then you get the breeze from outside and also your privacy still.

Answer 9

if the door opens inwards, then you will have to put the net on the door, or it will get torn by the door constantly opening against it.

If the door is woood, you can easily screw 'net hooks' into the door itself, then string a net curtain wire between the 2 hooks to thread the net onto

Answer 10

Hmm its hard to explain, but you get this kind stretchy white wire type stuff, you have to put hooks in the door, then the wire stuff has hooks on it too. You thread the wire through the loop at the top of the curtain then fix the hooks on the wire to the hooks you have put on the door!

Look at this page http://www.bandmlatexupholstery.co.uk/trolleyed/30/index.htm
go down the page a bit and you will see what I mean.

Answer 11

You may use almost all kinds of curtain holders that are normally attached using screws by using blind rivets instead of screws. Before buying the curtain holder, however, you should check for the rivets you will use to attach to the door frame because blind rivets have so many sizes depending on the diameter of the hole and the depth (thickness of the materials you will be hold together).