Making curtain rods from electrical conduits.
Electrical conduit curtain rod.
I used electrical conduit.
In all my research of conduit curtain rods the conduit was only.
Depending on the length you need your curtain rod to be you may need more than one 10 foot piece.
1 2 set screw coupling available in the electrical supplies area if you need an extra long rod this will be used to combine different pieces of conduit optional.
Electrical conduit sold in 10 foot lengths 5 8 curtain rod brackets drywall anchors 1 4 spray paint dropcloth optional.
Electrical conduit curtain rods.
Examine a typical pole style curtain rod and you ll notice that it s not much more than a hollow metal tube with some type of decorative finish.
Conduit curtain rod with end caps.
Amount depends on how long your rods are.
Think 2 or 3 for a 10 ft.
Easy diy conduit curtain rod materials needed.
3 4 electrical conduit 10 metallic spray paint i used oil rubbed bronze 3 4 dowel rod.
For our project we needed two because we wanted the finished rod to be 13 5 ft long.
Electrical conduit pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit aka emt conduit or electrical metal tube conduit you can find.
You ll need the length you want your curtain rods to be.
Basically you can have a 10 curtain rod for just a few dollars.
In case you are new to this electrical conduit phenomena i will do a quick little re cap.
Knock out seals 2 per rod.
It s a sturdy hollow metal pipe that s seriously inexpensive.
We used 3 per rod.
Only necessary if your rod will be longer than the standard conduit length 10 feet.