3 4 electrical conduit 10 metallic spray paint i used oil rubbed bronze 3 4 dowel rod.
Electrical conduit curtain rod.
You ll need the length you want your curtain rods to be.
Think 2 or 3 for a 10 ft.
Easy diy conduit curtain rod materials needed.
Length depending on the thickness.
Knock out seals 2 per rod.
Electrical conduit pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit aka emt conduit or electrical metal tube conduit you can find.
For our project we needed two because we wanted the finished rod to be 13 5 ft long.
Basically you can have a 10 curtain rod for just a few dollars.
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.
Making curtain rods from electrical conduits.
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.
Amount depends on how long your rods are.
Only necessary if your rod will be longer than the standard conduit length 10 feet.
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.
I used electrical conduit.
In case you are new to this electrical conduit phenomena i will do a quick little re cap.
Electrical conduit curtain rods.
Electrical conduit sold in 10 foot lengths 5 8 curtain rod brackets drywall anchors 1 4 spray paint dropcloth optional.
We used 3 per rod.
There s pvc pipe curtain rods dowel rod curtain rods and what seems to be the winner.