Curtain rail which does not require screws?

BrokenArrows

Hey ,

Just moved into a rented property.

There is a large window in the room with two that open and a center window which does not.
The blinds let a lot of light in and i like my sleep in at the weekends.
see attached pic.

I would like to put up a curtain in the room but i dont want to have to use screws for the rails into the wall as its rented.

Are there any screw-less curtain systems or can someone recommend someother way to block out the light.

ronaldo84

havent heard of any such thing. could u not just fill the holes if u take it down

ishidaogo

Spring Tension rods will span from 40cm to 250cm fitted inside the ope.

foundry

A tension rod will not hold the weight of a curtain, they are only for a net curtain/voile or a very light curtain.. none of these will block out light.
Sorry OP but there is no screw-less option.. Maybe change the blinds to black out? Or as another poster suggested fill in the holes or just leave the pole up.. It's a pretty common item to have in a bedroom!!

Spanish Eyes

To block out the light, forget about the curtains, get two sets of eye masks. You know the ones you wear to block out the light on a plane.

My next door neighbour is a nurse and swears by them (two pairs, one over the other) + ear plugs when she is on night duty and has to sleep during the day.

paddy147

Sleep mask,

Simples and job done.;)

You are in "rented" accomodation,so I dont think your land lord will be very nice to you if you start changing things without his or her consent.

Or the other solution is to ask the landlord to change the blind to a propper blind or curtain so you can sleep.

magentas

even black-out blinds will still have gaps between them and you'll still have the same problem.

sorry but I think your only real option is to put up a pole and curtains, you can easily seal up the holes with polyfiller. It'll make the room warmer too.
TBH I think you should just ask landlord to do this for you, those blinds don't look sufficient at all and you don't want to risk losing some of your deposit due to wall damage!

Truff Puff

there are extendable poles u can get that fit the inside walls of the window. -i.e. An extendable bathroom curtain pole would do the trick. -Look the part - that is a different story. I live in rented accommodation while in college and there were blinds only on each window so we asked the landlord if it would be possible to get curtain poles up and he was happy to do so and even supplied the curtains. Putting poly filler back into the holes damages the walls and if i was a landlady it would be one of the few things I would take money out of a deposit. A lot of the time the landlord knows that this is insufficient & is chancing his arm to see if he can get away with it. So just ask you might be suprised. If he is decent and concerned about his walls he would like to put them up himself

Fittle

Why don't you tell the landlord exactly what you just told us here, and ask if can put up a curtain rail for heavy curtains? Surely he/she wouldn't object.