To solve the problem opt for curtains designed to end just below your windowsill.
Curtains and floor heaters.
How to hang curtains over baseboard heaters.
The simplest solution for keeping curtains and baseboard heaters from causing a fire is to make sure the two never meet.
Dressing the window with shades or blinds is one option but the look doesn t suit everyone.
Far enough away to be safe but still look nice.
But fabric touching heat registers could at worst create a fire hazard.
But if you hang the drapes.
In addition to adding elegance to a room floor length drapes control light and privacy and offer some energy benefits.
In the bedroom where privacy and complete darkness at night are more important than adjusting sun levels during the day try roller shades with blackout liners and layer a set of floor length curtains on top.
Floor length curtains roller shades.
The worst thing you can do when hanging curtains from the ceiling is to hang them too.
Hang curtains on extended rod brackets.
Floor to ceiling drapes or even drapes that puddle on the floor add warmth and color to your room.
Floor to ceiling curtains can also help to divide space whether you re tucking away a window seat like the floor to ceiling curtains via lonny or cutting a whole room in half heads up.
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They fall just between middle of the area between the bottom window sill and the top of the baseboard.
Or the curtains can pool by six inches 18cms or more as below.
At best you could end up with all the heat from forced air registers going behind the curtains where it can t warm the room.
Avharrison publishing if your living space has high ceilings already compliment them with tall curtain lengths.
I often buy 72 inch length curtains.
Many baseboard heaters can be installed directly on the floor without impeding airflow through the bottom of the heater.
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Heater units typically have a guard that prevents the air intake area from touching the floor.
Unfortunately chopping off your curtains and re hemming them 12 inches above your heater doesn t always create the most attractive look.
Height of hemmed drapes over heating registers.
Floor length curtains complement most windows but closing them over your radiator blocks the heat.
Space between a baseboard heater and the floor.
Sometimes 63 inch curtains are just a bit too short and don t cover the window trim of course that will depend on the size of your windows.