How to measure for bay window curtains

If you have a bay window, measuring for curtains can be more complex than it is for a flat window. This being the case, we recommend customers always contact us to get specific measuring advice before proceeding.

While doing this, it is really helpful for our support team to receive a photograph of the bay window with lots of space visible around the window so we can fully assess the area. Something like this illustrated example:

Butting or curved?

While considering bay window curtains, there is an important choice to make early in the process - whether to have individual curtains for each window or a single curtain across all three windows. 

Individual curtains are fitted on separate butting tracks and can be useful if you want to operate each curtain independently of the other. A single curtain solution with centre opening or one sided stacking can be achieved using a continuous curve track system. 

In many instances either option is possible, but both require that the corner angles between the left and right windows are set at 135 degrees. If they are not, the width adjustments we make as standard will skew the outcomes, leading to a sub-optimal fit.

Check your angles

It is likely the angles between each window are set at 135 degrees as this is common for bay windows. However, it is essential to double check this is the case before proceeding. We have a super simple method for checking the angles, click here for details.