Contract 35mm Curtain Pole Kit – Matt Black

Our widest and strongest pole, for when the curtains are heavy and the window is big. The 35mm section carries full-length interlined curtains, blackout-lined drapes and large sheers without sagging, which is why it goes into hotel suites, function rooms, boardrooms, care home lounges and grand residential bays. It’s also the most decorative pole we sell, with a choice of finials. This one is Matt Black: a flat, modern black that draws a crisp line against pale walls.

What comes in the box

The pole at your chosen kit length (1.2m to 6m), curtain rings at one for every 10cm of pole, two brackets up to 3m and three from 3.6m, a pair of finials, fixings and fitting instructions. Kits up to 3m come in one piece; from 3.6m the pole comes in two pieces with a joiner and a middle bracket, which is how a long run stays deliverable and properly supported.

Good to know

• Bracket choice: Adjustable K and Contemporary
• Finials: ball and end cap – supplied as a pair
• Built for heavy, interlined and blackout-lined curtains across wide openings
• Rings are unlined as standard
• Made in the UK and covered by a five-year guarantee
• Also available in Antique Brass, Brushed Nickel, Black Nickel and Polished Silver

Hanging your curtains

Ordering curtains from us too? Pencil pleat and pinch pleat headings hook straight onto the rings supplied. The pole is sent direct from the manufacturer, so it arrives separately from your curtains.

Two-piece poles: every kit above 300cm — 360cm, 480cm, 600cm — is supplied as two pieces with a joiner and a middle bracket. Slide the two halves onto the joiner, then fix the middle bracket at the joint so the joint is carried by a bracket rather than spanned between two. Kits of 120cm, 150cm, 180cm, 240cm, 300cm are supplied in one piece. Plan the fixing centres before you drill: two brackets on the 120cm, 150cm, 180cm, 240cm, 300cm kits and three on the 360cm, 480cm, 600cm kits.

Wall fix with the bracket you ordered — Adjustable K and Contemporary brackets are the options in this finish. The Adjustable K bracket adjusts from 117mm to 140mm projection and the Contemporary bracket projects 120mm; check your clearance over sills, radiators and window furniture before you fix.

A 35mm pole carrying interlined curtains at 4.8m or 6m puts real load into the wall. Fix into solid masonry or into timber behind plasterboard, and use an anchor rated for the substrate rather than the kit fixings in a weak background. Get the middle bracket in before you hang the curtains.

Rings and finials: thread all the rings onto the pole before you fit the second finial, and on a two-piece pole split the rings either side of the middle bracket. One ring per 10cm of pole is supplied — 120cm: 12 · 150cm: 15 · 180cm: 18 · 240cm: 24 · 300cm: 30 · 360cm: 36 · 480cm: 48 · 600cm: 60. Non-lined rings are standard; nylon-lined rings are available separately for quieter, lighter running on curtains that are drawn daily.

Finials: two are supplied with every kit. In matt black the finials made are ball or end cap. Finial coverage varies by finish across Contract 35, so order finials and pole together rather than assuming a design is made in every finish.