Areas we cover
Curtains and Blinds in Dunmanway
Dunmanway is about sixteen minutes from the shop, fourteen kilometres west. Your curtains, blinds, poles and tracks are measured and fitted for the town and the farmhouses around it. Ring 023 884 7123.
The drive
Sixteen Minutes West of the Shop
Dunmanway is about sixteen minutes from the shop, fourteen kilometres west.
It is on the other side of us from Bandon, so a fitter can do both ends of the day without much driving. Sackville Street to our counter is a short run.
- MondayClosed
- Tuesday9.30 to 1, 2 to 5.30
- Wednesday9.30 to 1, 2 to 5.30
- Thursday9.30 to 1, 2 to 5.30
- Friday9.30 to 1, 2 to 5.30
- Saturday10 to 1, 2 to 4
- SundayClosed
The houses
Farmhouses, Bungalows and Big Windows
Out this way the housing is different again. Long bungalows with wide windows. Newer builds with a lot of glass facing the fields. And the deep reveals in the farmhouses out around Dunmanway, which swallow a track if it is set in the wrong place.
What your windows have in common out here is width. Most of them are wider than anything sold ready made, which is the whole reason to have curtains cut for the opening instead.
Warmth
Warm Curtains for a Draughty Room
A big window in an exposed house loses heat all night, and a thin curtain does very little about it.
Interlining is the answer. It is a soft layer sewn between the face fabric and the lining, and it adds real weight and real insulation. Nothing else gets recommended as often out around Dunmanway.
Hardware
Poles and Tracks for Long Runs
A wide window needs the right thing holding it up, or it sags inside a year.
That means a proper track rather than a light pole, brackets spaced correctly, and fixings that reach something solid. Our range of curtain poles and tracks is built for long runs and bends, which is what brings people out this way to look at it.
Why here
Why the Wide Windows Come to Us
You are not buying a curtain off a shelf out here, because nothing off a shelf fits. Your window gets measured at the reveal, your track gets specified for the weight it will actually carry, and your lining gets chosen for how cold that room really gets.
You also get told when something is not worth doing. A light pole on a five-metre run will sag, and you will hear that before you pay for it.
Questions From Dunmanway Customers
These are what people out this way ask before booking a measure. Anything else is quicker on the phone.
The area
Dunmanway and the Roads Around It
We cover the town and the country around it: Ballineen, Enniskeane itself, Ballabuidhe, Coppeen, Togher, Drimoleague, and out the Bantry road.
The Square is fifteen minutes from our door, so a measure out here is an easy call to make.
Next step
Get a Dunmanway Job Measured
Ring 023 884 7123 and a fitter comes out to Dunmanway with a tape and the sample books for you.
If it is a farmhouse or a long window, mention that on the phone. That changes what track comes out to look at, and it usually changes what you will be advised for lining.
What we make
F.A.Q.
Do you cover the country around Dunmanway?
The country around the town is normal running for us: Ballineen, Coppeen, Togher, Drimoleague, and out the Bantry road.
Can you make curtains for a very wide window?
Wide windows are one of the main reasons to have curtains made rather than bought off a shelf. Nothing ready made covers that span properly.
Will interlining really make a room warmer?
It makes a noticeable difference on a big window in an exposed house. It also makes the curtain hang better.
What is a deep reveal and why does it matter?
It is the depth of wall between the glass and the room. A deep one hides a track set too far back and stops the curtain clearing the glass, so your pole goes on the face of the wall instead.
How much does interlining add to a curtain?
It adds weight, warmth and a better hang. Ask for the difference at the measure and you can feel both versions in the showroom before deciding.
Can you fit a track that follows a bay?
Bays are bent to shape rather than cornered. Bring the angles or let the fitter take them, and we make curtains in Cork to suit the bend. Ask about blinds in Cork for the flat windows either side.
Do you come out to farmhouses off the main road?
Regularly. Tell us roughly where you are on the phone and the fitter plans the run around the rest of the day out that way.
Next step
Ring the shop and we will tell you when a fitter is next in Dunmanway.