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I"m impressed with your wire rope and have tried it myself across a 20 foot span on our three season porch in New England. My main problem is how do you get the wire rope up and tight enough to support the curtains? I cut the wire rope to the length between the two turnbuckles but because of the weight of the curtains on the 1/8 inch rope there was still a sag, even though I had a really hard time getting the wire rope to even stretch to the two turnbuckles. How do you get the rope so level without sagging?? I"d appreciate any recommendations, thanks.

I think I would try using a heavier gauge rope and/or a larger turnbuckle. I"ve spanned 25 feet or more with little to no sagging. A larger turnbuckle would give you the ability to take up more slack. Another possibility would be to use more than one turnbuckle, say one on either end of your rig.

Also consider that your swaged loops stretch quite a bit once the rope is tensioned and they"re pulled out of their natural bend. You can either pre-smush them with a pliers or use those curved metal teardrop shaped bits that go inside the loop to prevent it bending out of shape.

I"ve tried doing what you describe and never really gotten it to work using just eyehooks. Even a very big, sturdy looking eyehook will bend when placed at a right angle to the tension of the wire rope.

About the eyehook-hanging question - Thanks! I will head off to the hardware store and see where my meditation gets me. I have other things to finish in this space first, but when I get to the curtain project this summer I"ll let you know how it goes.

I have been searching the internet to find someone to install the wire railing like you have pictured in your blog here. I have a nitemare home remodeling project and we want to move back in. One of our many things left to do is the railing for the decks. Who welded the frame for your railings.. could you be for hire to string the wiring for us???? We are located in the eastern suburbs.

This is just what I"ve been looking for! I have one question though, what diameter of wire rope did you use to hang your curtains? I can"t decide between 1/8" and 3/16" for hanging my own curtains. The 1/8" seems to wimpy but the 3/16" seems overkill. Thanks!

The wire rope is a revelation for me. At times, I"d like to close off parts of my apartment. Like when I"m watching TV, like to close off the kitchen. I think I might use this idea.

Yes, I think you could get it to work as a clothes rod if you don"t mind the turnbuckle(s) being there too. Like almost any wire rope rig of this sort, you need to have the end points fixed into someting solid like dimensional lumber (a stud) or concrete. After that, the amount of tension you can apply to the rope is limited by the duty rating and size of the turnbuckle, but I"ve never NOT been able to get enough tension using whatever random size turnbuckle I"ve chosen.

The only real difficulty in this regard comes when you"re not able to place your end points parallel to the rope for whatever reason. Concocting a way for a right angle to be able to withstand the rope tension can be tricky (see above comments to Vicky).

love what you have done with the wire cable. I am considering doing the same, just have to get the "official okey dokey" from my wife if she likes the railings... I am going to have indoor as well as outdoor railings, and as you said, 100++ per linear foot is ridiculous. I was thinking regulas steel frames, then paint them with automotive paint, then adding the cables. You can see the little progress we have done at mymodernhome.wordpress.com We have just recently begun work, and as you I am looking at saving $$ as much as I can. Project timeline is only 3 to 4 months. My GC (a very good friend of mine) just did an addition larger than the one I am doing and has done it in less time. He also lives across the street from me, so getting it done is adventageous to him!

OOPS, me again, I just had an idea about doing two layers, one for half/cafe style curtains so you can still have privacy and let the light in, but at night you can draw the second layer.

i landed here after searching for cable displays (roughly), and this is a great tutorial! i remember seeing the kit at Ikea and just don"t know that i"ll go that route...i just began working as a K-5 art teacher and plan to use wire rope lines to display student art in my classroom! thanks for all the great info!

I"ll be using unlined drapery fabric in 7 yard length panels to hang from the wire I am going to install and I"m wondering what type of drapery clips/rings you used and/or others you might suggest that work well and have a complementary industrial esthetic.

Thanks for the great description here on how to use "wire rope." I am setting up a photography studio in the basement of my home and was looking for ideas of how to hang backdrops. Google search = Wala. Thanks!

I have a patio cover over my deck. Spans 13 feet out. The patio cover is mounted against the wall of the house (aluminum siding) and the opposite side of the patio cover is supported by a large I-Beam on posts mounted on the deck. I"m guessing if I don"t hit a stud in my house wall that I would need to put in an anchor. But my bigger concern is if I have the tension of the wire rope coming off the I-Beam, will that make my deck cover/posts come tumbling down? Is there a way to send you photos for you to get a better understanding? I plan on hanging heavy sunbrella fabric on the line. Thanks for your help!

Still replying to questions about the wire tension system? If so, what size wire and what size turnbuckle would you use if you were trying to do a 17" length wire that will be hanging sunbrella drapes? Also, what size grommet do you think I will need to be able to go over the turnbuckle and eyebolt? Thanks for any help.

As you"ve been working with this versatile gear for a while, am wondering if you"ve come across a mechanism that can safely release the cable from the end bracket at a critical point of tension, allowing you to reattach the cable without fuss or damage to anchors and curtain.

The backstory - I"m developing a blackout curtain to run along the side of a pod style bunk bed arrangement at a new backpacker hostel. The curtain fabric has already been prepared (just looped and sewn) Any ideas?