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3. Attachments

4. Sealing Sides

5. Doorways

6. Sealing Base

7. Plan & Measure

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Sealing Sides Using Marine Snaps

Unless you have aluminum or vinyl siding the best way to seal to a wall or column is with our stainless steel marine snaps. The female snap is fastened to any top, side, or bottom binding of a curtain panel in about 2 minutes using a fastening tool that we will provide.

The male snap is on a 5/8" inch screw stud which can be screwed into wood surfaces or masonry by using a $4 masonry drill bit and plastic insert casing to receive the screw.

Punch a small hole between the double stitching of the binding
Insert button post through hole and overlay the female socket
5 firm hammer strikes using provided flaring tool will lock button post to socket
Snap the binding to the male snap screwed into your wall or column
Space every vertically every 2-3 ft when securing side binding
Best used with fiberglass rods for a clean edge and great seal
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Screw into wood or masonry
More (stone, stucco & brick)

What if my columns have an unusual shape with no straight edge?

Is there some way to attach sides that opens more conveniently?

Marine Snaps

Fiberglass Rods

If possible, try to position snaps facing inward such that wind pushes the curtain into the snap. This is better than snaps facing out where the wind will try to separate the snap.

Bella is the youngest member of our family business. What you don't see is that she whacked her finger with the hammer in this video, but managed to keep a brave face... until the moment the director hollered "Cut!"

Fiberglass rods make for a clean edge on all side bindings whether you are creating a doorway or sealing to a wall or column.

Rods also distribute the load on either magnet doorways or marine snapped sides making the attachments more efficient.

Fiberglass rods are often overlooked in the ordering process. We recommend 2 fiberglass rods per panel for ALL panels ordered.

The Ol' Magnet-in-the-Wall Trick

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Extra strength
ring-shaped magnets
embed into wall or column

Our snaps are a hard action snap for the best possible hold under windy conditions. If the panel is
not opened frequently, marine snaps are your best option. However, if you are snapping a side that gets opened frequently, you will soon get tired of unsnapping the entire side every time you want to
exit (especially if the snaps are out of reach). Here's a little trick (for wood only).

Place the marine snaps along the side binding where the curtain will attach to a wall or column as previously described. In addition, you can rig the side with magnets (that open more easily but aren't
as strong of a hold). When not too breezy, don't use the marine snaps and allow the magnets to seal the sides. When it is windy, you can improve the magnet hold with by snapping the sides with only as many snaps as you feel are necessary.

But how will the block shaped magnets in the side bindings adhere to wood? Glad you asked!

Drill a shallow 5/8 inch hole into the post or wall
Insert a tab of adhesive into the hole
Insert our EXTRA STRENGTH ring-shaped magnet into the drill hole slightly below the surface
Wood putty over the magnet and paint if you like
Insert block shaped magnets into side binding as (described in doorways).
Block shaped magnets in side binding will adhere to ring-shaped magnets embedded in wall or column
Your friends will wonder how fabric seems to magically sticking to wood!

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Irregularly Shaped Columns

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A regularly shaped column has a perfectly straight edge from ceiling to floor. A 4in x 4in support post or, a 2ft x 2ft square-base, stucco column would be examples of regularly shaped columns. Regularly shaped columns are easy to seal to since the column has a straight continuous edge and the side binding of the curtain has a matching straight edge. The side binding can easily seal against a regularly shaped column using marine snaps or magnets. It is perfectly acceptable to have 2 separate curtain panels meet and seal independently to either side of a regularly shaped corner column.

Irregularly shaped column

An irregularly shaped column does not have a perfectly straight edge from ceiling to floor. Examples are fluted, spindled, tapered, or bungalow-style columns. Because the straight edge of the curtain will not match the non-linear edge of the column, you cannot achieve a good seal. Instead, you must seal adjacent curtain panels to each other as described in Sealing doorways. If at all possible, you should NOT have 2 curtain panels meet at an irregularly shaped corner support column because a corner panel-to-panel seal is weak.

If you choose, you can have a panel-to-panel doorway at an irregularly shaped column that is not on a corner (to hide the doorway seam behind the column). The panel-to-panel doorway gives you your seal, and a marine snap securing one of the side bindings to the irregularly shaped column will add stability.


Bungalow styled columns	13ft Tall Irregular Columns	Spindle columns

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Vinyl and Aluminum Siding

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By now you've heard us talk about nailing, screwing and staple gunning, something you would never do on vinyl or aluminum siding. For mounting using Velcro® tape attachment, generally the adhesive-backed Velcro® tape will adhere without reinforcing it with a staple gun. Unlike wood, vinyl and aluminum are not porous and don't absorb moisture.

Tracking attachment Our tracking can only be mounted with wood screws which gives you two options. You can either locate a wood stud beneath the vinyl or aluminum, or you can perhaps mount a 1" x 2" wood strip to your ceiling surface and then screw the track into the wood strip.

Velcro® Attachment

Our adhesive is an acrylic-based adhesive and is very strong. It does however, have a curing period. For the best hold, wait 24 hours before attaching your curtain. You will still need to secure the two upper corners of any panel with either marine snaps or some other improvised fixed attachment.

Securing the sides

of your curtain with Velcro® tape If you request, we will double stitch loop sided Velcro® to the side binding of your curtain and provide you with adhesive backed Velcro to place on your vinyl or aluminum siding. While the stitched Velcro is continuous along the side binding, you only need to place 4-6" adhesive-backed hook Velcro® strips every 2-3 feet.

A little trick to ensure that the adhesive doesn't pull away from your siding is to first, round any corners of the adhesive strip with scissors making an OVAL shape like a Band-Aid. Apply a touch of supplemental adhesive around the perimeter of the 4-6" strip once it is in place. You can phone in the request to have Velcro stitched to the side bindings of your curtain or specify when checking out.

Tips For Sealing Sides

Often where you intend to seal sides there is a vinyl corner molding with a small gap beneath it. Curtains with fiberglass rods can quickly and easily be tucked between the molding and your vinyl siding for a great seal.

Another tip is to use a vertical wood strip for securing sides While you can't very well screw or nail into Vinyl or Aluminum siding, you can screw and nail into wood. A wood strip (like a 1" x 2") can be wedged into place between ceiling and floor with a little extra help with a floor and ceiling "L-bracket". Now you can use marine snaps into the wood strip.

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If possible, try to position snaps facing inward such that wind pushes the curtain into the snap. This is better than snaps facing out where the wind will try to separate the snap.

Fiberglass rods make for a clean edge on all side bindings whether you are creating a doorway or sealing to a wall or column.

Rods also distribute the load on either magnet doorways or marine snapped sides making the attachments more efficient.

Fiberglass rods are often overlooked in the ordering process. We recommend 2 fiberglass rods per panel for ALL panels ordered.

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Porch Screening & Porch Screening Benefits

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