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How to hang rugs.

Hey guys,

I will be moving soon and will have a dedicated room. I have a fairly nice rug, i beleive its about 10'X6' and is kind of heavy. I was wondering if any of you tweakers have a good way of hanging rugs. Im most concerned with the rug stretching at the point loads if i only hang it with a few mounting points. But im also concerned with crushing the edge if i used say two 2x4s clamped together with the rug in between to disperse the load evenly. i have a few other thoughts in my hopper but was wondering what you guys did. Another question: on which wall would it produce the most benefit front or rear? my speakers have a rear firing tweeter just to let you know. I havent heard the room yet so it may not be necessary but it did fail the clap test. im guessing the rear of my speakers will be about 30" or so from the wall. thanks Justin
jlind325is
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fishcat1
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Have a nice rug store sew a sleeve on the upper back of the
rug-on the side you want to hang it from. Then use a hollow pipe of about an inch, push the pipe through the sleeve and then simply hang the rug with two heavy duty hooks in studs. You may have to cut access slots for the hooks to get around the pipe. This causes the rug to hang about two inches away from the wall, which creates a directional look (I don't know of this is what you want). This is first hand experience-I have an extremely heavy Belgian wool rug that is hanging in the living room, and I even used a copper pipe that was laying around the basement, and it is solid as a rock, with no sag. Very nice! -Fish
jlind325is OP
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Thanks for all the input guys. i think im going to go with Alberts way. Quick and painless, just the way i like it. Im not too worried about the visual impact(i listen in complete darkness with my eyes closed) its all for sonics.

Boss302-Im heading over to the new place this evening and will measure the room so you can answer my orientation question better. With the new room i have free reign on room treatments so that and a new tt are the next upgrades.

thanks
jlind325is OP
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i got my new room dimentions, 11'x14'-6"x9' and my rug is 5'6"x8'6". I calculated my room modes up to around 300Hz and didnt have any overlap in frequency until 270Hz, so im thinking my bass response should be smooth and linear.
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