Use A Tension Rod For A Kitchen Spice Shelf

2 responses to “Use A Tension Rod For A Kitchen Spice Shelf”

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   stu

   March 30, 2012

   isn’t tension when you are pulling two things apart and compression is when you are pushing something smaller?
   in that case – how is that a tension rod?

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   1. 

      Kendal

      March 30, 2012

      @stu – The ‘tension’ is a reference to the ongoing sense of dread you will feel after installing one and precariously loading it up with the most expensive and fragile ingredients you have. You will also experience this ‘tension’ when;
      – you try and take anything off the rod, this is a balancing act requiring at least two hands. You may need to get a friend to come over and help.
      – you try and take anything out of the same cupboard. One upward bump and BOOM!
      – you close the cupboard door.
      – you walk in the room.
      – you breathe.
      – you do any of the above and then have to clean up, cursing the day you thought you were a handyman.

      DO NOT use a tension rod for a kitchen spice (or anything else) shelf.
      If you can’t install a shelf – LEARN.

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         Robs

         January 13, 2013

         First of all in a rental you cant just go on installing shelves wherever you want.
         Second Ive tried to look for tension rods and cant find them anywhere in Australia so for all these DIY articles written by Australians, tell us where you got the darn things from then!! Does’t surprise me Australians dont know how to use tension rods because you dont have any readily available in this country. Its an ok idea and could work……. if anyone could find a tension rod, or apparently what is technically referred to as a compression rod, but when you do a search for those you get car parts.

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            Danielle Jones

            May 27, 2014

            Tension rods are available from Bunnings. I imagine they’d probably be available at other hardware stores too.

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   ET

   April 22, 2013

   http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/80179386/
   http://www.lincraft.com.au/16mm-rod-spring-loaded-bracket-white

   Not too easy to find but really not hard with a bit of thinking out of the box.

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      OKbob

      February 14, 2014

      Nice try. The IKEA website is American. The Lincraft option is rather small, but it is indeed a tension rod. There’s still an entire absence of any decently sized tension rods. It’s crazy how hard these things are to find in Australia!

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         critterseyes

         March 16, 2014

         Funny. When I click on the link it tells me all my local stores, which are in NSW. which might be because the link is http://www.ikea.com/au/ …. with that /au/ being for the Australian site.

         I found some here…
         http://www.shopstyle.com.au/browse?fts=tension+rods

         Or you could use these spring ends to convert standard poles of any length into tension rods…
         http://www.bunnings.com.au/smart-home-white-spring-fit-rod-end-hh610wp_p1282661

         or call pretty much any curtain store, or Spotlight…

         or keep complaining you cant find them..

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3. 

   DIY it

   July 17, 2013

   I tried searching ‘adjustable rod’ and ‘curtain rod’ and they came up on ebay.com.au
   Also ‘telescope rod’ came up as another name.

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   1. 

      Honeybun

      October 4, 2017

      This is now October 2017 and I am still not finding what I need in compression/tension rods in Australia. Why on earth is it so hard? Yes you can get the short lengths but I need 2.3m. Short of importing one at great cost, it doesn’t seem I will be able to get what I want here.

      Any ideas anyone?

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      1. 

         euro73

         April 2, 2018

         Search for “tension mounted rod”

         https://www.spotlightstores.com/curtains-blinds/rods/metal-curtain-rods/caprice-tension-rod/p/BP80042197002

         https://www.quickfitblindsandcurtains.com.au/extendable-shower-curtain-rail-70cm-to-120cm-chrome.html

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