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Book the private view: a free home visit. We measure every window, then make each piece in our own workshop.
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Soundproof curtains
Heavy, layered, for calmer rooms
Made to measure in our workshop
Price on visit
If your Dubai flat or villa faces a busy road, soundproof curtains can make the rooms on that side quieter, though not silent. A heavy, layered curtain across the whole window softens voices and horns from outside. The low rumble of engines mostly gets through. We measure the windows on that side for free, at your home.
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Layers, folds and edges decide how much sound a curtain softens or lets past.
Fabric, interlining, lining
A thick, soft interlining between fabric and lining gives much of the weight. Judge it on a finished sample, not a swatch.
Fullness on the track
More fabric gathered along the track makes deeper folds, so sound meets more cloth. A flat curtain does less.
Ceiling, floor and wall
Sound, like light, slips through gaps. A ceiling track, a hem near the floor and an overlap on the wall each side close them.
Daytime noise and daylight reach the cot together. One curtain can deal with both: a blackout lining for the light, an interlining to soften the sound. Spend on that room first; the rest of the home can have lighter curtains.
Glass, stone floors and a high ceiling bounce sound around, so the TV and conversation blur. Echo is where a curtain helps most: a full, heavy one along the glass absorbs much of it. On double-height glass, that weight needs a solid fixing.
Holding a heavy curtain takes a track screwed into the ceiling or wall. Tension rods and stick-on brackets hold only light curtains, and we don't fit them. The curtain itself can hang again at a similar-size window in your next home. At move-out, we take the track down again; we don't fill the holes or repaint.
On video calls, the people at the other end hear the room's echo as well as the speaker. Draw a heavy curtain along the glass before a call. It won't keep talk from reaching the next room. We also make curtains for offices, warehouses and hotel apartments.
A decibel or percentage figure can't be checked unless the quote names a sound-insulation test and the exact fabric tested. Until it does, compare what you can see: the weight, the interlining, the fullness and where the track goes.
A heavy curtain along tall glass
The noise you hear in a room travels three ways: it bounces off hard surfaces inside, comes in through the window or carries through walls and floors. A heavy curtain works best on the first, helps with part of the second and does almost nothing for the third.
Above a busy road
| The noise | Does a heavy curtain help? | What else helps |
|---|---|---|
| Echo off glass, tile and stone | Yes, the most | A rug and soft furniture |
| Voices and car horns in the street | Partly | A window that shuts tight |
| Engine and traffic rumble | A little | Acoustic or secondary glazing |
| Noise through a gap at the frame | Barely | New seals on the window |
| A neighbour's music through a wall or floor | No | The landlord or building management |
Seals and glass need a glazing contractor and, in a rental, the landlord's consent.
Besides the interlining, you choose four things for a heavy curtain: fabric, lining, heading and track. The heading sets the fullness: wave and eyelet take 2.5 times the window's width in fabric, pinch pleat 2 times.
Close weave beside open weave
Velvet and other dense cloths absorb more sound than an open weave.
Lets more sound through; better kept for a sheer layer.
Blackout and plain lining
Stops light through the fabric; the usual bedroom choice.
Shields the fabric from sun; adds little for sound.
Eyelet
Pinch pleat
Wave
How each heading hangs
Deep, regular folds on a track that carries the weight.
Hangs from a pole, leaving a gap above for sound and light.
Sheer by day
Heavy curtain at night
Two layers on a double track
Two layers soften a little more than one: a daytime sheer by the glass, the heavy curtain on the room side.
Check four things first: the window, the ceiling, the building's rules and, if you rent, your contract.
Where you sleep, light and privacy count as much as noise: see blackout curtains and curtains for a bedroom. Offices have a page on quieter meeting rooms.
On double-height glass, a heavy curtain is easier to draw with a motor rated for its weight. Where noise isn't the issue, start with the rest of our curtains.
The seal at the frame
A heavy curtain has no published rate per square metre, so this page has no calculator. Its layers move the cost too far for one figure: an interlining, a denser cloth and deeper folds each add to it.
We price yours at the free home visit, once the windows are measured and the layers chosen. The quote prices each window separately, with each part on its own line, and holds for 30 days. Our guide to curtain prices shows what each line covers.
The Curtains Dubai measures at a free home visit, makes the curtains to measure in its own workshop, and fits them.
Heavy samples on the sofa
Call or WhatsApp us: which rooms, what you hear, when it bothers you most, and whether you rent. A short video with the sound on helps.
Show us every window you want quieter. We measure each one, then help you choose the fabric, layers and heading from the samples we bring. We work across Dubai, and your order is confirmed with a deposit.
In our Dubai workshop, we sew each curtain to the size of your window. We fit them 3 working days after you approve, or later for a big or complicated job. Name any fixed date, such as a move-in, before you approve.
Once the track is up and the curtains hang, draw them yourself and look at the edges before the fitter goes. At the free home visit, you decide with us which windows get a heavier curtain and where each track runs.
Anything else, ask on the phone: 050 257 7765
Acoustic curtains are priced by their parts: fabric, interlining, lining, track, making and fitting. Fullness and drop set how many metres of fabric go in, and a full curtain takes far more than the window's width. With so much varying, we have no published rate: we price yours after measuring at the free home visit.
A curtain absorbs high sounds far better than low ones, so no single figure fits every noise. ISO 354 tests how well a fabric calms a room; measuring what a curtain keeps out needs ISO 10140-2, the insulation test used for walls and windows. We have no such test sheet for our fabrics, so we don't promise a measured reduction.
Blackout curtains are made to stop light, not sound. Their dense lining adds a little weight, so they soften noise slightly more than unlined curtains. An interlining does more. If a quote calls a blackout curtain soundproof, ask what is inside it.
An interlining can often be added to existing curtains if the heading and track will carry the extra weight. If not, a second, heavier curtain on a double track works instead. Where your curtains can take it, we add the interlining ourselves, usually in 3 to 5 working days.
A lined, heavy curtain keeps out some of the sun's heat, most of all if you close it before direct sun falls on that window. DEWA's summer tips include closing curtains and blinds during the day to block heat. August's daily maximum averages 42.1°C (Dubai Meteorological Office figures, 1977 to 2015).
The lining to pair with interlining in a bedroom.
Made to measure in our workshop
Price on visit
Early sun, privacy and a quieter night in one room.
Made to measure in our workshop
Price on visit
Echo, glare and privacy in meeting rooms.
Made to measure in our workshop
Price on visit
We call or message you on the number you gave to agree a day for the visit. Then we visit and measure every window. The visit and the measuring are free.
