Curtain bracket comes out of plaster. Drilled, used rawl plug - please help.?
Question:Hello,
I have a curtain bracket which is always coming loose, and the curtains are just hanging, about to drop, with the bracket about to come out of the wall. I have tried re-drilling, different sized rawl plugs, filling and then redrilling. No luck at all.
Would anyone be able to offer some advice on how to solve this? Are there any other products on the UK market which would help?
Thank you!
Answers:
You dont say if its plastic or wood bracket.If it is plastic you need a timber batten the width of the window +150mm over at each end fixing with at least 65mm screws and brown plugs.when this is done fix curtain bracket to timber.if its timber bracket say like for a pole just use 65mm screws again with brown plugs.you need a No10 size masonry drill.
Dry walls? I had to have new plaster on walls in my house. I had the same problem and when I stuck my hand in the hole where the curtain rail had been it just crumbled. I reckon it could be this but I'm no expert.
Fill in the hole in the wall with joint filling cement or polyfiller. Move the curtain rail so that you don't need to drill into the lintel above the window, it's really tricky to drill a hole into this with a standard drill and it is made of strong concrete or steel.
Move the curtain rail either below the lintel or above.
Or if you can't do this because of the positioning of the lintel, use shorter rawl plugs (not necessarily wider) and shorter screws to attached the curtain rail to the wall. You should have approx 1 inch between wall and start of the lintel.
Alternatively, you could try using some industrial 'Grip Fill' (like No More Nails but stronger) and glue the rawl plug into the wall (in a new hole), then screw curtain rail in.
Go to lumber yard
buy a strip of wood thin is fine
screw a screw into each corner
and onto the wall
then
re hang your curtain rod
worked for me
Get a blind man to do it for you.
I suggest you move the bracket to another position, you must have drilled into a dry vertical/ horizontal joint in the brickwork.
If your holes have become too big then you will need to fill the holes and start again.
You have to be very carefull on new houses for the following reasons.
First of all the inside wall is constructed using a thermalite or celcon block which are very light weight and very soft - you can drive a screw straight into it without drilling but only once. Disturb the hole and, excuse the pun, Curtains.
Secondly, the walls are then covered with 12.5mm plasterboard which is stuck on the wall giving a hollow sound and experience.
What you would need to do if fill holes and using a 5.5mm drill bit, carefully drill a hole and insert a red rawplug and screw into this.
Failing this you can buy special drywall fixings which are metal (plastic are rubbish) and you screw them straight into the wall and then screw again into them.
Failing that consult professional advice.
Have fun!
I can see that you have had a lot of suggestions but you might try a thing called a frame bolt. This is a longer bolt that goes deeper into the wall, past the plaster and into the brick. They expand on tightening and can work very well in the right place. Depends on the wall construction really. Need a bit more information on type of wall.
Are u talking about plaster board
in which case u will need to fix a batten first
use toggle bolts and for extra hold use no nails adhesive
extend the batten 150 mm each end of window reveals
Tap the wall hollo w sound = plasterboard
solid =incorrect drill diameter to rawlplug,
Plaster never did hold a rawlplug. When you drill you will note that the first part is 'easy', then it starts to get harder. You need to be at least an inch into the harder part. If this is 'solid' and you cannot drill with a normal hammer drill, (black and decker) then you have hit the cast concrete lintel and you need a pneumatic hammer drill. Should you go in say 2 inches and it remains soft, then use a combination of 'no-nails' and a 'Frame Fixer'. Vacuum all the dust from the hole, inject 'No-Nails' then press your frame fixer in.
Toggle bolt.
hers a quick remedy take the rawl plug out fill the hole with no nails push rawl plug back into no nails whilst wet then wait until dry the screw the rail back , this will work
I'm assuming you r using the screws that have come with the rail. If the raw plugs are yellow or red change them to 7mm brown plugs and get some longer screws gauge 8 or 10.when drilling the hole in the plaster make sure you go in to brick .The raw plug must pass through the plaster and in to the brick for a better and stronger fix.
Had the same problem myself, my husband made a valence ,a long bit a wood to fit behind the metal curtain rail and used no more nails to glue it up, he did drill it and used screews with wall plugs to hold it in place while the no more nails sets, the curtains are still hanging to this day and have never moved a musle x kitti x
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