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So the curtain pole was pulled off the wall

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  • #52
    eire1
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    Thanks, I'll do that tomorrow.


  • #53
    2 stroke
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    axel rose wrote: »
    The child is in bed-no story and feeling very sorry for himself!

    An attempt to put a bigger plug into the wall has failed as the plaster seems to have crumbled around it. (he did a right job on it). The hole is about 1/2 cm. Trying to be clever I put a good strong metal plug in beside it but somehow the bloody thing bent and I can't get it out!

    In the past I have tried polyfilla type stuff that claims to be drillable when dry but it's never worked- Can anyone recommend a miracle product for me?
    axel rose wrote: »
    I refuse to pay a handyman to do such a small job! So any advice on the right tools and fixings then!

    Don't blame the child, it's not his fault that your curtain pole wasn't professionally fitted. Be thankful he wasn't injured.
    Lot of the advice on here may be no good for your house. First thing you need to know is how your house was constructed. Just because somebody else has timber at 16 inch centers doesn't mean your house was constructed the same way. An experienced handyman/curtain fitter wouldn't decide what type of plugs/screws to use until he studied the problem.


  • #54
    BostonB
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    Maudi wrote: »
    Dont go drilling any long holes into block walls..all you need is a four foot of two by one timber..locate the battens that the plasterboard is screwed to..(usually starting at a corner they will be out 16 inches)screw your timber horoizontally on to these battens ..paint same colour as walls...now you have a great surface to mount your curtain pole onto...simples.

    I know. I made that point 20 posts ago...? :D


  • #55
    BostonB
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    2 stroke wrote: »
    Don't blame the child, it's not his fault that your curtain pole wasn't professionally fitted. ....

    Not really with you there. My curtains are not a jungle vine regardless of how they were fitted.

    You made me think though, one of the rails that was damaged was put up by a professional fitter. Though it didn't come down at the ends as there was timber their, but it has sagged in the middle where they couldn't find wood, and just fixed it to the plaster board. The one I fitted in another room came down after the 3rd swinging, up to them the heavy pasterboard fittings had just pulled slightly. Though they probably caused more damage to the plasterboard when it finally gave way.

    Of course the shock of one side coming down, means Boston Jnr finally stopped messing with the curtains.


  • #56
    Maudi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    BostonB wrote: »
    Maudi wrote: »
    Dont go drilling any long holes into block walls..all you need is a four foot of two by one timber..locate the battens that the plasterboard is screwed to..(usually starting at a corner they will be out 16 inches)screw your timber horoizontally on to these battens ..paint same colour as walls...now you have a great surface to mount your curtain pole onto...simples.

    I know. I made that point 20 posts ago...? :D
    We are both geniuses then!!


  • #57
    2 stroke
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    Boys will be boys and curtains will be jungle vine. When I fit a curtain pole I make the best possible fixing I can get in the wall that I'm given, making sure that it won't comedown without bringing a good lump of wall. That way it's the builder gets the blame not me.
    I try to fit into wood, concrete or stone where possible but sometimes the strongest part of a wall is the plasterboard, If this is the case I find these http://www.google.com/imgres?q=interset+anchor&hl=en&sa=X&rls=com.microsoft:en-ie:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ACAW&nfpr=1&biw=1024&bih=455&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=oZn54pUwYj2udM:&imgrefurl=http://www.acefixings.com/tornado-m4-x-54mm-cavity-interset-anchor-box-of-50-p2059&docid=hmOZaoPZoaY8dM&itg=1&imgurl=http://images.acefixings.com/product/89ef2292bc8a68b163816b9a35501882.jpg&w=1100&h=700&ei=B_ZcUJr1FYKDhQe3soEY&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=83&vpy=71&dur=438&hovh=179&hovw=282&tx=168&ty=101&sig=111326707806070228802&page=1&tbnh=101&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:75 much better than selfdrilling plugs but you need the special tool for pulling them, don't just colapse them by tightening them with a screwdriver it wrecks the slab.


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