Damaged plaster

shopbot

Please can anyone advise on the following:
I have a heavy metal curtain rail supported by a L- shaped metal bracket. It has pulled the bracket and rawl plug out of the wall (which is an outerwall). In doing so it has also destroyed the plaster around to a radius of about 10 cm. How can I repair this and provide a strong enough surface so that it does'nt happen again? Are there any products that can fill such a large area? What I am looking for is something in the same vain as polyfilla but for a bigger scale?

Thanks

SB

:xmassign:

economiser

I had a similar problem with a venetian blind. I used thistle plaster (because I had some) and then, when dry finished with a skim of polyfilla. Then I made sure I drilled holes deep enough to take stronger fixings. I dont think the filler you use is really important, the main thing is to get back into the brick or blockwork behind the plaster to make a strong fixture.

djohn2002uk

shopbot wrote:

Please can anyone advise on the following:
I have a heavy metal curtain rail supported by a L- shaped metal bracket.

:xmassign:

Or buy a Classical curtain rail. :snow_laug

shopbot

djohn2002uk wrote:

Or buy a Classical curtain rail. :snow_laug

Is that one that plays the cello?

johnso

i use a polyster resin mix from screwfix after drilling the hole. i also always oversize the rawl bolt and drill.once you have drilled the hole the best bet is to layer filler wet surface first and add thin layer at time.

shopbot

johnso wrote:

i use a polyster resin mix from screwfix after drilling the hole. i also always oversize the rawl bolt and drill.once you have drilled the hole the best bet is to layer filler wet surface first and add thin layer at time.

First post Johnso - Welcome to MSE! Thanks for your advice