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How to put up curtain rail on our dreadful walls

kymbogs · 2009-09-08 13:33:11

Hello, after some help please! We bought our house 5 years ago, a terrace probably over 100 years old. It's become apparent over the years that our walls are not very good at holding things up... Earlier this year the curtain pole in the living room came off the wall, it's been there since we moved in and I assume several…

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Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite

9 September 2009 at 6:24PM

phead wrote: »

The other trick when the walls are just too deep is to strip off the paper, and stick a plank up (painted to match the room) with no more nails, then screw into this.

I wouldn't advise that unless you have good plaster and it doesn't sound like the OP does.

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