How to fix a hole that has become too big to secure curtain rail

keystone

You can No More Nails in a "squeezy" tube rather than using a gun. But I think its expensive and overrated. You are paying more for the name than anything else. If you can't borrow a gun then something like that is probably your best bet. Any "grab adhesive" in such a tube will suit you.

Cheers

keystone

aboard_epsilon wrote: »

btw ..sometimes the gap fill can take over a week to set all the way through

So? You don't wait for it to cure.

Cheers

savemoney

You can get filler that goes off quite quickly so you can re plug. I dont advise using the epoxy putty as I tried to earlier this year and the it set rock hard the screw broke in the hole

loracan1

And when you're putting the wallplug in make sure it's dead level (didn't get my living room one quite right and it's annoying)

Fila_2

From your suggestions, I realised all I needed was just stuff called adhesive or filler. So I ended up just popping down to a pound store and got a squeezy tube adhesive. It took awhile to set but now the curtain pole is holding stronger than ever. Thanks guys

Kevstir

What you need is wetnfix

http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/511151

Used these to install a new solid oak hand rail on our stairs, we have a 1930's house, when ever you drill a hole it ends up a lot bigger than you want lol, you just wet the discs then wrap them round the raw plug, insert in the hole and wait for them to dry, says they take 3mins but I used to leave them a bit longer.

6 months later and the hand rail is still solid, would highly recommend them

You can also get them from screwfix but it's only packs of 50 they use £11.29 http://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-wet-n-fix-pack-of-50/77888?_requestid=1001420, wicks are £3.47 for 20

muckybutt

willfixit wrote: »

i just got coupon code for the wetnifx site.
Discount code: MSEOCT
10% discount for October. They're celebrating 10 years of business.

As Im a newbie I would post a link but Im not allowed to just yet.

Im working on it :T

To post a link all you need to do is type it in but leave the www. bit out, that will then give the link

loracan1

loracan1 wrote: »

And when you're putting the wallplug in make sure it's dead level (didn't get my living room one quite right and it's annoying)

Damn, I'd managed to forget it's slightly out, it's all come back to me now...

southcoastrgi

muckybutt wrote: »

To post a link all you need to do is type it in but leave the www. bit out, that will then give the link

you must be bored if you are going through the forum & commenting on a 12 month old post

loracan1

southcoastrgi wrote: »

you must be bored if you are going through the forum & commenting on a 12 month old post

They weren't, the poster they were referring to got PPR'd.