Putting Up a Curtain Rail....

Ian73

Hi all,i could do with a little help with the above subject.
I have had some new curtains & pole,i fitted the Pole brackets,made sure it was all straight & fitted my curtains.
This is where my problems lies,one of the brackets which is held on by two screws in Rawlplugs is falling out.I dont know if i have drilled in to mortar or a dodgy bit of wall (old terrace house) if i can help it i dont want to redrill else where,so what can i do to keep it in ??


Cheers for any info


Ian

Rex_Mundi

Jam as many matchsticks into the rawlplug as you can. Give them a tap in as far as you can and break the tops off level with the wall. This can work wonders on a loose rawlplug.

squeaky

Or clean out and then part fill the hole with a small mix of poly-filler and push the rawl plug in while it's still wet. Carefully wipe away the excess and then leave it all to dry thoroughly before trying the screw again.

tru

Or use Gripfill. But only if you're sure you'll never want to remove the rail lol.

Mr_Warren_2

I second squeaky's reply. Pile the polyfiller and leave to dry for 24h. Same happened to me as hole was too close to window opening, plaster was crumbling....not any more.

Ian73

Cheers everyone i will have a go & see what happens......i'm rubbish at D.I.Y