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Refit screw+rawlplug from loose curtain fitting
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Plastic rawlplugs may not be strong enough. I find intersets are much better > https://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-hollow-wall-anchors-m5-x-37mm-20-pack/99201#_=p"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Plastic rawlplugs may not be strong enough. I find intersets are much better > https://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-hollow-wall-anchors-m5-x-37mm-20-pack/99201#_=p
Are they any good on other than a stud wall?0 -
Shaun_of_the_Dead wrote: »Are they any good on other than a stud wall?
My mistake. OP did not say and I was assuming he had a stud wall?"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Curtains aren't necessarily heavy, but due to the way they hang out on the pole there serious leverage on the screws. I'd say the screws need to sit at least 1 inch into solid brick, cement or lintel. Ideally 1.5 inches. So add the plaster thickness onto that.0
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Alternatively fix a length of timber to the wall, and screw the rail to that. That allows you to use decent fixings, and using a fairly wide piece of timber reduces the leverage.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-duopower-wall-plugs-6-x-30mm-100-pack/1030p
Not cheap but good, worth a try.ANURADHA KOIRALA ??? go on throw it in google.0 -
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My curtain rail was up 13 years using the split rawl technique. You have to do a proper bodge though not a half assed one like most bodge jobs!
Don’t get me wrong. I like a good bodge, but on this occasion the sensible fix is just to drill the hole deeper, use a longer screw and better plug. It’s hardly difficult.
That’s all 'probably', as we haven’t seen what’s actually wrong.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Don’t get me wrong. I like a good bodge
My most recent - Toilet cistern was fixed to the wall with a pair of Rawlbolts. Noticed it was a little loose, so tried tightening up the bolts a touch. Ruddy thing came away from the wall in my hands <grrrr>.
Nipped down to the local Screwfix store for a bottle of resin fix - If that doesn't hold the bolts in place, I'll use some 150mm bolts.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Great suggestions. Was posted just before Xmas so was under pressure for an immediate job.
Solved by fitting new and slightly fatter rawlplugs that were lying around in my toolbox.
Was an immediate solution but after fitting, it felt so solid that I'd be surprised if they needed looking at for another decade
Ta all1
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