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Drilling through new plaster.

I have just had the area around the bay window plastered, how long would you recommend I wait until I drill through it and put up a curtain rail?

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  • jason_s_2
    jason_s_2 Posts: 395 Forumite
    Give it a couple of days for the plaster to dry(or when it goes a pinky colour).Then drill the hole.

    Jase
  • nalyo
    nalyo Posts: 184 Forumite
    do you mean skimmed? or plastered. The Skimmed walls will dry much faster than plastered.
  • joebmc
    joebmc Posts: 61 Forumite
    nalyo wrote: »
    do you mean skimmed? or plastered. The Skimmed walls will dry much faster than plastered.

    Sorry, its just been skimmed over, was done about a week ago and almost all of the wall seems to have gone dry (was brown now a pinkish colour).
  • jason_s_2
    jason_s_2 Posts: 395 Forumite
    Yep thats ok mate,paint away lol
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