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Fitting curtains into plinth

  • 28-10-2013 2:22pm
    #1
    irishguy
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    I am trying to fit curtains and after drilling a 10mm wide hole for plasterboard fixings I get 25mm in and I have hit the plinth. So now my fittings are useless and I can't move up further as there is only ~200mm to the ceiling from the top of the window. Anyone have any ideas of what I should do?


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  • #2
    whizbang
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    I presume you mean the hard concrete lintel above the window, that you cant drill into. ?
    A Lintel is less than 100mm, so you should be able to go above it.

    One solution is to get a sheet of wood, the full length of the window, and the full height to the ceiling, and use a bunch of small fixings that will fit. The curtain rail can be screwed into this.
    Easy enough to paint or wallpaper over it if you need to.

    -If its upstairs, the very top of the wall may have timber behind it. Its the wallplate that the ceiling joists sit on.


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