Fitting blinds into a stud wall...
Discussion
OK I have a problem.. I put blinds up over the windows in my flat a year or so ago and one of them (covering a french door), has started to pull itself out of the wall. I need to know how I can re-attach the mounting brackets in the same place (if I move them further down the wall the top of the blinds won't sit at the same height as the others). The following has to be taken into consideration:
- Stud walls - not the best of carrying a lot of mass
- Brackets - the blinds are held in place by 4 small metal brackets which screw into the wall. Isuue here is they each take 2-4 screws, but they're all really close together making it impossible to use those special plugs for stud walls.
Anybody got a good idea before the whole lot comes crashing down?!
Cheers
- Stud walls - not the best of carrying a lot of mass
- Brackets - the blinds are held in place by 4 small metal brackets which screw into the wall. Isuue here is they each take 2-4 screws, but they're all really close together making it impossible to use those special plugs for stud walls.
Anybody got a good idea before the whole lot comes crashing down?!
Cheers
Attach a batten of wood across the wall and screw into that. The wood can be fixed firmer and also glued with No Nails so it is rock solid. Alternatively, used the nonails like cement and inject it inot the wall around the existing screws. Once set it's pretty rock solid anyway and should hold it all together. Bodge it!
Are you sure they're stud walls? Seems strange for an external wall? If it is you can get some special raw plugs that spread the load over a larger area behind the p'board, screwfix do some but no doubt your loacl b&q will do too.
edited to add :
>> Edited by JoolzB on Friday 17th February 21:10
edited to add :
>> Edited by JoolzB on Friday 17th February 21:10
Yeah both sound like good ideas to me. Butterfly screws might work, but the holes in the mounting brackets are so close together that I could end up pulling a chunk of plasterboard out of the wall once they're all in!
Edited to add - Yup, the outer wall is brick, then there's an insulated cavity, then the plasterboard
>> Edited by paulie-mafia on Friday 17th February 21:10
Edited to add - Yup, the outer wall is brick, then there's an insulated cavity, then the plasterboard
>> Edited by paulie-mafia on Friday 17th February 21:10
paulie-mafia said:
Yup, the outer wall is brick, then there's an insulated cavity, then the plasterboard
Ok well why not fill the hole with Polyfiller push a normal raw plug in whilst the filler is still wet, let it all dry out and use a longer screw?
>> Edited by JoolzB on Friday 17th February 21:17
paulie-mafia said:
then why not just some really long rawl plugs, and get into the brick?
Not sure where the drill would end up - in the brick or in the steel beam propping the whole lot up!
I reckon those plastic butterfly plugs could well be the ticket!
Cheers fellas!
The butterflies will only open up if there's a gap which I doubt there is, well maybe a couple of mil so prob not gonna work properly.
JoolzB said:
then why not just some really long rawl plugs, and get into the brick?
Not sure where the drill would end up - in the brick or in the steel beam propping the whole lot up!
I reckon those plastic butterfly plugs could well be the ticket!
Cheers fellas!
The butterflies will only open up if there's a gap which I doubt there is, well maybe a couple of mil so prob not gonna work properly.
behind the plasterboard will be a gap big enough for butterfly screws, wether the plasterboars is dabbed or battened on.
gLOL
Not sure whether the above is taking the p*ss, but im no troll. Just cos I dont post here much (usually on vx220.org) doesnt mean I dont know what im talking about. Sounds to me like your house/flat is drylined (like mine) and that is the only fixing ive ever managed to use successfuly
Not sure whether the above is taking the p*ss, but im no troll. Just cos I dont post here much (usually on vx220.org) doesnt mean I dont know what im talking about. Sounds to me like your house/flat is drylined (like mine) and that is the only fixing ive ever managed to use successfuly
jules_s said:
gLOL
Not sure whether the above is taking the p*ss, but im no troll. Just cos I dont post here much (usually on vx220.org) doesnt mean I dont know what im talking about. Sounds to me like your house/flat is drylined (like mine) and that is the only fixing ive ever managed to use successfuly
z4monster said:
Attach a batten of wood across the wall and screw into that. The wood can be fixed firmer and also glued with No Nails so it is rock solid.
Had the same problems with the dry lined walls, tried every type of fixing (wished i'd bought shares in DIY companies) and eventually they all worked loose...
Put up some 2x1 and fixed to walls with screws and nonails and then attached all fittings to batten, works a treat now up in every room in the house....
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