On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:03 +0100, Adrian C wrote:

TheScullster wrote:
Hi all

Is it usual these days to fit wood batons and then screw curtain rails to
these, or mount the rail direct on the wall?
Does that depend on the curtain rail fixing, or maybe on the curtain itself?

Batons were the answer when folks didn't have an SDS to drill into the
tough concrete lintel which often presented itself nastily at the exact
point where the curtain pole mounts were to go.

Yup, in the '60s we had to go in to concrete with an ordinary drill (no
hammer) and a Rawltool!
Just put in 3 angle brackets (made from old st. st. friction hinges) for a
pelmet and made sure that the centre one was between the lintels - edge of
smae is worse than middle. Dug out the piece of ~55yo wood and filled with
cement-based filler; screws are really firm.

No batten, as the rail brackets are under the top of the pelmet - allows
desired spacing from the wall.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.