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Default Drilling into old VERY hard concrete - or give up and use "no nails"?

On Monday, 10 April 2017 22:14:04 UTC+1, sy wrote:
replying to Jonathan, sy wrote:
we are having hard time putting nail to hold the curtain rod on our concrete
wall. 1- It's hard to put nail deep enough to hold the rod. 2- Crete keep
breaks off. Is there special nail or drill that we should use? thanks,


There are masonry nails, but as you found they don't always work. Try wallplug & screw. Or glue a strip of wood on & screw to it.


NT