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

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sy m 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,


Only easy way to fix to concrete is to buy an SDS drill and bits. For a
one off, possibly borrow from a friend or hire? They can be bought for
about £40 (mains) these days.

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