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Fixing to PVA window frames
MBQ wrote:
(Lurch) wrote in message
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On 21 Mar 2004 13:41:04 -0800, in uk.d-i-y (Roly)
strung together this:
A friend has asked me to help her fix some net curtains to a PVA
double glazed bay window.
ITYM PVC.
How should I fasten them ?
As you would with a wooden frame.
There is no wood, just plastic.
My inclination is to drill a hole and screw into it,
You've got it. That should be fine.
but what is
likely to be behind it ?
Most probably, air. At least for a few mm, then probably aluminium.
Plenty of space to screw a net curtain hook into.
Have you ever actually done it?
If you're using the springy plastic coated wire type stuff threaded
through the top of the nets then it depends on the width of the window
and the weight of the nets. The tension you need to stop any droop in
the middle can be enough to slowly rip the hooks out of a uPVC frame.
You need to use a bigger hook, certainly not a "net curtain hook".
Our 10mm Screwfix hooks using very high tension (so high its difficult to
hook it over the 2nd hook) is fine. No signs of pulling out after nearly a
month, or damage to the frames. Of course, we've fixed the ends into
brick - rather than the uPVC. I could imagine if the ends were put into
frames and subjected to 90 degree forces (ie. sideways) they would likely
bend/twist out of the frame. In our cases, they're just being pulled
forwards, which appears to be okay.
David
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