I got new windows in my daughter's room, and the new window sits closer
in the window frame than the old one. I went to hang up the blinds and
because the window is closer in, when I went to drill a hole for the
bracket screw instead of sheetrock I got the metal strip that builders
put on the edges of where the top of the window frame and the wall
meet. Can I just put the screws in the metal? Do I need anchors if I
screw into the metal?

Thanks!!

Eddie

use sheet metal screws into the metal, it will be more secure than
drywall anchors

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use sheet metal screws into the metal, it will be more secure than
drywall anchors


I think he may be talking about corner bead - which has no holding power, of
course. The good news is that there is most likely a stud behind it.

Does the stud go the whole way across the window frame?

"Eddie G" wrote in message
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Does the stud go the whole way across the window frame?


If your window is set in a recess, yes the perimeter of that recess will
likely be framed with 2x.