Hi there.
I know there is a similar topic of discussion already found on this
website, but its a little different to the circumstances I have.
Basically, Im in rented accomodation with a very particular (slightly
crazy) landlord who will go mad if the slightest thing changes.
My curtain rail fell down as I tried to open the curtains one morning, and
knowing it says "the curtain rail works well" in the inventory - i need
to
fix it.

Anyway - so there is a big hole where the screws used to go, but I dont
quite know how to fill it - as I will inevitably need to re-screw into
that
area for the curtain rail. I initially thought I could fill it with
polyfilla, then make new holes, new rawl plugs and hey presto - however
Ive
just read its quite hard to drill into polyfilla - is this true?
And if so - what should I do?

Sorry the answer might seem quite obvious to most, but Im a novice at this

Pix


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On Aug 22, 12:05 pm, (Pixie)
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Hi there.
I know there is a similar topic of discussion already found on this
website, but its a little different to the circumstances I have.
Basically, Im in rented accomodation with a very particular (slightly
crazy) landlord who will go mad if the slightest thing changes.
My curtain rail fell down as I tried to open the curtains one morning, and
knowing it says "the curtain rail works well" in the inventory - i need
to
fix it.

Anyway - so there is a big hole where the screws used to go, but I dont
quite know how to fill it - as I will inevitably need to re-screw into
that
area for the curtain rail. I initially thought I could fill it with
polyfilla, then make new holes, new rawl plugs and hey presto - however
Ive
just read its quite hard to drill into polyfilla - is this true?
And if so - what should I do?

Sorry the answer might seem quite obvious to most, but Im a novice at this

Pix

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Try your lanlord first, he probably knows, he might have fixed it
poorly in the first place

Actually Polyfilla is soft, easy to drill and will not hold much stress if
you try to anchor a curtain rod in it.

"Pixie" wrote in message
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Hi there.
I know there is a similar topic of discussion already found on this
website, but its a little different to the circumstances I have.
Basically, Im in rented accomodation with a very particular (slightly
crazy) landlord who will go mad if the slightest thing changes.
My curtain rail fell down as I tried to open the curtains one morning, and
knowing it says "the curtain rail works well" in the inventory - i need
to
fix it.

Anyway - so there is a big hole where the screws used to go, but I dont
quite know how to fill it - as I will inevitably need to re-screw into
that
area for the curtain rail. I initially thought I could fill it with
polyfilla, then make new holes, new rawl plugs and hey presto - however
Ive
just read its quite hard to drill into polyfilla - is this true?
And if so - what should I do?

Sorry the answer might seem quite obvious to most, but Im a novice at this

Pix


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