Hi Everyone,

I'm putting up a curtain rail above a door and have hit what I assume is an
RSJ lintel (it's much harder than then the plaster and shiny!), I've got an
HSS bit to drill the necessary holes but was wondering if this was the best
strategy and if anyone else had a better idea before I proceed?

Thanks

Endulini wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I'm putting up a curtain rail above a door and have hit what I assume is
an RSJ lintel (it's much harder than then the plaster and shiny!), I've
got an HSS bit to drill the necessary holes but was wondering if this was
the best strategy and if anyone else had a better idea before I proceed?

Thanks

If it's over a door, I would assume it's a hollow box section steel lintel -
can't imagine there being anything heavier there, unless there have been
major alterations in the past.

If so, run an HSS bit through it - should be no more than 2mm thick steel.

Either way, whatever it is, a small hole in a steel beam will not affect its
integrity in the slightest.

Cheers

Tim

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Tim Watts

On Jun 25, 10:36*pm, Tim Watts wrote:
Endulini wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I'm putting up a curtain rail above a door and have hit what I assume is
an RSJ lintel (it's much harder than then the plaster and shiny!), I've
got an HSS bit to drill the necessary holes but was wondering if this was
the best strategy and if anyone else had a better idea before I proceed?

Thanks

If it's over a door, I would assume it's a hollow box section steel lintel -
can't imagine there being anything heavier there, unless there have been
major alterations in the past.

If so, run an HSS bit through it - should be no more than 2mm thick steel..

Either way, whatever it is, a small hole in a steel beam will not affect its
integrity in the slightest.

Cheers

Tim

--
Tim Watts

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[Default] On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:28:08 +0100, a certain chimpanzee,
"Endulini" , randomly hit the keyboard and wrote:

I'm putting up a curtain rail above a door and have hit what I assume is an
RSJ lintel (it's much harder than then the plaster and shiny!), I've got an
HSS bit to drill the necessary holes but was wondering if this was the best
strategy and if anyone else had a better idea before I proceed?

If it's above an external door it's almost certainly not an RSJ (or a
UB). As Tim said, it's probably a steel hollow box section lintel, &
the rest of what he said applies.

If it IS an RSJ (or UB), then you have hit the flange, which is about
10mm thick. Go about 20mm higher or lower and you will hit the brick
above or the infill between the flanges.

Of course it may well be an Angle, in which case it'll take no end of
drilling to get through. If so, give up and use No-Nails!
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Hugo Nebula
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just how far from the pack have I strayed"?

Hugo Nebula wrote:


Of course it may well be an Angle, in which case it'll take no end of
drilling to get through. If so, give up and use No-Nails!

On the subject of drilling angle iron, I had to use some 1/8" ish thick
stuff to brace a small fireplace opening lintel where most of the support
had been removed by some numpty and a nice triangular crack was appearing
above (BCO's suggestion - he instructed on the correct installation method).

Anyway, I was fearing a degree of tedium trying to drill bolt holes without
a pillar drill. By coincidence I had just bought some of these bad boys from
screwfix:

http://www.dewalt.co.uk/accessories/...info/overview/

Hell of a difference over "normal" HSS bits - made a pretty straightforward
and quick job out of it...

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Tim Watts

In article , Tim Watts
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Hugo Nebula wrote:


Of course it may well be an Angle, in which case it'll take no end of
drilling to get through. If so, give up and use No-Nails!

On the subject of drilling angle iron, I had to use some 1/8" ish thick
stuff to brace a small fireplace opening lintel where most of the support
had been removed by some numpty and a nice triangular crack was appearing
above (BCO's suggestion - he instructed on the correct installation method).

Anyway, I was fearing a degree of tedium trying to drill bolt holes without
a pillar drill. By coincidence I had just bought some of these bad boys from
screwfix:

http://www.dewalt.co.uk/accessories/...info/overview/

Hell of a difference over "normal" HSS bits - made a pretty straightforward
and quick job out of it...

Good but more brittle than hss, def best to use them in a stand.
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