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Help - Crumbling Bricks and Polyfilla around Rawl Plugs Pixie 08-22-2007
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Posted by Pixie on August 22, 2007, 3:05 pm
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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Posted by ransley on August 22, 2007, 3:14 pm
On Aug 22, 12:05 pm, punkypixie13_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (Pixie)
wrote:
> 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


Posted by EXT on August 22, 2007, 4:23 pm
Actually Polyfilla is soft, easy to drill and will not hold much stress if
you try to anchor a curtain rod in it.

> 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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