Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can give me any advice. We’ve a bay window in a 1930’s bungalow in which we want to hang floor length curtains from a curtain pole. The windows are upvc and there is no window lintel. The ceiling above the bay window is plaster. The roof is a lead covered flat roof. The upvc window frames I don’t think would be strong enough to support a curtain rail, certainly not with full length lined curtains. I know that the ceiling is not strong enough to use raw plugs in to suspend a curtain rail from and we don’t want to have roman blinds. The only idea I’ve come up with to date is to drill right the way through the ceiling, throught the void and the flat roof and use bolts with washers on the outside sealed with bitumen to suspend a rail from. If anyone knows about the likely construction of the flat roof, perhaps if there is likely to be a frame with rafters that I might be able to screw into that would be a huge help. (I’ve just re-plastered the ceiling so I’m not too keen to start drilling holes everywhere to find out myself) I’ve included photos to try and give you a better idea of what I’m faced with.
Many thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions you might be able to give
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I wonder if anyone can give me any advice. We’ve a bay window in a 1930’s bungalow in which we want to hang floor length curtains from a curtain pole. The windows are upvc and there is no window lintel. The ceiling above the bay window is plaster. The roof is a lead covered flat roof. The upvc window frames I don’t think would be strong enough to support a curtain rail, certainly not with full length lined curtains. I know that the ceiling is not strong enough to use raw plugs in to suspend a curtain rail from and we don’t want to have roman blinds. The only idea I’ve come up with to date is to drill right the way through the ceiling, throught the void and the flat roof and use bolts with washers on the outside sealed with bitumen to suspend a rail from. If anyone knows about the likely construction of the flat roof, perhaps if there is likely to be a frame with rafters that I might be able to screw into that would be a huge help. (I’ve just re-plastered the ceiling so I’m not too keen to start drilling holes everywhere to find out myself) I’ve included photos to try and give you a better idea of what I’m faced with.
Many thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions you might be able to give
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