Advice on windows Lintels

[tellme_why]

You don't need that bottom plate. You could just apply glue to the lot and stick the plasterboard to the wood.
If screwing into that block, do a small pilot hole for the screw.

For attaching a blind or curtain rail, I'd be thinking of a single strip of PSE timber, 3x1 or 4x1, paint it white and screw it into the timbers above. A bit of adhesive on the back won't hurt.

Hi thanks - good idea - I now know where the joist is so I can screw into it..

 

[accelerator]

Well done for having a go, although it does look rather over-engineered, as the plasterboard is not going to be that heavy.

Where the wood goes over the window frame, is it supported over that at all? Not that it needs to be, just interested.

 

[tellme_why]

Well done for having a go, although it does look rather over-engineered, as the plasterboard is not going to be that heavy.

Where the wood goes over the window frame, is it supported over that at all? Not that it needs to be, just interested.

Hi yes, it is supported on side wall bricks..