Drilled a hole too big.

[neyleopc]

Hi

I've put up a curtain pole with the centre fixing hole having been drilled too big.

I can't move the position of this hole as distance between coving and top edge of window isn't that much.

Has anyone any suggestions how to fill this hole and re-do it? I've heard about putting wood in the hole to fix to? The wall is a solid wall.

Cath

 

[JohnD]

Is the hole in the right place?

How big is it?

How big is the screw you intended to put in it?

What colour plasplug did you try?

 

[sidecar_jon]

yes u can bang in a wooden peg and screw into that... find abit of wood, shave it down til its a tight fit and smak it in with a hammer...

 

[big-all]

if its only slightly too big knock in a brown plug then force another brown or a red plug in the centre
or red in red if its smaller

 

[masona]

How about this ? Available from most diy shed

 

[boilerbeasty]

I've plugged holes with two epoxy which comes as a plasticy strip (i.e. not the liquid). Tear a bit off rub it together to mix and push in the hole. The advantage is that its very malleable and easy to fill a hole completely, and once its set its very tough indeed.

 

[breezer]

I've plugged holes with two epoxy which comes as a plasticy strip (i.e. not the liquid). Tear a bit off rub it together to mix and push in the hole. The advantage is that its very malleable and easy to fill a hole completely, and once its set its very tough indeed.

and if you are really good you will put the screw in it before it sets

 

[boilerbeasty]

Well if you'll never want to remove the screw, ever....

 

[noseall]

you could always fix a p.a.r batten to the wall, then fix the curtain pole to the batten.

 

[breezer]

Well if you'll never want to remove the screw, ever....

unscrew it

 

[Steve]

One of my mum's mates makes cutains and pelmets. For fabric pelmets, she uses 2 pieces of softwood screwed together in an L shape. One piece is screwed flat to the wall, and the curtain track attaches to this. The other piece sticks out about an inch in front of the curtain and the pelmet is velcro'd to the front of this.