About seven years ago I needed to put up some large heavy curtains to cover a pair of french doors. Knowing that I would have difficulty drilling int the concrete lintel I decided to fit a long wooden batten above the opening and screw the curtain pole to that. I fixed the batten to the wall using a grab adhesive (can't remember which one but not a DIY own brand) and two 2½" No 8 screws into the wall with rawplugs.
The curtain has stayed up since then until, a few nights a go my wife pointed out that the rail seemed to have come away from the wall in the middle. Closer inspection revelaed that the whole batten had become unstuck and that the two screws were pulling free from the wall. Needles to say we quickly removed the curtains and to day I took the pole and batten down.
The really curious thing is that the grab adhesive is still firmly attached to the wood but there is very little attached to the wall (dry lining plasterboard).
I've now got to put up another batten and don't want the same thing to happen again.
Do grab adhesives fail in this way?
If they do, is there an alternative way of fixing the batten to the wall?
Someone has suggested a hammer drill but warned that they will not form neat holes in the concrete lintel. Is this true?
The curtain has stayed up since then until, a few nights a go my wife pointed out that the rail seemed to have come away from the wall in the middle. Closer inspection revelaed that the whole batten had become unstuck and that the two screws were pulling free from the wall. Needles to say we quickly removed the curtains and to day I took the pole and batten down.
The really curious thing is that the grab adhesive is still firmly attached to the wood but there is very little attached to the wall (dry lining plasterboard).
I've now got to put up another batten and don't want the same thing to happen again.
Do grab adhesives fail in this way?
If they do, is there an alternative way of fixing the batten to the wall?
Someone has suggested a hammer drill but warned that they will not form neat holes in the concrete lintel. Is this true?