Then hold up the mounting brackets to your chosen areas and mark the locations of the mounting holes directly on the wall.
How to mount a curtain rod on a plaster wall.
One day i was just minding my own business in my bedroom when the curtain rod next to my bed suddenly crashed to the floor.
The other tip is to hang them wide.
Decide on curtain placement.
Fit your box wrench around the top of the lag bolt and tighten it until you feel the lag press firmly into the plaster.
Mark this spot on either side of your casing and use a laser level to make sure your marks are even.
Screwing a curtain rod through plaster walls is something that you can do using a level and a drill.
Next hammer the head of the bolt lightly until the shielding sleeve is firmly in place against the wall.
All that remained on the wall were two gaping holes in the plaster where screws apparently used to be.
As long as they re at least a few inches below the ceiling you re good to go.
Mark this spot on either side of the window typically one to three inches from each corner.
Screw a curtain rod through plaster walls with help from a foreman for lighty contractors in.
You want to hang them as high above your window frame as you can.
Screw threaded hollow wall anchors appropriate to the weight of the rod and the window treatment through the plaster wall at each mounting hole location.
Position the curtain rod in the desired location aligning the mounting bracket screw holes over the stud centers if applicable.
I think this comes from when i was living in this super old house in san jose.
I hate hanging curtain rods.
Check to make sure the marks are level.
Before you install curtain rods decide where you want the bottom of your curtains to fall and use a measuring tape to determine where the top of the curtains will be.
Repeat this process on both sides of where you will install the curtain rod.
Mark the hole locations onto the wall.
Measure from the floor level to where you want to hang the curtains above the window.
The higher you hang them the more visual space you create.
The design of the threaded hollow wall.