How To Hang Drapery Rods On Plaster Walls

After you ve decided where the curtains should go you can determine where the brackets should be placed.

How to hang drapery rods on plaster walls.

A cord allows you to pull the drapes open and closed. Place your curtain rod mounting brackets against the wall at your marked locations. Panel curtains eyelet curtains and tab top curtains are meant to hang from a plain round rod. As long as they re at.

Push the rod through your curtain if the curtain has eye holes. Step 2 nail and drill through cross cuts. I marked where that was. Step 3 install lag bolt.

How to install curtain hardware on plaster walls. Step 1 mark rod placement. Hold a torpedo level vertically. Hold up your curtain rod where you want to install it and use the level to make sure it is even.

A pilot hole will need to be carefully drilled through the plaster. Unlock the curtain rod ends and get a friend to help you extend both sides of the rod against the walls. They may have a pocket along the top to push the rod through or the rod may be threaded through eyelets or tabs. Decide on curtain placement.

Use a fresh sharp drill bit. How to screw a curtain rod through plaster 1. Select the smallest size of anchor that will work with the screws that you need to use to hang the curtain rod. If using rings put them in place on the rod now.

It may be easier to. You ll need to get the curtain on the rod before you hang it unless you re using rings. Measure from the floor to a point above one side of your window where you want to hang your curtain rod with a tape. Mark the spot for the bracket i was hanging my curtains 100 inches above the ground.

How to hang curtains on plaster walls 1. Tape the area around the pilot hole to prevent the plaster from chipping. Drill top hole i drilled the top hole first check your instructions for the drill bit size mine was 3 16.