Job done. Shows how much my wife and sister know right boys!
All those extra holes were already there by the way. Wall holes are big in France.
Measure once, drill 8 times.
To be fair I measured a bunch and kept hittting the metal supports. It’s an odd sized room. So I asked the magical god AI “what is this he absolute maximum a metal shading could be surrounding this window.
That was hole number two lol
Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with axe, apply with sledge.
You did great.
You should’ve told AI to try again. It would’ve admitted its error and given you a “better” result. Rinse and repeat.
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Do you not use metal detectors when drilling? How do you avoid hitting wires?
you don’t! i don’t have a metal detector
Every man should have a stud finder. If only to point it at themselves…
Luck
Measure nonce?
More like, skip all measurements and just wing it. The first two holes on the left look like they could work, but the other holes are a total mystery. Can’t really imagine what’s going on there except someone just winging it so hard.
All those extra holes were already there by the way. Wall holes are big in France.
Suuuuuuuure!
Everyone knows that French walls use every hole.
Speed holes. They make the house go faster.
And you showed them you could do it not just once, but seven times! Good work, carry on!
You need to get a stud finder. Mostly so you can point it at yourself and say, “Hey, look! I found a stud!”. Also because they’re handy when you need to locate a structural stud within a wall.
It’s in France, so it’s probably a brick wall.
It’s mighty mighty
Damnit you stole my joke.
Stud finders don’t work within 16’ inches from my body.
Seriously though I’ve used stud finders before and never once figured them out. I could really use a tutorial on stud finder’s because according to my calculations the wall is all studs.
Truth is most stud finders suck. I just use a magnet. They make fancy magnets for finding studs that give a tactile ‘pop’ if that’s your thing. Depends on your wall material but for sheetrock just go looking for the screws with a magnet and bob’s your oyster.
if a magnet works, could those metal-detector mobile apps work too?
I never lived in a place with “fake” walls, well I lived in 5 or 6 different places in the same city in France so I guess there can be different building architecture
I realize you are presumably French, but X’ is feet and X" is inches
Naturally the bigger measurement has less marks, because why would it make sense?
They give you a kind of approximation of where a stud might be unless it’s just plaster or something else or nothing at all.
Stud finders work every time except when they don’t at all!
If it was wood-framed, there would be studs and the header there so it might have been more of an aesthetic decision to move it (or it’s France so not wood-framed)
Nailed it! First try.
It was screws actually
“If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.” – Red Green
Best I got is handsy
TL;DR… Basically if you have correctly measured where things need to be but it’s old/weak plaster/wall covering and there’s a big void between plaster and wall, then go out and buy a timber batten and attach that to the studs above the reveal. Then attach brackets to that.
If the wall is strong, or newer plasterboard, then using the correct fixings is all you need.Long version:
I used to fit curtain poles and, well, wow … where do I start?Ok, usually there’s about 100 to 150mm (4-6 inch) from the window side reveals to the brackets. And about 75 to 100mm from the window top reveal to the curtain pole.
The eyelet of the curtain should be over the bracket, covering it. And using it to anchor when you close the curtains.
There should be about 50mm (2 inch) of curtain pole showing beyond the bracket to the finial. This is to allow different curtains to be used, you’ll get away with how you’ve done it with those eyelet curtains, but if you ever change to something like tag tops etc you’ll probably need to re-do the brackets.Fitment:
There are two basic ways. Attaching directly, like you’ve done. Or adding a wooden batten to the wall above the window reveal and screwing everything to that.
The wooden batten route is the far, far stronger method because you can attach the batten to the timber studs/blockwork all along the above part of the window reveal.
Going directly looks a bit ‘cleaner’ but is weaker. Now with that said if you use the correct fasteners and screws then that’s usually more than good enough. However the usual wall plugs are usually not the best thing to use. With newer plasterboard then using good quality 7mm plugs will be great.
For older plasterboard, or lath and plaster type walls then even using great quality wall plugs may not last that long. So if you can’t drill in to the wall behind said plaster work to get a good hold with the screws then go with the batten method.There are other methods. Such as acrylic resin chemical fixing, which is basically fast drying ‘concrete’ in a tube that can be squeezed in to brickwork holes etc. But this is only for the most unusual jobs due to the expense and tools needed.
careful, those are load-bearing post-it notes
Of course that’s why I’ve left them up for 8 months
Easy to fix. Wall is white. Get some wall filler and water based paint. Nobody will ever notice. It will stay your secret that only you (and us, hehe) know.
One step. Toothpaste. Boom, done.
Ah. The old adage, measure once, cut eight times.
I’ve never hung curtains anything less than perfectly level, but I always struggle with the height and width. Aesthetics for curtains are weirdly challenging
The ideal distance is 2.5x3 post-it notes.
Anything but metric!
I think the secret is to just hang the rod first, and then pick curtains that work with where it ended up. I’m not sure it’s actually possible to do it in that order though…
You can be honest. You hung it perfectly multiple times and were then told it wasn’t where they told you to put it (but it was). The last time was when they finally accepted it, and it’s not perfect like before, but it’s up, and you’re done.
You are very close! I’m impressed .
See I drilled the first hole and was informed “this is an affront to the galactic slave war treaty”
So I drilled another “this is against the treaty of re subjugation!”
So I drilled another “shadow proclamation “
Before landing on the final hole. It does violate the dolphin treaty but I’m on land. They fuck they gonna do.
I’m here to serve you notice of your violation of the dolphin treaty. You have been tried in absentia and found summarily guilty of crimes of blowhole subjugation and will be expected to report for swim bladder defungrilation on Wednesday at your nearest saltwater taffy emporium.
Nothing a little spackle can’t fully handle.
Nothing wrong with hanging a curtain and changing your mind once you see it.
My kids aren’t reasonable so all mine are secured strongly enough to hold about 110 pounds
No kids, but cats
Mine are anchored, but I really wanted them in the strudel. Studs. Damn you autocarrot I wasn’t hungry before.
My wife just ordered some new curtains and poles about two minutes ago, and I’ve used it as an excuse to buy a laser level. Finding this post a few seconds later is surely a good sign.
Sir on behalf of all man kind… when your wife asks why you need a new laser level I demand you use my picture.
Bro code.
