Hanging curtain rods is fairly simple and you don t need many tools to do it.
Hanging heavy curtains on drywall.
Drywall may look solid enough but it won t hold a screw and if you mount a curtain rod improperly you ll end up with a sagging curtain and a hole to patch.
A drywall anchor goes between the screw and the drywall biting into the drywall much more effectively than a screw would.
Curtains made from heavy material can block light from entering your windows more effectively than a sheer and light material curtain but the heavier curtains do have their drawbacks.
This quick guide is designed to help you learn how to hang curtain rods in drywall but the same basic process applies with only minor variations if you re mounting your hardware on another surface.
Hang the curtains on the rod.
Geefix drywall anchors pack of 4.
In the typical recently built house this means getting your screws through the drywall and into a stud.
Tips and suggestions designers and decorators have access to specialty curtain rods designed for heavy drapery which are not readily available in retail outlets.
But since we were just replacing our old bedroom curtains when we wrote that post we skipped the crucial step of actually hanging the curtain rods themselves.
Geefix are heavy duty drywall anchors so ideal for mounting curtain rods in drywall for heavy curtains or drapes.
The curtain curtain rod combo is heavy enough that in an ideal situations your brackets would go into wood.
Then you screw into the anchor so everything stays in place.
How to attach a curtain rod to drywall.
Hanging heavy curtains in drywall needs to be done with a fixing that can take the weight of the curtains.