Help - Crumbling Bricks and Polyfilla around Rawl Plugs

Aug 22, 2007 2 Replies

Hi there. I know there is a similar topic of discussion already found on this website, but its a little different to the circumstances I have. Basically, Im in rented accomodation with a very particular (slightly crazy) landlord who will go mad if the slightest thing changes. My curtain rail fell down as I tried to open the curtains one morning, and knowing it says "the curtain rail works well" in the inventory - i need to fix it.



Anyway - so there is a big hole where the screws used to go, but I dont quite know how to fill it - as I will inevitably need to re-screw into that area for the curtain rail. I initially thought I could fill it with polyfilla, then make new holes, new rawl plugs and hey presto - however Ive just read its quite hard to drill into polyfilla - is this true? And if so - what should I do?



Sorry the answer might seem quite obvious to most, but Im a novice at this :) Pix


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Try your lanlord first, he probably knows, he might have fixed it poorly in the first place

Actually Polyfilla is soft, easy to drill and will not hold much stress if you try to anchor a curtain rod in it.

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