Rex Kramer wrote:You'll know if you're a professional DIY'er if whilst putting up the screws then the pelmet falls down and you also end up knocking a radiator off the wall. I've never done a single job that didn't birth 2 extra jobs whilst doing it.
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When the curtains fell down last night I was just serving up my tea. At first just a few rail brackets had snapped but as I tried to adjust them, the others snapped off, too. I thought that super glue may work but (obviously) it wasn't going to fix the brackets whilst the curtains were hanging off them
. I then tried wrapping bits of sellotape around the broken brackets but that didn't work either
. I decided to find a bed sheet and hang it from two screws. After all that my tea was burnt
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Before anyone says it... yes, I should have just used bluetac
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Victor Mildew wrote:Little tip for something tricky like that, if some of the fixings are still in place, if you can, leave them in and use them to support the frame while you put the new bits in.if you had something attached with a screw in each corner, take them out and replace one by one, things like that.
Thanks, dude - yeah, I think I'll be able to do all of them one by one (no context) as the existing (broken) brackets are still in place and will be the markers for where the new ones need to go. I think the toughest bit will be getting the rail to bend around the edges but I've read that you can use hot water to help flex the rail. Or a hair-dryer but, naturally, I don't own one!