I’m losing my mind trying to mount things in my plaster walls, help!
All I want is to mount a curtain rod! My wall seems to be about half an inch of plaster, and then it’s just rock hard solid behind that. I’m actually losing my mind because I feel like I’m a pretty handy person…But now that I have about 7 giant holes to patch I just want to cry…I’ve tried doing pilot holes..and using a few different types of drywall anchors..the metal ones just make the wall crumble. The plastic ones don’t seem to grab onto anything. I don’t think I can do a molly or toggle bolt because theres no empty space, just plaster and cement (or brick?). I’ve tried using screws with the threads further apart hoping that would grab…nothing seems to work, what am I doing wrong this can’t be this hard?! I have that prosensor stud finder I loved using in my old home (drywall) that shows the width and location of the stud, I thought it was nice but it’s been completely unhelpful with these walls. submitted by /u/FactorSome2987 [link] [comments]
All I want is to mount a curtain rod! My wall seems to be about half an inch of plaster, and then it’s just rock hard solid behind that. I’m actually losing my mind because I feel like I’m a pretty handy person…But now that I have about 7 giant holes to patch I just want to cry…I’ve tried doing pilot holes..and using a few different types of drywall anchors..the metal ones just make the wall crumble. The plastic ones don’t seem to grab onto anything. I don’t think I can do a molly or toggle bolt because theres no empty space, just plaster and cement (or brick?). I’ve tried using screws with the threads further apart hoping that would grab…nothing seems to work, what am I doing wrong this can’t be this hard?! I have that prosensor stud finder I loved using in my old home (drywall) that shows the width and location of the stud, I thought it was nice but it’s been completely unhelpful with these walls.
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