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Need help with hanging curtains, others on outside facing walls
I recently (feb) moved into a new apartment and I have discovered that the walls that are connected to the outside have drywall directly attached to the brick wall that is outside facing. I have only lived in larger buildings where there is always a gap behind the drywall (usually use toggles for anything that could be remotely heavy) so I am not sure how to tackle this. My issue is that I hung up curtains and I used the biggest anchors I could find that could fit which ended up being these tiny ~1 inch drywall anchors. 1 month later and they've fallen off, I tried to use a 1 inch self drilling anchor since I thought it would have better grip but it can't even sit flush with the wall. Is my only option to drill into the masonry? Or could I get some wood and put it over the drywall and just use a coarse screw and drill it through the wood and into the drywall? The only anchors I had that would fit in the wall were like the image I supplied, not those exact ones but same shape. they are roughly an inch long and like 1/3 inch wide. submitted by /u/dabaka [link] [comments]
I recently (feb) moved into a new apartment and I have discovered that the walls that are connected to the outside have drywall directly attached to the brick wall that is outside facing. I have only lived in larger buildings where there is always a gap behind the drywall (usually use toggles for anything that could be remotely heavy) so I am not sure how to tackle this.
My issue is that I hung up curtains and I used the biggest anchors I could find that could fit which ended up being these tiny ~1 inch drywall anchors. 1 month later and they've fallen off, I tried to use a 1 inch self drilling anchor since I thought it would have better grip but it can't even sit flush with the wall.
Is my only option to drill into the masonry? Or could I get some wood and put it over the drywall and just use a coarse screw and drill it through the wood and into the drywall?
The only anchors I had that would fit in the wall were like the image I supplied, not those exact ones but same shape. they are roughly an inch long and like 1/3 inch wide.
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