How To Hang A Curtain Rod On Cinder Block Walls

Cut a right angle out of a piece of cardboard and line it up with the window frame s corner.

How to hang a curtain rod on cinder block walls. The nails or screws that come with curtain rods cannot be used on cinder block walls because they will bend break or pull out of the cinder blocks. Cinder blocks are commonly used in basements and garages. Then you insert the rod through the sleeve and hang the rod on the wall. I tried some command hook and loop on the curtain rods but it wasn t strong enough to hold them to the wall.

Last fall we shared our trick for hanging affordable ikea curtains so they look a lot more expensive than their 14 price tag per panel would suggest across an entire house you can save thousands with that trick these curtains alone. The installation is essentially the same as a drywall application so should not trip up anyone who has installed curtain hardware before. The key to hanging a curtain is to ensure the rod sits level on the supports. Installation of curtain rods in cement depends on learning how to install concrete fasteners that will hold the curtain rods safely and not pull out of the wall.

Open and close to check that they re functioning properly before finishing. 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. Replace the fasteners included with the curtain rods such as nails or screws with concrete fasteners so you can install curtain rod hardware in cement. Hanging curtain or drapery installation hardware on brick stucco or concrete block walls can be challenging if you are not equipped with proper tools and hardware.

Hollow wall anchors are also a problem because the locations required for the screws may be either solid or hollow. The walls consist of sheetrock covering cinder block. With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing. Though most curtain rods are adjustable you don t want the distance between the brackets to be so wide that the rod sags in the middle.

This method works well for hanging wall rods french window curtain rods and even arched window curtain rods though you may need to take the unique shape of those styles into account. Is there a way to hang the rods without drilling into the cinder block. I would like to hang curtain rods and valances to brighten up the rooms. In general you shouldn t increase the length of the expanded rod by more than 50 percent.

To do so you ll be using a piece of cardboard with a right angle cut out and a pencil to mark the wall. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls. Consider the length of the rod when hanging the brackets.