Putting up a curtain track

[AllieG]

There was already a curtain track in my bedroom when we moved in five years ago. One of our friends who lives nearby said she would put up the curtains before we moved in. A few weeks later I noticed the curtain hooks weren't at regular intervals and so they were pulling the curtain track down and made a hole. I tried screwing it back up but the hole was too big. We also had a carpenter make us some wardrobes and he put up a long piece of wood that is about 2.5cm wide and attached the curtain track to that.

Now I want to redecorate my room but don't want the wood there. Would I be OK to fill the holes with normal polyfilla and drill more holes next to the old ones or do I have to get the deep gap polyfilla. Also is deep gap polyfilla OK for small holes and cracks as well or do I have to get the normal one as well.

Also do I have to have wood behind the curtain track or can I put it straight on the wall.

I do all the minor DIY in the house but this is the first time decorating on my own without my Dad's help since he died seven years ago, which is why I am asking on here.

 

[Nige F]

It is posible to not have the wood BUT the chances are that the "too big hole" and the carpenter's piece of wood are signs that there is a concrete lintol above the window. The only way to drill into concrete is with an SDS electric drill. So called hammer drills are totally useless. There is one at B+Q for £45. That will be fine for DIY. Good luck and Welcome to DIYnot.