i want to hang curtainrods in cement walls, how do i do it best?

Question

the house is old, don't want to crumble the cement

Answer 1

If the curtainrods are not to heavy, glue (has to be contact cement) a small square of wood to the spot that the curtainrod would be hung and paint it the same color as the wall. Screw the curtainrod to the piece of wood. I had to do this in my house and it worked great, easier than drilling into the concrete.

Answer 2

I am assuming that there is some wall sides exposed past the window frame. Use tension rods. You'll have to watch the weight of the curtain material, but most tension rods are tension adjustable and will hold up quite well. You can put a strip of wood, if need be, from the bottom of the window from to the top along side the exposed wall to attach a support stop for a tension rod as well. The strip of wood need not be very thick but needs to be about 1" wide to do much good.

Answer 3

Use Tapcons. They are special screws made especially for attaching things to cement, bricks, block, etc. They require a hole to be drilled first with a special bit. The larger quantity packages of screws contain a free bit. Smaller packages require the purchase of the bit separately. Depending on the number of curtain rods that you want to attach the larger package may be cheaper even though you will have more screws than you need.

Answer 4

Do you mean you have plaster walls?

If so, there are wood lathe strips behind the cement finish that will hold a screw. Gently drive the screw in until it engages the wood behind.

For concrete, pre-drill and use anchors designed for concrete, following the manufacturer's instructions

Answer 5

The best way is to attach wood to the concrete and attach the rods to the wood.