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How do I put curtain wire up?!

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linziluv · 30/01/2011 11:01

This is probably the most dumbest question ever but I really want to put some nets up as live in ground floor flat and sick of people nosying in!
How do I get the little eye screw things into the wall? Really want to do it myself rather than waiting for a man to do it!
Thanks

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jenroy29 · 30/01/2011 12:39

If you have wooden frames, screw them into the wood, by hand.
If you have pvc windows then you'll be better off with tension rods (dunelm have a variety).

linziluv · 30/01/2011 14:40

Yeah, they're PVC....no idea what a tension rod is but I have a Dunelm Mill locally so will ask! I tried screwing by hand into the wall but it wouldn't go in!

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MrMayoNessie · 30/01/2011 19:37

have you thought about frosting plastic film
www.primrosewindowfilms.co.uk/matt-white-frost-privacy-film-internal-p-5429.html

instead of nets??

velouria · 30/01/2011 19:50

Do you mean these if so the only way I have seen it done is to bang a nail into the frame then hook the screws over it. Surely the screwy end of the screw goes into the net wire Confused.

velouria · 30/01/2011 19:58

We have pvc windows but there is a screw at each end to hook the eyes over. I imagine the previous tenants must have used a drill. Couldn't be doing with that frosting stuff, what happens when you actually want to look out of the window?

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