Attaching pocket rod brackets

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  • bmuir1616
    Forum Newbie
    • Dec 2008
    • 28

    Attaching pocket rod brackets

    My wonderful wife has decided to use pocket rods on the four windows in two of our bedrooms. I have always had an issue with these. She always wants them located outside the window frame with nothing but drywall (no stud) to attach to.
    These brackets have just little nails and are designed to go into the window frame.
    How do I attach the to the wall?
    One idea I have is to screw a small 1/4-inch thick block of wood to the wall (wall anchor into the drywall) and then nail to the wood.
    Any other ideas?

    Thanks,

    Bill
  • chopnhack
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 3779
    • Florida
    • Ryobi BT3100

    #2
    Why use nails? Use smaller diameter screws with plastic drywall sleeves.
    I think in straight lines, but dream in curves

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    • cabinetman
      Gone but not Forgotten RIP
      • Jun 2006
      • 15216
      • So. Florida
      • Delta

      #3
      Don't know what "pocket rods" are, but to screw to drywall with no backing, use small toggle bolts, or hollow wall anchors.
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      • Tom Slick
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        • May 2005
        • 2913
        • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
        • sears BT3 clone

        #4
        Originally posted by cabinetman
        Don't know what "pocket rods" are, but to screw to drywall with no backing, use small toggle bolts, or hollow wall anchors.
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        • cabinetman
          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
          • Jun 2006
          • 15216
          • So. Florida
          • Delta

          #5
          Originally posted by Tom Slick

          Ahh...AKA "rod pockets". I know them as curtain rods, or cafe rods. In any case, my suggestion was to screw to drywall with no backing, use small toggle bolts, or hollow wall anchors.
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