How to install DAR pine along the top of window?

[softkun123]

1) In another curtain rod in bedroom .... If installing 89-x-19mm-1-8m-dar-pine-premium along the top of window and securing into several studs with screws and then attaching brackets to this timber beam .... what screws are suggested for this ?

I believe I would 2 types of screw - one for attaching dar pine to studs and 2nd type of screws for attaching bracket to timber beam/

2) Also one rod is longer approx 4.5m. So can i use 2 DAR pines of 2.4m  adjoining/close to each other for longer curtain rods? would this work? Also this way I would be able to carry DAR pines in SUV as well without need for trailer or ute.

[softkun123]

@JacobZ @MitchellMc @@I need to attach 2nd timber  besides the attached in pic. As marked studs I found. Planning to use 2 Super wall mate top and bottom at one verticle point

Please reply

[JacobZ]

Hi @softkun123,

Thank you for the additional information. The best solution would be to move the left piece of timber over and have the join sit over the stud in the centre. Studs are usually either 35mm or 45mm wide, so it is not unreasonable to have two pieces of timber attached to the same stud.

In saying this, this would mean drilling new holes all along the timber, which wouldn't look great.

You can use one Wallmate to support the end of the timber on the right and then screw it into the studs that are available. If you use two Wallmates, that close together, you risk fracturing the plasterboard, which will make it unable to hold any weight at all. Just stick with one, it will be fine.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Jacob

[softkun123]

HI @JacobZ 

Couldn't understand the below first part that you said " 

The best solution would be to move the left piece of timber over and have the join sit over the stud in the centre. Studs are usually either 35mm or 45mm wide, so it is not unreasonable to have two pieces of timber attached to the same stud.In saying this, this would mean drilling new holes all along the timber, which wouldn't look great."

Also for right timber ends will Nylon wallmate work as well? If so do i 2 or just 1 vertically at same point.

[JacobZ]

Hi @softkun123,

Apologies, I misread the caption on your photo. I thought that you had located a stud above the window frame, in which case you could use screws like shown below.

Since there is no stud there, you will have to use Wallmates. You can use Nylon WallMates if you'd like to. They are able to support 24kg. I can't imagine your curtains would be heavier than this.

Use only one Wallmate per location, as they can't be used within 100mm of each other. You can locate the Wallmates 50mm in from each end of the timbers to ensure they are 100mm apart.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Jacob

[softkun123]

Thanks @JacobZ for detailed information.

Nylon wallmate says for thickness of fixture up to 15mm but timber is 19mm. Will this cause issue?

[JacobZ]

Hi @softkun123,

The Wallmate is not installed in the timber; it is installed in the plasterboard.

Residential plasterboard is either 10 or 13mm, so there is no issue here.

You just need to ensure that the screw is suitably long to go through the timber and into the Wallmate. A 40mm screw, something like these 40mm Plasterboard Screws, would be the way to go.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Jacob

[softkun123]

Will 8g x 50mm screw work for Nylon wallmate? As I have this open box

[JacobZ]

Hi @softkun123,

Yes, they should work just fine.

Jacob