No Nails Adhesive

[muchlovex]

After having trouble drilling screws in to the wall for a curtain pole brackets I decided as a last resort to us No Nails. It says on the tube that it will stick almost anything from brick to metal wood etc.

It didn't stick at all.

Why is this?
Thanks

[boxtops]

I've used it several times and it's worked for me, outside as well as indoors. Perhaps you didn't let it set long enough? or perhaps your curtains are too heavy a load for it to handle?

[Mattk]

Have you tried wrapping newspaper around the rawlplugs and putting back in the same holes?
This has worked for me providing the holes are still reasonably clean.

[sara3]

I've found it to be a bit rubbish sometimes. can you not drill deep enough into the wall? have you got a hammer drill?

[muchlovex]

Can't drill any deeper as the lintel is in the way. I am using a hammer drill.

Not tried the wallpaper idea. thanks

[jomifl]

As a last resort try glueing a plank about 10 cm wide and long enough to overlap the ends of the curtain poles to the lintel area using the no nails. You can then screw the bracket to the plank. For this glue to be effective it needs a large surface area and time to dry thoroughly (several days in this case)

[Vagrant]

If this is the type that has no solvents, it's (in my experience) crap. The solvent based stuff works much better - but any of these builders' adhesives is unlikely to work in this application - all you'd be doing is sticking the pole brackets to plaster - heavy curtains would rip the brackets and plaster off the wall.
If you can get hold of an SDS drill, it will penetrate the lintel (if it's concrete).
If the lintel is metal, it might be possible to drill through it with a metal drill, and fix into the masonry behind.
Otherwise, jomifl's suggestion is a very good one - though I personally would have the batten long enough to overlap the lintel and use drilled fixings at the ends as well.

[jomifl]

Yes vagrant why didn't I think of that , wouldn't need the glue then!

[whiskeryron]

If it's of any help I have in the past discovered that when a drilled hole is too large I have been able to put a large wallplug in & then a smaller one inside the big one & eureka it worked.