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Posted by: Green Fingers Wednesday 9th April 2008, 5:26pm

That grim reminder on the evening weather - "gardeners beware" - time for a spot of home improvement - fitting a curtain pole.

Well this blasted cold spell continues to make it pointless in sewing seeds let alone planting anything out - Coldest night EVER in Penzance i heard!

Whats an active chap to do?

Household chores grrrrr there's always something.

The cold snap was a timely reminder that I was supposed to have fitted new draught excluding curtains to the back door. The new curtains were made of really heavy fabric and like all things DIY this means an additional job was required.

Fitting a Stronger Curtain Pole

Well I may be handy with a spade and some might even say pretty skilled with a set of shears but I ofetn fail when it comes to DIY - especially those jobs that are prominent and shout "BODGE" every time you look at them.

With the colossal weight of the curtain fabric I needed to fix a strong pole for them to hang off.

This video how to fit a curtain pole was excellent and after a couple of viewings i felt I could approach the job with a bit more confidence.

Well Hung - the curtain fabric that is "tuts"

Following the sage advice measure twice cut once i carefully followed the steps in the video and joy - the darn thing not only supports the heavy drapes but looks level and centred too.

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