Liam Newman
its possible your hitting concrete and if the said drill bit is a "diy" bit it may not be up to the task. a Handyman under general maintenance should be able to do this however a rule of thumb a callout is around sixty pounds.
Putting up a curtain pole.
Posted by April , on
What kind of tradesman would we need for assistance putting up a curtain pole. We seem to be hitting something in the wall when drilling the holes for the pole. We've used a device that's supposed to check for metal or something I think but that wasn't flagging up in the places we tried to drill. My partner broke his drill bit whilst trying to drill one of the holes. So rather than mess the wall up further we thought we'd ask for professional help
Martin Randa
I agree with the previous answers - you are hitting a steel reinforced lintel. The easiest solution in my view would be to go for a longer curtain pole so that the fixing points are clear of the lintel ( 30 cm projection over the window reveal should suffice).
Tony McGowan
Require to install piece wood along top of window to fix curtain fixtures on to possibly RSJ metal support beam above window which will break drill bits you can get drill bits to go through metal beam but to save cost fix wooden batten along top window
JOHN CAVILL
may be a concrete lintel or could be a steel catnic lintel depends how old house is as to what is likely to have been used probably need a joiner with hammer drill
