Thecurtain rod mayhave been too heavy for the fastener, or user error.

Remove and replace. How much does the curtain rod assembly weigh?

Are you attempting to fasten to dry wall. Are you familar with toggle bolts? Didyour ikea come with blue anchors? I do not like the hammer into drywall anchors.

Your walls maybe chalk and shoud be treated as such.

Are you able to find wall studs? Any building experience/exposure?

It is drywall and I don’t know the weight but they’re very light.

It was similar to the blue anchor. They were white but they were the hammer in type. Not familiar with toggle anchors. The studs were too far away from where it needed to be around the window on that side.

No real building experience. Minimal DIY stuff

Are you able to Google ”toggle bolts”?

Rare earth magnets would well for locating hidden fasteners in drywall. $3 for a pack of 10 at Harbor Freight.

Toggler Snaptoggles are the best toggle bolts that I have used. (If you are not fastening into studs.) But you will need to pick up some machine screws in matching diameter & thread size to use with the Snaptoggles. The screws that come with curtain rod hardware won't work with them. (Lowe's stocks Snaptoggles.)

@ci_lantro I'm pretty new to DIY/home repairs, so I apologize if this is a "dumb" question but how do I install one of these without having to punch a hole in the wall that will be wider than the curtain hardware? I wouldn't want it to show the hole.

Also, can I use these in the same place as I originally had that screw/anchor installed?

The 'washer' face of the 3/16" snaptoggle is 5/8" x 5/8"; the 1/4" is 5/8' x 3/4". So, as long as the bracket is at least the width of the toggle 'washer', it would be hidden. Otherwise, it is quite thin & unobtrusive. Possibly paint to match the wallcolor? Way up next to the ceiling so would likely almost disappear.

Yes, you can use a toggle bolt in the existing wall anchor hole, push the white anchor through the sheet rock, insert a toggle bolt.

Yes, the Toggler Snaptoggles require drilling 1/2" hole. So long as existing hole is 1/2" or less and so long as the back side of the drywall is not massively blown out.

Danny,Danny,Danny you wear me out. (: Geather hammer ,pliers and the smallest diameter nail you have that is more than 1.50" long. There is two 2x4 stacked behind drywall 1/2 inch deep in wall. Starting in the existing hole gently tap nail in until it either becomes harder to drive or only 1/4 of nail is still visible. If you can't retrive nail with your fingers,use pliers. If nail didn't hit wood ,move up 3/4 inch and try again. When nail hits wood, pull it out and use 1.50 inch or longer screw to mount hardware.

It looks like the hole is too big for the plug and it has come loose. I like to use what are called Walldriller anchors. They are a plug that has a screw base on it. I find they hold much better and they are larger so they will fill the hole you already have.

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