Installing Curtain Rod - Who to Hire?

[Anonymous]

We want to install curtains on our bed room windows to reduce morning light which is waking up our infant son. We have blinds but the light between the blinds is waking up our son. We looked at other options and settled on curtains. We bought a curtain and curtain rod but not sure how to install. Do not have much time after taking care of baby to research how to do it so wanted to hire someone to do this.

Could anyone please let me know who to hire for this? Do we need to look for a handyman on say Angie's list or are these done by windows/blinds shops?

We are new homeowners and absolutely zero experience with repairs.

[Anonymous]

Handyman. But this is an easy DIY.

[Anonymous]

I would buy a drill and do it. It's just going to be a lot easier, ultimately, to watch a YouTube and do it yourself rather than to get a handyman to come out to your house for a ten minute job.

[Anonymous]

Time to learn. Seriously, do it yourself.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to home ownership. Buy a tool kit and watch some youtube videos. Don't forget: even if you screw up and put a hole somewhere you didn't want, there's another video to show you how to fix your mistake. Oh, and buy some spackle.

[Anonymous]

YouTube. You really can do this.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, do it yourself. This isn't difficult at all.

[Anonymous]

There should be instructions in the rod box. I am not handy and outsource tons, and I have installed curtain rods. Typically it requires drilling 2 holes for each bracket. I installed curtains in 2 rooms recently and the rod sets included anchors and screws, nothing special required. So steps are:

Measure (I usually put the rods close to the ceiling and 4-8 inches outside the window frame depending on curtain style.
Drill the holes
Attach brackets
Put curtains on the rod and put rod in brackets
Tighten set screw (to keep the rod in the bracket)

It literally takes me 10-15 minutes.

[Anonymous]

You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

What if OP is female and her spouse is a woman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

What if OP is female and her spouse is a woman?

Then just buy the damn drill. I am a woman and have figured out how to operate a drill. 2 women should be able to figure it out too.

[Anonymous]

Handyman.

I might be the only person in the world but I thought it wasn't easy at all. I am not familiar with using a drill, then I needed to get some kind of special brackets but didn't know that, and getting the holes level on each side was a pain and I ended up with multiple holes. Never again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

What if OP is female and her spouse is a woman?

Then they would have already installed the curtain rod. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

What if OP is female and her spouse is a woman?

Then they would have already installed the curtain rod. Please.

Lol!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do need a power drill. You can pick one up at Home Depot or Lowes for not much. If OP is female, run out right now and get one to give to DH as father's day gift.

What if OP is female and her spouse is a woman?

Then they would have already installed the curtain rod. Please.

Lol!

PP who started the power drill thread. Really, was just linking it to Father's Day (having myself just run out to buy FD gift). Hence the reference to DH. Enjoyed subsequent posts but now realize OP could be male with a DH....