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Need to refit a blind to the top of a window. The overhand it was on is plasterboard with no brick near enough to secure to. Its not too heavy but takes a fair bit of strain when pulling on the string to open/close and as such has pulled some of the original screws out.

I want to re-secure it and it needs to be in the same place but I'm worried that using some type of wall plug with eventually make a large area be pulled down.

Any other options than the plug or should I just go and try that and then stick up another question later about building the plasterboard up again.

Cheers

you can buy stardrive screws that screw directly into brick you only need to drill with a 6.5mm masonry bit and screw it in.

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It sounds as if your walls are dry lined. If so you could use a new product called Drylinepro which could be used in the existing holes.