Yeah, you can, but strong anchors don't hold much. There are normally studs pretty close to the sides of the windows

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Mar 29, 2025
3:23:45pm

Bob Vance All-American

so it's a little unusual to be unable to find one close enough to do the trick.

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I stripped out an anchor in the drywall, but I don’t want to have to move it because it’s for a drape rod and there are

dingus All-American

Mar 29, 2:58pm

Board name checks out

Tabernacle Tech

Mar 29, 3:00pm

Replace it with a toggle anchor.

HuskerFan2

Mar 29, 3:02pm

^^This^^...I have two TVs hanging on my walls for years and they haven't moved a

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Mar 29, 4:02pm

How about trying to putty in the hole with the anchor in place?

StarMan

Mar 29, 3:03pm

Putty it and then I'd look at a toggle bolt that can support more weight.

Spaniard

Mar 29, 3:03pm

The metal versions of what I showed normally bite very well into dry wall and some are rated up to 50 lbs, I ran out

dingus

Mar 29, 3:33pm

Something like this will work. You can't really anchor into spackle all that well

txblue

Mar 29, 3:07pm

Use a toggle bolt.

cheezedawg

Mar 29, 3:11pm

Depends on your need

shuaige

Mar 29, 3:14pm

Thanks, I’ll probably try the toggle anchor first. If that fails I might be stuck doing your method

dingus

Mar 29, 3:31pm

Yeah, you can, but strong anchors don't hold much. There are normally studs pretty close to the sides of the windows

Bob Vance

Mar 29, 3:23pm

Put a piece of board behind the hole so you can screw into it, as in this video

cougarmeister

Mar 29, 3:30pm

I’d try a toggle bolt.

TADOW

Mar 29, 3:38pm

Update, toggle bolt seemed to be the answer, thanks

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