The former residents of my apartment were big fans of window treatments, as evidenced by these “ears,” or what I’m assuming are mounting brackets for some long-ago valances. Every window has them, and I’d like to remove them. Trouble is, I can’t seem to figure out how they were originally installed. They sit flush with the side of the window moldings, but there are no fasteners visible, and zero give. The steel flange just disappears behind the plaster into the wall. Do these look familiar to anyone, and is there any way to remove them without destroying the moldings or the walls? I was considering slicing off the “ears” with a Dremel tool, but the steel is thick, so I’m not sure that’s advisable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The former residents of my apartment were big fans of window treatments, as evidenced by these “ears,” or what I’m assuming are mounting brackets for some long-ago valances. Every window has them, and I’d like to remove them. Trouble is, I can’t seem to figure out how they were originally installed. They sit flush with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61553,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-46652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/removing-valanc\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Removing Valance Mounts","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/removing-valanc\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/removing-valanc\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Windows","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"RogerV"}],"creator":["RogerV"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-07-22T13:45:50Z","datePublished":"2010-07-22T13:45:50Z","dateModified":"2010-07-22T13:50:03Z"},"rendered":"