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Is there anything that reliably finds wooden studs in walls? I've tried a whole range of different stud finders and all of them are at a level of reliability ro
by pseudohadamard 4mo ago
Is there anything that reliably finds wooden studs in walls? I've tried a whole range of different stud finders and all of them are at a level of reliability roughly on par with the Psychic Friends Network: "I think there may be something there... or is it over there? No, perhaps there".
In the end the most reliable way of locating studs I found was going outside, measuring the distance between the nails in the exterior cladding, and then using those measurements on the corresponding inside wall.
- Melatonic 4mo agoExperience and tapping with your knuckles :-)
- idiotsecant 4mo agoMagnets find studs pretty well in my experience
- quickthrowman 4mo agoReceptacle boxes are nailed to studs, once you locate one you can find the others along that wall if you know the stud spacing.
- Aspos 4mo agoCheap thermal camera lets you literally see the studs. Does not work when ambient temperature inside is the same as outside though
- pseudohadamard 4mo agoGood point, I've used that to find all sorts of things inside the walls. As you say, it works best when there's serious thermal bridging going on.