Advice on stud locator
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Use everything at hand try knocking ,stud locator and blunt drill bit
Make a small hole, which will be hidden by the TV anyway, and then use a wire coat hanger to find the studs on either side, then you have the spacings
Or look/feel for the board joints or nail heads - or find the nails with a metal detector
Or look/feel for the board joints or nail heads - or find the nails with a metal detector
You can often see a shadow where studs are and occasionally the screw or nails heads.If visual inspection revels nothing then a fine screwdriver blade pushed thru every 40mm will locate.
Stud finder can be very inaccurate.
Stud finder can be very inaccurate.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neodymium-M...IY6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346460658&sr=8-1
Works for me most times - leaves a spread of magnetic spheres to allow a line of best fit to be drawn. Clean and efficient, and then the entertainment of getting them back in the box
Works for me most times - leaves a spread of magnetic spheres to allow a line of best fit to be drawn. Clean and efficient, and then the entertainment of getting them back in the box
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neodymium-Magnetic-Magic-Puzzle-Pieces/dp/B004FGIY6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346460658&sr=8-1
Works for me most times - leaves a spread of magnetic spheres to allow a line of best fit to be drawn. Clean and efficient, and then the entertainment of getting them back in the box
How does that help you find the stud? put one ball behind a hole in the plasterboard and move it around with a magnet on the outside? or something else?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neodymium-Magnetic-Magic-Puzzle-Pieces/dp/B004FGIY6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346460658&sr=8-1
Works for me most times - leaves a spread of magnetic spheres to allow a line of best fit to be drawn. Clean and efficient, and then the entertainment of getting them back in the box
How does that help you find the stud? put one ball behind a hole in the plasterboard and move it around with a magnet on the outside? or something else?
Those should be strong enough to grab the plasterboard screws through the plaster.
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