Trying to put up a cabinet and some heavyish mirrors in a friends property. Stud walls , but my detector isnt picking up the studs. I tried to locate the plasterboard screws/nails with a strong magnet only to find that the magnet sticks to the entire wall. I decided to drill a test hole and the magnet wasnt lying I hit metal. I pushed a small screwdriver through and pushed against the metal, there is some bouce in it but is fairly rigid. Is this a mesh or is it something protecting the plastic radiator piping? Help please.
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hollow partition wall ...Help
- Thread starter wiggy13
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Possibly a partition wall with metal studs/plates?
This https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?img...NbRAhUEBcAKHbLkBL4QMwgnKAwwDA&iact=mrc&uact=8
Is what is probably behind the plasterboard
Mike
Is what is probably behind the plasterboard
Mike
Thanks guys, but when I say the whole walls are magnetic I mean the whole wall, not just metal stud work. The building is an apartment and the radiators are all plastic pipework. I am just frightened of drilling into this "metal" and hitting something that I don`t want to hit.
Maybe a metal sheet has been introduced to try prevent owners from drilling into unseen services? 
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