Which ones are junk, or too pricey for practical home use.
Usually, I find studs by tapping on a sheet rock wall and listening. But I've got to mount some hand bars in some showers. The walls are slate or ceramic tile over greenboard and I don't think the tap, tap method will work.
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Weird, I just use a magnet and search for the nails or screws holding the drywall to the studs.
That works well with drywall alone. The nails are the depth of a couple of coats of paint. But I'm not sure if this will be sensitive enough through tile.
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use a stronger magnet, should be possible to sense screws through 10mm or so of stuff using a hard drive magnet..
else build a metal detector :)
I have seen two different types; capacitive sensing and magnetic sensing (similar to a treasure finder). Of the capacitive types, one was "Studsensor 2(TM)" by Zircon and has a "density dial" which is helpful. Think i paid about $25 for it. Get any one you see at Home Depot and try it; if you do not like it, trade it for the other one.
I have a Zircon (brand) stud finder that has two density choices. But over tile, I doubt it'll work.
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Oh yes, I found a 1G Micropolis drive from the late 80s. You know the type, full height 5-1/4 monster with the ST-506 (?) interface, or ESDI or whatever it was.
Similar to this monster
Well the magnets in the voice coil assembly are amazing. You really have to work hard to get them off a piece of metal. They are so strong they'll actually chip pieces off themselves if you let them attract each other freely. (Smelled like garlic? Weird)
No problem finding screws and nails. Even works on the floor...
Is the tile applied over a substrate with metal mesh in it?
Why not try it and see? Tap with something resilient, like your knuckle. I'd almost be willint to bet that you can hear a change, even with cement board.
What have you got to lose? ;-)
Good Luck! Rich
Hey, bet there's a stud there!
No.
That works. Sometimes. If the wall was framed as one piece from the outlet. But that's not always the case. And its useless on a wall with no outlets nearby (usually anywhere near a shower or tub).
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You can buy some really strong magnets here:
Example: their ZD3 has a pull force > 14 lbs and costs $5.00 for 10 about 1/2 dia & 3/16 thick.
They have a wide range of strong magnets, with pull force up to 285 lbs! (a 2"x2" cylindrical magnet)
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FWIW, Zircon has been doing these products for a long time. I'd call them and ask what to use.
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You can pull more powerful magnets out of scrap hard drives... For free ! Be careful they don't bite you. :-)
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I've found none of the electronic stud finders work for me at all. Turn it on, and it just continually beeps until I either turn it off, or walk away. Never figured out why!
Hold it against the wall during powerup, so it can self calibrate.
Steve
Around plumbing I wouldn't count on consistently spaced studs. It's common to put one on both sides of the shower-head feed, for instance.
...Jim Thompson
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You're supposed to turn it on while in contact with the wall, over an area known NOT to have a stud underneath ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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