It was a little trickier, however, if metal studs were present, but knowing the stud spacing helped us sort things out. In deep-scan mode, the A200 didn’t pick up PVC pipes in the wall unless ...

I used each stud finder in two different homes—one with modern drywall construction and the other with 100-year-old plaster and lathe—and evaluated how effectively it located studs, as well as ...

The ProSensor M210 was easy to use, gave almost no false readings, and it had the widest sensing area so you can “see” the stud coming. This unit is held horizontally, unlike all the other sensors I ...

We spent 30 hours researching and testing six models to find the most reliable, durable, and accurate magnetic wall stud finder. Here’s what we learned.

Stud Find is an iPhone application that uses the device's built-in magnetometer to find metal studs, screws, nails and anything metallic in a wall. The iPhone's three-axis magnetometer is an ...

Using any of the apps, except one, included in the image of icons included above, ENR was able to locate a screw head through 1/4-in. plywood, 1/2-in. drywall, 3/4-in. particle board and a 1.5-in ...

Use a stud finder, put a standard drywall screw into it directly. No need at all for pre-drilling in this case.<BR><BR>One of the things that can help you avoid pre-drilling in a lot of cases is a ...

Take off the switch plate and you can see which side of the stud the box is mounted on by spotting the screws. Most wall framings set studs every 16 inches, so you should be okay to measure from ...