STOP Drilling And Nailing Blindly In Drywall And Studs! - Learn A Better And SAFER Way As A DIYer!
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On this episode I'm going to show you how to and why you should STOP Drilling And Nailing Blindly In Drywall! I’ll Teach you A Better And SAFER Way As A DIYer! These tips and tricks are very useful to help you avoid headaches and costly mistakes from supposedly easy job like drilling a hole for a lag bolt to hang a TV or nailing something to hang a simple picture frame. Don’t be that guy!
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Them stud finder will get you in trouble mine has showed studs and it’s a bunch of wires
I agree! I’ve come to some close calls relying on the stud finders. Their good products, but don’t put your full faith in them 🙏🏽😅
@@FixThisHouse I bought that same stud finder a few days ago and sometimes all the lights come on when I put it on the wall and then I take it off the wall and put it back on the wall to the same spot and get no lights, those things are very questionable about their reliability,, but better than not having one at all.
@@tremarrimorris75 the trick is most or nearly all stud finders need pre calibration this is using your stud finder to find a stud may be false or true find but the calibration happens when you think you have an area with no stud count 2 or 3 seconds then move your finder to the direction your try to find as it has calibrated if it cant find anything moving to an area with something....
if finder labels wires as stud that unfortunate but its the most accuracy a finder can have if you calibrate it.
Magnets never lie!!!
my favorite thing to do is pair digital with magnetic.
lot of times i will use my digital to find stud. then i will use a magnet and go up or down till i find a screw head then i use another magnet to find one above or below then i measure 16 inches left and or right and do small circles till i find a screw from here you should see a pattern and it can give you an imaginary xray vision.
this often helps you avoid cutting into nail or screws to dull blades as well as the may creative reasons why you might want to grid your walls.
That's surprising how bad the non contact voltage detection was. I have a cheap IR thermometer that has a NCV detector in it and it is pretty reliable at several inches away and through drywall.
Get the Craftsman, shows wires
My house was built 20 years ago and we took pictures of all the walls prior to sheet rock being placed. Sure helps in many ways
I'm envious. We didn't do that! It's like playing Russian roulette every time we nail or drill something into our walls.
I did this but I was not great about taking pics. I often refer to the pics but are never enough. So if you're building, take MANY pics. Both whole walls and close up shots of wiring, piping, ducting, etc.
So smart. Every builder should do this. Especially now, given the costs associated with housing. At least, give us some pictures of what's inside the walls.
Thanks! Wonderful tip! It should be standard by builders to do this and pass it on to owners and so on when it changes hands.Of course over time changes would have been made but still a big help.
Wow. Thanks for the idea for when I buy a house?! 😃👍
I just drill right into the wall. Wires, pipes, and studs better watch out. I’m coming through. I got TV to watch
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 All facts
Lmao! This made my morning
Facts
I do the same but now I'm scared! What happens if you hit wires?
I’ve owned a few new homes over the years and my wife and I would always head over to the site to see the progress of the build. While there I would walk around the interior before the drywall was put up and take pictures of the walls and ceiling…..lots of pictures. Whenever I need to figure out what’s behind the wall I wish to work on I would open up my house file and take a look. And yes I know owners are not supposed to be inside the house while it’s under construction but we’d go on weekends…..usually a Sunday when no workers were present and just take a peak. It was always exciting. We’d see other people doing the same thing.
Now I'm discouraged from drilling my walls.
This takes the fun out of playing roulette with the plumbing and wiring.
Having been a professional home automation contractor for many years that works in very expensive homes and specializes in tough wire retrofits, I can tell you that I only use a magnet and Franklin sensor to determine where to drill for TV's etc and have never significantly damaged anything.. There are very few instances in a TV wall mount scenario that would have significant concerns about hitting pipes and wiring. Bath and kitchen walls etc being the biggest concern... If you drill and hit anything in an area that you aren't expecting after drilling drywall you simply stop drilling immediately. Drywall is very soft and pipes are not. Electrical cabling should be attached to studs except for where it crosses stud bays and typically crosses far lower than pictures or TV's etc would mount
The Franklin sensor is also my top choice for finding studs.
I bought a Franklin stud finder but was disappointed to find it was defeated by the foil backed insulation in the wall.
Endoscopes can be a bit disorienting, and obviously don’t work if there is insulation back there, but occasionally allow wonders, especially when fishing.
Many assumptions.
Hi, In my brand new house 2 times the electrical contractor damage the wire. Nail thorough the wire.
I just bought some magnets after watching another review from a master carpenter.
Good video, an extra recommendation is switching off the breaker of the room to avoid any fatality, if your stud finder is not trustable
One of the simplest and safest ways to prevent electrocution - underrated comment. If you're not sure whether there are live cables, simply turn off the main power. Similarly, if you're not sure whether you might hit plumbing, turn off the supply at the stopcock, open the taps and flush the toilet until it all runs dry. You might still hit the pipe and rupture it, but at least you won't have a minor flood on your hands.
I had to screw down squeaking floors in a flat. I hadn't seen this video at that time, but I bought this exact endoscope and I'm so glad I did. My modus operandi was to get an eighth drill bit and set the depth stop on the drill to the floor panel depth (the floor is made from 6 x 4 panels of plywood, not floorboards, so can't be lifted). Once I had a hole I then inserted a stiff wire and felt around. If all clear, I then drilled the hole to 22mm width (just for better clearance) and inserted the endoscope. As it turned out, the central heating pipes (in pairs, one in and one out) were running through channels chiselled out of the tops of the joists! One of my eighth holes ended up between two pipes - a close call if not for the depth stop. The endoscope allowed me to see the exact layout in each room.
If I'd done it blind or with a detector (tried that - didn't work), I'd have eventually screwed into a joist just where a channel was cut. Afterwards I covered the 22mm holes with metal plates screwed into the floor - it's all under carpet, so never seen. You'd think they'd have put holes for the pipes through the centres of the joists to protect them instead of cutting channels on top of the joists right at floor level, but there is no accounting for dumbness.
Another important, common-sense aspect to this work is understanding that wall's role in the construction of the house - is it interior-backed or exterior-backed (could have insulation in it)? What's on the back side? something with plumbing involved? same for the room upstairs - could be a bathroom which might mean plumbing in the wall (water or waste pipe). Check in the room below/basement. I had a tv job with a 24" wide metal air duct in the wall right where the customer wanted his tv. I was getting weird readings on the stud finder, finally resorted to test holes every half inch which still resulted in weird things. Had I gone to the basement/mechanical room I might have seen the duct work. I had to make a brace that spanned the space and mount my wall bracket to that (actually the job I'm most proud of) plus patch and paint a whole bunch of itty bitty holes! LOL.
Yeah, will be picking an endoscope up soon for an upcoming project. Found out the hard way that most of the water pipes are plastic, not metal in this house. Worse, in a wall with no attached plumbing, they put 4 waters pipes right near stud, and against drywall. (One horizontal passing through, two one one side, one on the other. And of course they were at ideal height for picture/shelf hanging.
Cannot assume there are no pipes just because there is no plumbing visible.
I have seen that endoscope before and could not think of why I needed it. However I do stuff like this in my home all the time and I struggle looking into walls with a headlamp or pushing my phone's camera lens in the wall, I even shoved a Nest camera into the ceiling the other day! Thanks for showing me why I need this! I clicked your affiliate link to order!
Thank you so much! This is truly an affordable and game changing device! I will go over another option but cost a bit more to see if it will work as well ad this endoscope. Please stay tuned! 🙏🏽😊
When I use drywall anchors even the cork screw type that self drill, I drill a hole just far enough to get through the drywall then poke the drillbit back there to see if anything is behind the wall. The drywall anchor then goes in the drywall straight. I had a homeowner wants used one of the cell drilling anchors and drill right into her pex line
Thanks for this demo of the pipes and wires! I tried using stud finder but got multiple electric symbols here and there so I couldn't drill in fear of hitting wire. Good thing I had punched a hole (fist size) near where I was going to drill. Ended up using my phone to record and saw that there was only one wire running on the side of the drywall and not directly in front of it. This video helped a lot, will be buying that little camera thanks!
Thank you for sharing your experience! Punching method works too! Lol. I’m glad I was able to help! You have a great day Chris! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
Based on what I have seen as I have made various improvements, changes and what not to my house - that is, as far as I am concerned, a 100% absolutely realistic mockup of what could be behind a wall. Except that all your wire is the same gauge, but that's a different story.
00:34 Don’t let this guy install your home’s plumbing. He will put a p-trap in a wall. 😂🤣😂
😂 you caught me! 🤫
Ptraps for your washing machine drain are in the wall. This guy mocked up a thin tubular ptrap in the wall which you shouldn't do and it's also backwards.
I learned to use a heavy magnet to find the drywall screws. Once found I start measuring 16" O.C. and it avoids the problem of hitting wires, and other utilities.
But the drywall screws might not be centered to the stud. You'll need to drill just left and just right of the screw to ensure good position.
Excellent instructional video on the hazards of drilling holes/using screws in an interior wall. Was it perfect in describing every situation that might exist, like many comments pointed out? No, but you would have been here all day and covered most of the basics except maybe mentioning insulation on an exterior wall. You can easily poke a hole through it to get the endoscope in without using a drill. It's a damn good video IMO and you did a great job in taking the viewer through it. You're very good at this. Subscribed!
This might be fine for inside with drywall but hanging things from the out side is harder because your dealing with thick OSB or plywood.
Not only that from what I’ve been dealing with on a house is that who ever wired house didn’t use any plates to protect wire and in some spots the wire was routed on the outer edge of the 2x4 and against the OSB and some places not tacked down thus loose wires hitting the OSB.
I almost hit the wire with my saw crazy .PS this was a custom home build what a nightmare.
Make 1”hole near work area using a pumpkin cut leaving the sheet rock paper on one side. Shine some light in and use an endoscope. Reposition the cut piece with ca or wood glue.
These endoscopes can be useful. It's really easy to become disoriented though. Inside of real walls are pitch black, thick particles floating everywhere and sometimes spider webbs. Even with the light on the end, it can be hard to clearly tell what you're looking at. The older the home, the worse the inside of the wall is. Try to get another light shining into the cavity you're looking into. Will help you stay oriented and see farther.
Thank you for your awesome feedback sir! 🙏🏽😊
Totally agree, I returned my M12 inspection camera because the resolution was so low and the light wasn’t too bright. Not to mention if you have insulation in the wall, makes it practically useless
You definitely need a brighter desk lamp for when you study remedial English.
100% agree. Closed wall, you can’t see anything, especially if with insulation. Video is very misleading. His “demo” wall is practically lit for a video shoot, no pun intended. Close that wall up, remove the external lighting and then see how practical this is.
I would think it would help if the stiff cable on the endoscope had a simple color strip, as long as you don't overbend it, you could stay orientated with which way is up.
A couple of things here. First of all, using a scope like this is not very representative of real world conditions because your wall is open. When the wall is closed, its going to be harder to see. Second, you can get a set of "drill stops", which are small round collars for the drill bit that you put on with an allen wrench. The best rule is that you can only rely on finding a stud, and assume that there is a wire or pipe at the halfway point in the stud. Treat the cavity between the studs as a no-mans land until you verify it with a scope. Finally, get good at patching small holes. Sometimes the best probe is just a small nail, which can tell you absolutely if there is a stud back there or not, and is easily patched. Finally, they sell cable finders that will detect 60hz wires, you listen for the noise.
Have I drilled through a wire? Hells ya. Live stove wire (220v). The real danger was I was on a ladder and fell off in surprise. Had to open the wall and replace the wire.
My most interesting use of a scope? I dropped a bolt into a car engine and it was sitting on the pan under the engine. I used a scope to find it and pull it out with a magnet part grabber. It was true surgery: I had to put the part grabber exactly to where the bolt was, so had the scope watching the bolt while I fished around with the grabber.
Surely it would have been better to be on a fibreglass ladder and then you wouldn't have been grounded?
You do know there is a damn light on the end of it right? So yeah it’s exactly the same as it would be real world. Also a nail won’t detect electric. You missed the whole point. And never have used a scope.
How many fist pumps did you do after finding the bolt?
These are great videos. I like the examples shown in a clean format
You're right the Zircon "Stud Finder" can't even find studs half the time and the other half you can't tell what it's finding. I use the CH Hanson. Magnets don't lie but you need to know what you're doing. The endoscope is challenged with insulation on outside walls but still can give you more information than anything else. On inside walls I've used the endoscope fairly successfully after my vertigo goes away from viewing the screen. Adding other lights as other people mention helps a lot. Once again it helps if you know what could be behind the drywall. In any event thanks for the video.
How to be careful when drilling holes in walls.
Step 1: drill a hole in wall
exactly my thoughts haha
lmao I can here only to find this comment
WELL EXPLAINED!!! THANK YOU FOR THE PROP DEMO AS WELL!!!
To save everyone 15 mins of talking in circles, he just drills a hole and uses a endoscope.
To save everyone bullshit time... no, don't use an endoscope. It's not practical. Especially with insulation and darkness.
Lol
They should invent a drill bit add-on that as you drill it detects voltage and warns you before you keep pushing it in.
The only problem I could foresee with that is that, in order for the drill bit to detect voltage, it would likely need to be close enough to make the circuit. Unless it can detect it at a sufficient distance and _instantly_ cut out the drill before making contact (i.e. not being reliant on human reaction time), I suspect that by the time it beeps to warn you, it's already too late.
your videos are really informative! really appreciate them.
Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
in addition to using stud and AC finders and getting a sense of the layout of everything, i always drill slowly through drywall so that I can stop the moment I break through the drywall. I then probe with a smaller bit and take a look with a flashlight. depending on the size of the hole you could use one of those endoscopes too.
Thats the right way. I do that too. Learned it the hard way. Im a fiber/telecom installer
Your videos are well thought out. This is right on time as I am putting up some shelves and mirrors. Thanks for this!
I’m glad I could be of help! Wish you well on your shelves and mirrors! Stay safe my friend! 🙏🏽😊
Check above the ceiling, and on the other side of the wall for any devices. Use a strong magnet to find studs even if they are wood studs it will find nails. Then when you think you're safe use a long control screw driver to stab in the wall to see if you feel anything like wires or plumbing... This will give you only a tiny hole to patch if the location isn't good...
I agree with the comments about it being impractical if there is insulation in the wall which is often the case. One good use might be for leaks in a new shower or tub installation regarding the drainage pipe. This could save the installer a ton of $ and headaches if they have to come back months, or years later because of all the damage a slow drip can cause.
Very good to broach this topic. This has been a concern of mine for years, having drilled many holes for varied purposes. Many a gamble even using quite a few of the tips mentioned in comments. Discussing this can only develop tradeskill. Dismissing this doesn't. A thoughtful approach would consider the wall type and location of holes in relation to potential wires and utilities. Also understanding that things inside a wall (including the framing which may be highly creative and NOT 16" on center) can be far from code. Ultimately the greater the potential risk the higher the need to actually see what is in the wall (especially if you ARE drilling into a wet wall). One loft I installed had multiple wall types and I carefully removed strips of the interior finish to see what was in the walls and locate dead center of the studs for exactly centering attachment. Guessing was not a good option. The removed finish was later covered by ledgers. That was ONE case. I remember one wall in a large remodel that was so full of pipes and wires that the first person to put a screw into a stud would have a high potential for hitting something. In new construction I think there should be (and sometimes is) a photographic record of every wall before the finish. This can allow locating covered receptacles. Anyways a great topic to post that I have not seen anybody else do except those selling a tool.
Haha paused right when you said especially on older houses. My place was built in 80 something and I doubt they used those metal plates cuz they wood glued the cabinets to a plastic countertop. Nothing is straight! There isn’t a single 90 degree corner in my house
Very nice job good video. Good attention to details. Nice job on the MOCK UP.
Such a helpful video. Love the model you put up
I think that stud finder was working. I think it checks at that little V notch at the top and you weren't running that part over the wire in the wall. It makes sense, since you want to know if there's electrical where you're planning on driving your screw.
This week I've used mine endoscope to find a horizontal stud. Mine have a 2nd camera on the side, which is verry useful. The front camera is not too practical when you need to go further inside the wall.
My house was built in 1957. Stud finders don't help me at all. When you're trying to find a stud behind a lath and plaster wall which was covered with paneling you're pretty much on your own.
A trick I learned is using a VERY strong magnet. It will find the nails on the studs.
U can use a magnet to find the nailing lines along the studs. Try to see if you can find a pattern. Modern houses run studs at 16” on centre, I found in my house the studs for the plaster and lathe walls are 13” oc
@@onua1522 Not when a wall is plastered and has metal lath.
@@illestofdemall13 Fair point, but in my area we mainly use metal lath for exterior stucco and roofing. Luckily haven't come across any on interior here. Though I know it does/can be used indoor.
@@onua1522 Yeah I was mainly saying that because the commenter above your comment mentioned having a 1957 house with lath and plaster. The lath used to be wood but that was in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Thank you for the demonstration video, it makes sense.
I don't have electronic stud finders, but I do have a magnet stud finder that supposedly attracted to the drywall nails. Works really well so far. As long as I don't drive any nail/screw farther than what a drywall nail goes, it should be pretty okay.
An interesting thing about the zircon stud finder that I have with mine at least is that when I held it vertical it can detect ac lines a lot better
There are endoscopes and bore sight inspection tools with right angle viewers (they use a little mirror canted at 45 deg). Be that as it may, if there were wires, plumbing, daughter boards, or enough obstructions behind the wall, I would just create a cutout in the wall large enough for a junction box, and cover it later. Have you ever tried a Bosch D-Tect 120 scanner?
One of the simpler methods as well is using a self drilling *plastic* wall anchor. It’s not electrically conductive, its tip is blunt enough to only go
Through drywall and you can retract it by going in reverse on your drill/driver to look inside or insert the endoscope.
Genera rule of thumb is to treat every wall like a blind monkey built the thing and expect nothing to be where it should be.
PVC plumbing is the most nefarious by far as sometimes it might show as a “stud” on the finder and you’ll think “oh it’s all good”. Hence the plastic self drilling wall anchor. You’ll hit the pipe but not go through.
Truly one of the safest ways aside from spending a few thousand on a tool Bosch makes that literally sees through the wall and gives a 3D representation on the screen you’re holding.
I had the power off when i was demolishing a small section of drywall. A drywall nail had pierced the 2.5mm TPS cable neatly between insulated wires😮
Thank you, excellent video!
Those cameras are very common in plumbing trying to find exactly where your mainline clog is. Inside walls sometimes you are going to have insulation. Bottom line is without cutting out the drywall you really have no idea what's behind the wall and should be very careful. That being said accidents do happen.
Great tips bro - much appreciated!
This tutorial is GOLD. TY!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
Yes, Gold it is!!!
I love your videos! Very informative!
Thanks bro! 👊🏽😎
OK what do you do when you drill into a wire like I did today like you said and I thought homes built in 1959 used metal plates to prevent someone from drilling in but I guess I am wrong. The circuit breaker popped right away I took the screw out, tripped the circuit breaker and everything works fine
Very good. I have this endoscope and I have never tried it up to now. I am surgeons and done 10 of thousands of scope in last 25 yrs. I believe it will be very very difficult to know where is up and down/ right and left. In human body we have known land marks and when we press we can see the indentation by the finger. Also fluid will go towards the ground. There are no such land marks inside the wall ?
This is part of the reason i use an edge finder. sometimes it will tell me theres an "edge" of a metal pipe but when its 1/2" i know what it is.
super helpful. Thank you!
Thank you bro
My god I have been searching everywhere for this answer!!!!
To be honest we usually want to know where the studs are to hang stuff and if that was accurate - that would be great. I think that a worry might be that someone staples a live wire up the side of a 2 x 4 and you drill off center on the stud. I have one of those long stud finder like you have here - I usually measure as I find the stud and see how far apart the studs are to make sure it's not a pipe.
just use the correct screw length so only 3/4" to 1" of the screw goes into the stud. they you will never hit anything passing through or stapled to the center of a stud.
Nice tutorial I actually was looking at these do you recommend the more you expensive one with the side camera ? I need it to look behind old plaster walls to hang a tv on the bedroom wall. I will also need it for multiple jobs in the future
Before you use the endoscope, you need to make sure you prep the cavity thoroughly. NuLutely or mag citrate works best.
LMAO LMAO
My wife got me the Wallabot. That thing is a game changer!
I will do a video on it soon. Stay tuned!
Watching from Yosemite Kentucky.
You have great trust in that blue tape
Excellent presentation.
Thank you! 🙏🏽😊
The StudBuddy or a magnet to find screws holding up drywall is probably the quickest and safest way to find studs imho.
Another brilliant detailed video.
PS: an idea for a video, how to review and replace a transformer for a doorbell; solving that humming sound, from the transformer
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Thank you so much brother for the love and support! I will definitely put your video idea on my To-Do list! Thank you for your suggestions! Keep them coming my friend! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
Any recommendations for an endoscope that doesn’t require an app membership? Lots of times these types of companies only last a few years and then you have a piece of equipment you can’t use.
Wonderful great idea 💡 👏 👍
Thank you 🙏🏽!
If you could look through that drill hole and see the opposing panel and nothing between, should that give you confidence that it's okay to anchor there?
I got a $60+ Franklin and it kept showing live wires and my voltage tester literally went off over the entire wall (but not the outlet). The other side of the wall is my converted garage/attic that was done super sketchy before I got the house so while drilling a hole wasn't my first choice I had three endoscopes I bought a few months ago so it gave me complete peace of mind. I also found a fire block so that may have been why the tester was freaking out. I also had fun using a magnet to verify where the studs where.
Love this video and your teaching. Can you do vid on how to attach to metal studs? my house was built in 1979, all metal studs.
Thank you a much! Ofcourse! Stay tuned 🙏🏽😊
super interesting thank you!
I needed this video!
I’m glad I was able to help! 🙏🏽😊
My Man, I am definitely going to invest in an endoscope.
i believe in code it allows the hole to be like 1/4 inch past the front of the stud as long as i think there is a nail plate. but then again thats assuming it was an electrician who drilled the hole. that inch and half screw may peirce the wire regardless if the center hole is too close to the edge
I have always just drilled and didn't give it a second thought. What happens if I hit wires? Is that bad? I was installing a new doorbell and drilled pilot holes into the stucco on the outside. Now I'm scared to finish! Thanks for the detailed video. Very informative for someone that just does things without considering the "what if's!"
My understanding is that, if you hit a live electrical cable with a metal drill bit, there is a significant risk of you suffering an electric shock. Even just a minor jolt could make you fall off your ladder, or the shock itself could result in serious injury or death.
If you hit a pipe, then you are likely to end up with a plumbing emergency, as water will start gushing out of the hole and flooding inside your walls.
As someone else mentioned, safest way is to turn off the main power so there's no current flowing through those wires, and I'd suggest turning the water off at the main as well, if you're drilling anywhere there's likely to be plumbing.
I removed the vanity light of my bathroom to install a new light as I was drilling on the wall I hit something hard and me not knowing(first time d.i.y) kept going and I believe I drilled through a metal plate. After watching your video now I know why they have metal plates in between walls, my question is how would I know if I did some damage to pipes,wires etc. So far no sign of damage to pipes or wires. TIA
Did you ever open it up and check it out?
I have one of the expensive zircon. It kinda works. Mainly allot noise.
I just want to know how you made that introduction to your videos. Very cool design. Did you make it yourself or outsource it to a designer?
Try a Walabot. They seem to work pretty well in most cases. I've picked up pipes and wires that weren't right against the drywall.
Thank you! I just made a video review on that a few days ago. Please check it out when you have time 👍🏽🙏🏽😊
Thank You So Much! This is an excellent discussion. I'm kind of disappointed in Zircon, they have always been my go-to tool.
Thank you
Thank you Kahn! 🙏🏽😊
I think this is a great idea, but does the difficulty increase when there is insulation in the walls?
Ehhh not really I sometimes just pull it out and stuff it back in when im done with whatever I'm doing
Thank you for videos
Thank you for the love and support! 🙏🏽😊
That's exactly what I have used in the past endoscope
👍🏽😊 very useful tool.
Nail plates will save the day. A company that I hired installed Smart siding on my house, and hit a wire instead of stopping to fix the problem they continued. Well long story short it cost them $900.00 for the electrician to fix the problem. It's an old house and they assumed the hole in the stud was drilled dead center. It was not. Ouch!
Do you think with the dense layer of insulation the camera will still work to detect these items especially the wires as they are comparatively thin and will move with the insulation. TIA
Get a Walabot - expensive, but worth it. I was trying to hang something on my ceiling, I passed over the supposed studs many times with my Zircon. As usual, I would get unreliable results. I gave up and just went for it. When I drilled, I hit a big goose egg. I was fed up. I bought the Walabot, got reliable results, and hung everything in 5 minutes. I will never go back.
🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!! Thank you! Scribed, following And purchasing quite a few! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much! Means a lot! 🙏🏽😊😭
My Zircon StudSensor e50 indicates electric wires everywhere, every inch or less in every direction on every drywall covered wall. I know there are not electric wires everywhere. I also have a noncontact voltage detector on the end of my eTEK multimeter. It also detects live voltage everywhere. Even on hollow doors and on bookshelves.
Someone is going to find some insects hiding in those walls lol
Great video
Thank you! 🙏🏽😊
For exterior walls the insulation will hinder the camera’s view. Still, this could be useful for interior walls.
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If I don't have the camera and I don't want to buy one, could I not just drill through the drywall in the intended place where the mounting bolt is going, and then drill 1/16 to 1/8th inch at a time and then look inside the hole with a flashlight and see if there is a cavity where romex or pipe may be running through?
what do you think about moisture meters?
Sometimes, destroying the junction box is a way in. Find the ears on the box, and saw them off. You can really see what is going on with the camera or flashlight. Use an old work box that grips the drywall to put it back together.
This video is so helpful
Much easier to understand building regulations. You would know not to drill inline with an electrical accessory or within 150mm of the borders of a room. Job done.
many people live in homes that are very non compliant🥲
I know this is quite an old video, but most of those stud finders require you to hold them in place for a short period of time while it's turning on and calibrating. If you just turn on and immediately start moving it's going to calibrate improperly and may not even pick up the fact that studs are there.
Hold it in place, turn it on, wait until it loads fully, then start moving it.
if you had the paint to do it and some dry wall screws why not look for recepticals or switches and use stud finder to find the middle of the stud cut straight down then across to the next studs middle and take a big rectangle section out do what you need to do then put it back and drywall screw it in and mud around it and paint over?
Your video it s just came out right on time. yesterday I tried to do some holes in the wall and I have to stop because I found that something wasn't right.
I’m glad I was able to spread awareness and able to help! Stay safe my friend! 🙏🏽😊