Vertical stud finder tool in stud wall

richardw

Can you get a little tool to help you find where a vertical stud is in a stud wall? I want to screw a hanging rail socket to it.

grumbler

Metal-voltage-stud Detector

Aldi have some cheap one now ...

robowen

Knuckle of your middle finger is the best and cheapest method of finding the stud.
Listen for the thud sound as you knock the plasterboard. Start roughly where you want to hang something. Work from left to right until you hear a change in the sound. Then do the same from right to left. Stud finders are not that accurate and you'll probably not use it again.

However...your knuckles wont find electrical cables. Some stud finders wont find them either.

rob

bennygod

agree with the above knuckle suggestion or you could use the 'two pence' test ala NASA where you use a two pence piece to tap instead of your knuckle, they use it as a quick and easy test to assess whether or not a structure has any apparent damage or defect - all those billions of dollars and this is still one of the most effective methods. The other thing to try is if you have a decent magnet it might find the nails that hold the platerboard on, this should pretty much give you the centre of a stud. Even a firge magnet might work depending on depth of plaster skim.