Do Stud Finders Work Through Wood

Archived thread do stud finders work through wood paneling or only through drywall.

Do stud finders work through wood.

Member joined nov 2008. Most magnet type stud finders don t work effectively since they are dependent on locating the fasteners screws used to secure the drywall and they can be very difficult to locate. Magnetic stud detectors and electric stud finders. Stud finders are little devices used to locate the beam of wood metal wiring running through drywall so you can find something strong to screw things too.

A stud finder is a valuable tool that makes the job of finding studs behind a wall very simple. They re incredibly useful and you can find a huge range of them online. The studsensor a150 accurately located the edges and centers of metal and wood studs through up to three quarter inch drywall. You have most likely seen many stud finders while searching on the internet and you probably know that they are hand held tools and devices that are capable of locating both wood and metal framing studs.

How do stud finders work. The sensors of the stud finders are meant to find the wood o. Whether you are hanging pictures putting up a new set of shelves or getting ready to start an addition knowing where the studs are in a wall can be extremely handy. A stud finder also stud detector or stud sensor is a handheld device used with wood buildings to locate framing studs located behind the final walling surface usually drywall while there are many different stud finders available most fall into two main categories.

A few models also let you choose the type of surface you are going to. Dielectric constant stud finders do a poor job of locating studs behind tile as they are prone to returning a host of false positives. I recently ran into this problem trying to hang a tv in a wood paneled basement room. My stud finder found one stud in a convenient location but no adjacent stud nearby.

Before there were stud finders either you. 7 23 2015 1 48 45 am edt i think the wood paneling in my house is maybe a quarter of an inch thick maybe less. However even though you know what it does it is likely that you are still thinking to yourself how does a stud finder work well it. However if you combine a dc stud finder with intuition and detective work you can do a fairly good job of locating studs.

To solve this issue many of the top stud finder manufacturers have a few stud finders in their range that can easily penetrate through the plywood and help you find whether the stud is present behind it or not.