killer_penguin@lemmy.worldM to Shitty Life Pro Tip@lemmy.world · 2 years agoSLPT Trying to hang a TV and don't know where a stud is? Start drilling holes in the wall till you find one! That's where the TV goesmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareSLPT Trying to hang a TV and don't know where a stud is? Start drilling holes in the wall till you find one! That's where the TV goeskiller_penguin@lemmy.worldM to Shitty Life Pro Tip@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareHaphazard9479@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThis is LPT. I have done this multiple times. Stud finders don’t always work on really old plaster walls.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s what I came here to say. Plaster walls don’t care about your beeping stud finder.
minus-squareNooBoY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s where the good old nocking trick comes in. 😉
minus-squareTPMJB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI hung a TV in an 1800s house and my stud finder worked fine. Definitely plaster and lath.
This is LPT. I have done this multiple times. Stud finders don’t always work on really old plaster walls.
That’s what I came here to say. Plaster walls don’t care about your beeping stud finder.
That’s where the good old nocking trick comes in. 😉
I hung a TV in an 1800s house and my stud finder worked fine. Definitely plaster and lath.