Ok… I’m stumped (drywall construction)

Pick where you think is a logical spot for a stud,
Then hold left edge and drive a hole.
If it’s a miss then move over one target width, and fire again.
Soon you will have an IMPACT!
That works. Use your knuckles and tap just like you’re knocking on a door and knock on the wall. You will hear the sound difference then go from there.
 
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Well...seeing as how its a shower, they probably used plastic nails ( so they wont rust)...
Trust me...im a house builder guy, i bench 175 for reps and have like 30 squirrel kills(with a bow).
 
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Tell me they didn’t put any rebar or wire mesh in it without telling me they didn’t put any rebar or wire mesh in it. 🤣. Two years ago my nextdoor neighbors had their old asphalt driveway redone with concrete. I watched the whole process and it was the same thing, there’s areas where it’s not very thick, it has no footing, and no mesh or rebar. They over vibrated it on one section and top flaked off the first winter. They sold it the next summer and it’s someone else’s problem now. They also just eyeballed the forms, I mean who uses a transit and level these days to set slope and drainage 🤷🏻‍♂️. No pride in workmanship any more.

Yeah, no mesh, unless they install it this morning before the concrete arrives.
We'll see.

The guy that owns the house is pretty handy, I would have thought he knows basic concrete, but maybe not
 
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Guys this is soo simple. Go to the back side of the wall and pull down the drywall and expose all the studs, take some measurements, use marking paint to transfer measurements to the other side for future information when more studs are needed.
 
If you can't find a stud in a wall, then you have no business mounting anything to the wall. Maybe pictures, but I would do one and see if it falls within a week before you hang a second one.
 
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Guys this is soo simple. Go to the back side of the wall and pull down the drywall and expose all the studs, take some measurements, use marking paint to transfer measurements to the other side for future information when more studs are needed.

How is that accomplished when the outside wall is made from concrete blocks?

I know, not all are like that, but many are.
 
How is that accomplished when the outside wall is made from concrete blocks?

I know, not all are like that, but many are.
In that case you take a 12" sds drill bit and drill all the way through. Take some marinetex and anchor at least a 2" stainless fender washer to the outside. Take a stainless bolt and torque it down to 20ftlbs. Don't forget the loctite 272 (permatex equivalent fine, not rocksett). Slipperiness already taken into account for the torque.
This thread is why you should never take gun advice from the internet because 90 percent of the posts here are totally wrong
Far enough into a thread we assume you have at least the level of intelligence to watch a This Old Tony video and be able to tell the BS.


Also this thread goes to show what asking a question in the bear pit eventually turns into.
Legendary #123

Edit: surprised this isn't getting more laughs. First part (in response to Mike) is supposed to be funny and not serious. Thought I wrote it outlandish enough.
 
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FINALLY! Someone with a brain posted this. I've owned one for years. Not only will the device tell you where the stud is, it will shows you the beginning and the end of the stud width wise as you pan the device sideways along the wall.

Thank you!

Not allowed!
Too simple for this discussion.
We've already arrived at tearing down other walls to find studs.
We have to paint the studs and transfer the paint to the shower walls.


Somewhere in this discussion will be paint type, plastic sheeting and removal techniques of the paint on the shower wall....
 
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The concrete crew has been across the street for about 45 minutes.
The pump has arrived, but no concrete truck.

Still no rebar or wire mesh.

I'm pretty sure you called it.

On another comical note. The woman directly across the street from him has her white Christmas tree up in her front window.
At night, when it's illuminated, it looks like a KKK member.

She's black...😁
 
I wasn’t going to say anything, but you guys need to stop posting about stud detectors. It makes some of us sooooo uncomfortable. Every time I pick one up, it just starts going nuts. It’s so hard to explain….




(Come on guys, 2 pages already in a thread where a stud detector is the obvious answer and no one makes this reference?? Someone’s slipping. )
 
I wasn’t going to say anything, but you guys need to stop posting about stud detectors. It makes some of us sooooo uncomfortable. Every time I pick one up, it just starts going nuts. It’s so hard to explain….




(Come on guys, 2 pages already in a thread where a stud detector is the obvious answer and no one makes this reference?? Someone’s slipping. )
You need to turn down your chick magnet.
Duh.
Rookies
 
In a proper, in a perfect world, it would be 15.25" to the center of the next stud. Good luck.

You have to account for interior walls, sometimes being 24" on center.

You have to account for scab pieces tacked to the stud to place the outlet in proper distance to the door, wall end, etc... Same with plumbing fixtures.

Lastly, you have to account for generally shitty, non-conforming work that was covered up with sheet rock and mud.

There's more of that going around than studs being 16" on centers...
Just finished a reno on a rental office I needed to upgrade. It has been the victim of a few ad-hoc updates over the decades. 16”, 24” and for some damn reason a couple 13.5”.
 
Yeah…. It’s the bear pit….. I’m actually worried about the guys here. No one’s been called a faggot, no inappropriate mom jokes, no REALLY wrong answers- all in all I’m disappointed this hasn’t devolved into a shit-flinging contest. I mean, it’s in the verge, but hasn’t really developed to its full potential
3/10….. some potential, losing interest.
 
So.. OP starts a thread cause he can't find a stud... calls everyone retarded because a magnet works, but not in his case.
OP is given solutions, but, won't take their advice.
Claims to know drywall, but can't find a stud.
Did I get the summary correct?

🤣. Pretty much, but now we are talking about how no one in concrete has any pride of workmanship any more and I’m sure if you wait long enough someone will be along to brag about their bow kills and how much they bench. Just grab some popcorn 🍿 and relax.
 
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The concrete crew has been across the street for about 45 minutes.
The pump has arrived, but no concrete truck.

Still no rebar or wire mesh.

I'm pretty sure you called it.

On another comical note. The woman directly across the street from him has her white Christmas tree up in her front window.
At night, when it's illuminated, it looks like a KKK member.

She's black...😁
With today's fiber mesh, a lot of structural engineers are eliminating reinforcing steel in flat work. I have a $50MIL project going on right now and all the slab on grade is absent of reinforcing steel. I'm not using that method on anything I do, but I wouldn't call it comical.
 
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So.. OP starts a thread cause he can't find a stud... calls everyone retarded because a magnet works, but not in his case.
OP is given solutions, but, won't take their advice.
Claims to know drywall, but can't find a stud.
Did I get the summary correct?
Nope.

You completely missed it.

But for the pit you are on par.
 
With today's fiber mesh, a lot of structural engineers are eliminating reinforcing steel in flat work. I have a $50MIL project going on right now and all the slab on grade is absent of reinforcing steel. I'm not using that method on anything I do, but I wouldn't call it comical.
I’ve seen this too but it would not be my first choice.
 
Guessing we're 2.5 posts away from someone being called a "puke", followed shortly by "pussy asked mf'er"...

ETA: sp is quoted directly... :ROFLMAO:
 
Yeah…. It’s the bear pit….. I’m actually worried about the guys here. No one’s been called a faggot, no inappropriate mom jokes, no REALLY wrong answers- all in all I’m disappointed this hasn’t devolved into a shit-flinging contest. I mean, it’s in the verge, but hasn’t really developed to its full potential
3/10….. some potential, losing interest.

Give it time. You're post 72.
It needs 3-4 more pages
 
I'm convinced that construction workers view a tape measure like Superman views Kryptonite.

I'm still pissed that I had to buy a smaller / narrower refrigerator for the house we bought this spring because the dipshit that did the renovations didn't read the prints nor the a tape measure and leave enough room between the cabinets and the wall to put a 36" wide 'fridge in the space that it goes in.
Fuckstick...
 
Yeah…. It’s the bear pit….. I’m actually worried about the guys here. No one’s been called a faggot, no inappropriate mom jokes, no REALLY wrong answers- all in all I’m disappointed this hasn’t devolved into a shit-flinging contest. I mean, it’s in the verge, but hasn’t really developed to its full potential
3/10….. some potential, losing interest.
God damnit i gave a really wrong answer!
Maybe you should pay more attention and learn to read you faggot!