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Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Version labels for answers. Related 8. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Accept all cookies Customize settings. Listed below are two of the easiest ways to find a stud. These are small, handheld devices that can be run along the wall to quickly locate a stud. Simply place your stud finder flat on the wall and slowly move it along the wall left or right.
While some are more accurate than others, most any stud finder will do the trick. You can always verify it with the tap the wall method mentioned below. While there are other ways to find studs in a wall, the two methods above are by far the easiest and most convenient.
Irrespective of why you want to drill into a stud, the process is simple. All you need to do is grab a power drill and get to work! Below are four simple steps to follow when drilling into a stud. The first step to drilling into a stud is to locate the stud itself. If not, grab a stud finder if you have one and find it. If not, knock along the wall until you hear a solid sound. You should be able to easily tell where the stud ends by knocking along the wall, when it sounds hollow, the stud has ended.
Wall studs are usually about 2 inches long, so that should give you a good general idea as well. Studs are supposed to be placed 16 inches on center from each other , so depending on the size of the wall and which end they built it from you can measure 16 inches from the corner of the wall and find a stud.
I can recommend this stud finder. If you tap it and it sounds hollow try measuring from the other corner out 16 inches and tap. A stud finder is a battery operated device that is supposed to find the stud for you, there are many different brands and they are relatively inexpensive there are even stud finder apps you can download to your cell phone.
Or if your bit does not penetrate at all you may have metal studs or you could be hitting a nail plate. Now on a metal stud your drill should penetrate the outer wall quickly and easily but meet with a resistance when it reaches the stud before it pops through, assuming your using a drill bit made to drill metal if your using a bit for wood it may not be able to penetrate a metal stud.
If you are using the correct bit and you are still unable to penetrate you may be hitting a nail plate. Another indicator would be wood or metal shavings on your drill bit when you back it out of the wall.
See also: Finding Studs in Garage Walls. Bits for drilling metal are harder than bits used for wood they are typical made from cobalt or titanium and have a pointed tip that flares out at either a degree angle which is considered a general purpose metal bit or a degree angle which is a more specifically metal boring bit. Similar to a wooden stud you can use a stud finder or a tape measure to find your stud, studs are typically 16 inches on center measuring from one corner or the other, use as short a drill bit as possible to penetrate the exterior wall and the stud.
The shorter the better since all that is needed is to pop through the relatively thin metal stud. What you do next depends on how and what type of anchor you choose to use for your project. Toggle bolts are a great choice of anchor for a metal stud ,there are several different varieties but they all work in a similar fashion, by expanding inside the stud and preventing the bolt from being extracted.
Drill a hole into your metal stud, you may need to drill a small pilot hole first then drill a hole big enough for the toggle bolt to fit through. Slide the toggle bolt into the hole and through the stud depending on what type toggle bolt it is it will either spring open inside of the metal stud or it will expand when it is tightened up.
Generally involving a screw that runs through the center of the toggle which causes it to expand when tightened. Yes you can screw directly into a metal stud using self tapping screws like these , I personally feel that drilling a pilot hole first is a better option and will make the job easier in the long run.
Self tapping screws are a good option when tapping directly into an exposed stud , but drilling through any type of exterior wall makes it more difficult and more likely that you will strip or over tighten the screw head, or even break the screw head completely off.
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