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Can't find stud in wall
So I try to find studs in an exterior wall to mount a TV. Grab my stud finder, test it on me, works alright, then head to the wall. I find three horizontal ''studs'', at 2', 4' and 6'. So I think they must have added furring strips between the studs and the drywall. I tried the tapping method and get the same conclusion. Also, no vertical stud next to the electrical plug with those 2 methods. So I grab a rare earth magnet to find the drywall screws, and that's the part that bugs me the most. I only find a single row of screws at 24'' height, 20'' apart, and another row at 72'' height, 24'' apart. Absolutely no double screws 1-2 inches apart where they would have jointed 2 sheets of plywood. So I grab a poweful light and try to see the tape joints between the plywwod sheets, but I can't see absolutely nothing. I'm pretty sure no drywaller is that good. What gives? Anybody has an idea how this wall could be built? I live in Canada if that makes a difference, and it's a section of wall about 10ft wide between 2 windows. It's like I have a big 8'x10' drywall sheet, makes no sense. submitted by /u/Swomp23 [link] [comments]
So I try to find studs in an exterior wall to mount a TV. Grab my stud finder, test it on me, works alright, then head to the wall. I find three horizontal ''studs'', at 2', 4' and 6'. So I think they must have added furring strips between the studs and the drywall. I tried the tapping method and get the same conclusion. Also, no vertical stud next to the electrical plug with those 2 methods. So I grab a rare earth magnet to find the drywall screws, and that's the part that bugs me the most. I only find a single row of screws at 24'' height, 20'' apart, and another row at 72'' height, 24'' apart. Absolutely no double screws 1-2 inches apart where they would have jointed 2 sheets of plywood. So I grab a poweful light and try to see the tape joints between the plywwod sheets, but I can't see absolutely nothing. I'm pretty sure no drywaller is that good. What gives? Anybody has an idea how this wall could be built? I live in Canada if that makes a difference, and it's a section of wall about 10ft wide between 2 windows. It's like I have a big 8'x10' drywall sheet, makes no sense.
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