Drilling into dry wall

Okay so I’m going to be a new homeowner soon and know at some point I’ll need to drill into dry wall for shelves and other projects. Is there a surefire certain way to know where you’re drilling is safe? I don’t ever want to run into an issue where I’m drilling into live wires, junction boxes, or piping. Of course studs are the best support for heavier objects, but don’t wires sometimes run along studs? I feel like there must be some common sense rules as to which general areas might be safe to drill versus not aside from not drilling in the direct radius of outlets/switches. From what Ive read stud finders seem to be unreliable / hit or miss. Is it better to just poke a hole first and see what I hit rather than drill? Do you guys use snake cameras? Am I overthinking this? I live in southwest Florida and the house is about 20 years old if that makes any difference. submitted by /u/UrinaryInfection2 [link] [comments]

May 2, 2025 - 02:09

Okay so I’m going to be a new homeowner soon and know at some point I’ll need to drill into dry wall for shelves and other projects. Is there a surefire certain way to know where you’re drilling is safe? I don’t ever want to run into an issue where I’m drilling into live wires, junction boxes, or piping. Of course studs are the best support for heavier objects, but don’t wires sometimes run along studs? I feel like there must be some common sense rules as to which general areas might be safe to drill versus not aside from not drilling in the direct radius of outlets/switches. From what Ive read stud finders seem to be unreliable / hit or miss. Is it better to just poke a hole first and see what I hit rather than drill? Do you guys use snake cameras? Am I overthinking this? I live in southwest Florida and the house is about 20 years old if that makes any difference.

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