To find the location of wall studs behind a tile wall in a bathroom.
How to find studs in a tiled wall.
You may have to drill several holes to locate the stud.
Here s a super simple old school way to find a wall stud without having to buy an electronic stud finder.
After you have drilled the hole use something thin like a finish nail to insert in the hole to feel whether there is a stud back there.
Measure across the wall beginning at a corner.
You should start from a good corner such as one in the shower and mark every 16 inch interval for a hypothetical location of your stud.
Use a special deep sensor stud finder than can go through tile.
It s easy and works great.
Wall studs will generally be spaced 16 inches on center which points to the distance between the center of one stud and its adjacent number.
How to find wall studs in bathrooms with tile.
Mark the tile with a piece of masking tape 16 inches from the corner.
Zircon tip minutes with eric the zircon tip guy are designed to give you essential tips about your stud find.
No two tile walls are alike.
Use small bits to start with.
The solution is to drill pilot holes through the tile grout not the tile face.
Multiscanner models with metal scan mode may help to identify the pattern of nails or screws attaching the lath or sheetrock to the wall beneath the tile.
We do not recommend the use of basic studsensor models with only stud scan or deepscan modes to locate studs behind tiled walls.
Now all rooms aren t built in numbers divisible by.
Use a stud finder to locate a stud on any wall that is drywalled in your shower room by placing the stud finder up to the wall turning it on and moving it slowly until it beeps.
Watch this video to find out more.
Measure 16 inches from the corner.