What happens if you drill a 1/4" hole to test for presence of a stud, find no stud but you're 1/8" away from a stud and can't drill the full hole?
819271
You would have to move both holes away from the stud to allow the Wingit to expand, or you can move it onto the stud, in which case you wouldn't need the Wingit at that location.
819272
There is another Wingit anchor that uses two 3/4 inch vertical holes that still supports 600 pounds. I assume you found the stud after you drilled the 1 1/4 hole you may be able to move the bar over enough to use these and cover the hole. I don't have the part number but it is available on Amazon
819273
It's not good, that's for sure. There are two solutions: either move over slightly and attach your grab bar to the stud with some other hardware besides the wingit, or move away from the stud and drill a big enough hole to use the wingit. In either case, line things up so that when you drill the next hole and attach hardware, you are covering or eliminating the first 1/4" hole you drilled.
1886929
No, this tool can't even find studs behind 1/2" drywall. Don't think it has any chance of finding nails in the studs
1676122
I don't know what that means. I just used it as I would a regular drill bit, not 1/2' if that is what you mean.
2216900
I was very careful to measure the one stud I used and to center the lag bolts in the stud for maximum grip. I also made sure to predrill the proper size hole - small enough to make sure the lag bolt had enough wood to grab tightly but not too small and chance breaking the bolt.
668642
IF you use the deepscan mode, it is supposed to detect through material up to 3/4" thick, unless it's overly damp, or something very dense, like ceramic tile. It will find studs under 1/2" plywood, I've done it.They don't recommend it for use through carpet or ceramic tile.
1237649
Good Day to youIts a small tube , like 1/4 of an inch , so just a small hole exceeding 1/4 would be fine , and in my case it didnt show because the sink and toilet are realy near each other.Don't worry. Hope you will own and enjoyHave a good day
564230
That's a valid point, though you don't need to nail into the center of a stud to hang something. I haven't had any trouble hitting a stud using this. It gives you a very good approximation of where the stud is, more consistently than any other stud finder I've tried.
997719
Depends how thick it is or how deep you want to drill. I would say shallow holes yes but anything deeper than a half inch no.
2141975
Every stud has detectable nails, otherwise the drywall would pull away. On each stud the nails are probably about 12 inches apart vertically.
1869698
Depends on if you are using drywall screws or drilling directly into a stud. But even with the drywall screws the holes in my wall are less than 3/8" diameter each.
806804
I specifically chose this because the wall I needed to mount this in used 2 1/2" studs, not 3 5/8". I do not know the exact depth as it is already installed. But I can say that from the back of the front plate to the back of the unit, it is no more than 3 1/8" deep, so a total of 3" depth could be quite accurate.
214224
depends how hard the soil is and powerful your drill is?If your soil is soft and you're using and electric drill with a 1/2"chuck it will go as deep as the the lenght if the bit.
1409771
I had not needed to find any studs behind tile as of my review earlier. I did however take the device into my shower and check to see how well it worked. I have to say I was surprised that it did NOT function very well when sliding it along the tile surface, or positioning it in different places by lifting and placing it back onto the tile. So you are correct in your assessment, on tile this device does NOT function well enough to trust anything it reports.
1122405
I would be surprised if more than 3/8 of an inch. Definitely less than 1/2 and maybe more than 1/4.
896319
You just have make sure you hit the center of a stud with the lag screws. Doesn't matter how far apart the studs are. You only need one.
700792
The stud should be ok. The broken screws won't affect the integrity of the stud.
694101
yes. In fact you can't install it where a stud is placed. You must avoid studs and afix behind the tile and hardibacker.