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Did you look into stud finders? They’re devices specifically made to detect pipes and electrical wiring in walls. I love that you immediately went to WiFi for this though. Gotta love us tech people over complicating things haha!
Cheap stud finders are usually not great. The good ones are radar-based using similar frequency bands to wifi, but they cost lots of $$
5 GHz WiFi has a wavelength around 6cm so it can’t “see” anything smaller than approximately that. The things you want to see in your walls are below the diffraction limit for WiFi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction-limited_system#Nea...
A drywall cutter is like a cast cutter; it works by vibrating and won't cut through wires, pipes, skin, ect.
If you don't want to use a stud finder, look for electrical boxes and remove the plate. That will tell you where a studs is. The rest of the studs are typically (US) 16" apart, but vary near corners and windows. You can often make an educated guess by knocking on the wall, the sound changes depending on if you knock on the stud.
Did you look into stud finders? They’re devices specifically made to detect pipes and electrical wiring in walls. I love that you immediately went to WiFi for this though. Gotta love us tech people over complicating things haha!
Cheap stud finders are usually not great. The good ones are radar-based using similar frequency bands to wifi, but they cost lots of $$
But it was not cheap, cost about $300.
If you just want to just find studs, use magnetic stud finder. Cost about $10. Very easy to use and accurate.
The "cheap and foolproof" way to do it is to cut a hole in your wall using a drywall cutter, and then feel with your hand. When you're done, you put the drywall back and patch it. A drywall cutter is like a cast cutter; it works by vibrating and won't cut through wires, pipes, skin, ect. If you don't want to use a stud finder, look for electrical boxes and remove the plate. That will tell you where a studs is. The re…
5 GHz WiFi has a wavelength around 6cm so it can’t “see” anything smaller than approximately that. The things you want to see in your walls are below the diffraction limit for WiFi.
The "cheap and foolproof" way to do it is to cut a hole in your wall using a drywall cutter, and then feel with your hand. When you're done, you put the drywall back and patch it. A drywall cutter is like a cast cutter; it works by vibrating and won't cut through wires, pipes, skin, ect. If you don't want to use a stud finder, look for electrical boxes and remove the plate. That will tell you where a studs is. The re…
if they are not in the typical 16" and your not near a corner, try 18" and 24". I'm in a house from an infamous builder in the early days of the cookie cutter developer cutting every possible corner and then finding new ones to cut, they are definitely not on 16". In fact, I doubt there was a tape measure used at any time during the build, and most things just seem to be placed by "that looks about right" measuring system.
Electrical boxes and light switches are the only ones to have faith in. Other types of boxes (like cable or phone) could have been added after the fact and just be attached to the dry wall if there's even a box.
Did you look into stud finders? They’re devices specifically made to detect pipes and electrical wiring in walls. I love that you immediately went to WiFi for this though. Gotta love us tech people over complicating things haha!
Cheap stud finders are usually not great. The good ones are radar-based using similar frequency bands to wifi, but they cost lots of $$
The "cheap and foolproof" way to do it is to cut a hole in your wall using a drywall cutter, and then feel with your hand. When you're done, you put the drywall back and patch it. A drywall cutter is like a cast cutter; it works by vibrating and won't cut through wires, pipes, skin, ect. If you don't want to use a stud finder, look for electrical boxes and remove the plate. That will tell you where a studs is. The re…
I love my plaster walls but dealing with pipes/electrcial is a huge pain.
I ended up teaching myself to do a passable job with repairing plaster and being content with how it is.