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wrote:
I'm recarpeting the living room soon and want to eliminate all of the
squeaks in the floor. I've got 5/8 or 3/4 hardwood over 1X6's diagonal
to the joists. The hardwood is in pretty bad shape and I never plan on
refinishing it, so my plan is to just drive screws through it to the
joists.

My basement is finished with 12 X 12 interlocking acoustic tiles,
stapled to furring strips - not a fun thing to remove to get a look at
the joist locations.

Is there a stud sensor out there that could find the joists from above?
The zircon website says up to 1.5" deep, but I'm close if not over
that.

I would think you would have a decent chance with the stud sensor,
especially since there should be a nail through each hardwood strip
into each joist. When I have used stud sensors they seem to also
detect pipes and such in the wall. Of course there is always the
knuckle-rap method. You will probably want to drill pilot holes for
your screws anyway, so that would be an opportunity to confirm you're
in the right place. --H