Ian White wrote:

Since all the studwork in this house is clad in foil-backed
plasterboard, I have no use for a stud finder here. Please can anyone
recommend a finder that will work well for just the other two jobs,
wires and metal buried under plaster?

The Zircon triscanner pro that Andy mentioned is good on metal and
voltage detection as well as studs. I have used it in the past for
locating burried screw heads (in plasterboards under the skim)

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Cheers,

John.

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