Muggles wrote:
On 8/7/2015 3:30 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:23:59 -0500, Muggles wrote:

Is there a way to confirm a stud is there before actually drilling a
hole since the stud finder is being weird? I don't know if I'm
holding
it right or not, or does it matter?

Yes. Drive a 4d finish nail in the suspect area. Either side of the
stud is the wrong place. Mark with a pencil.


I went searching for a finish nail and couldn't fine one so just ended
up with a regular flat head nail with a small diameter. Turns out
there
weren't any studs where I wanted to put the shelf, and I used your
method to look. Thanks!

It came as a kit, though. It was a 4ft wide wire shelf like this one.

Yes, it matters how you hold it.

If there were no studs over a four foot area your house is built wrong