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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
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. |
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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
wrote in message ups.com... 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 suspect they are referring to 1.5" of drywall, not 1.5" of solid wood. I would think that all you have to do, is find one stud from below, drill a hole up through the floor next to it, and then just measure from that hole, the distance the joists are apart to find the rest. Find them at the walls and use a chalk line to mark them across the floor. Tom G. |
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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
Their website does refer to solid wood.
http://zircon.com/SellPages/TipsHint...eakyFloor.html I discovered in the kitchen that my joists are not exactly on 16" centers - some 15, some 17. I missed many times with the measurement method in the kitchen. |
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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
Just fire away, possibly with drill before driver, for each screw,
locating where you guesstimate there's framing below. If you miss, try again nearby. Any problem with a few "spare" holes in your new hardwood subfloor? Didn't think so. Of course, there are simple strategies to reduce misses, if it matters. E.g. locating approximate joist center at each extreme of floor area, than marking line between pair of points for rest of holes to joist. I assume you mean "real" screws, not crappy brittle drywall screws. Like, deck screws. HTH, J |
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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
Thanks for the info. I need a new sensor anyway - my old one is very
tempermental. I'll make sure I get one of the deep scan models. |
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Finding Joists Through Hardwood - Stud Sensor?
Make sure you use screws that DO NOT have threads that go to
the head. You need to have plain shank so they draw down the flooring and not keep it suspended. Frank wrote in message ups.com... 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. |
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