[Shop-talk] Stud finder work with metal siding?

[eric at megageek.com]

Maybe mine is different, but doesn't your siding have screws going into 
the studs from that side?  Can't you just use the existing screw lines to 
identify where the studs are?

Moose
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Or loosen and pull back an edge of the steel siding to look ??

Karl

> If the studs are touching the metal siding, can't you just tap on it 
until 
> you feel the presence of a stud?
>
> Doug
>
>
> --- On Sun, 2/22/09, cornerexit <cornerexit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: cornerexit <cornerexit at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Shop-talk] Stud finder work with metal siding?
>> To: "'Shop Talk'" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
>> Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 3:09 AM
>>
>> I was wondering if the stud finders would work through the
>> metal skin to
>> find the studs? Do some of the stud finders also detect
>> electrical wires?
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