will it find studs under carpet? stud finder for carpet
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Kind of....I just bought one to help with finding floor joist for "squeak no more" screws. Carpet is about at the max range of the deep setting. I pushed down on mine while scanning and it will try to display some of the segments when it gets near the joist. It worked fine on hardwood parquet flooring. I tried both this e50 and the more expensive one on display at local Lowes store, and the e50 would sense the stud better from the furtherest distance than the higher end model, so I went with the e50.
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Hi Rodolfo,Zircon studfinders are designed for hollow interior walls. They will generally work well to find joists through a plywood subfloor, after the carpeting/flooring has been removed. If the carpeting is thin enough and consistent, the studfinder may work. Regards,-Zircon Tech Support
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Yes. It will detect gold very well. If you use discriminate, set it at a low setting for detecting smaller things like rings, ear rings etc. You might find yourself digging some trash but you won't miss thin pieces of jewelry. In very low trash areas I stay on the all metal settings. Good luck....Kit
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I don't know if it will distinguish wires from studs, however I have never used a better stud finder. In fact, one of the ladies in my office who decorates homes on the side, bought one herself after seeing how well mine worked.
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I had not needed to find any studs behind tile as of my review earlier. I did however take the device into my shower and check to see how well it worked. I have to say I was surprised that it did NOT function very well when sliding it along the tile surface, or positioning it in different places by lifting and placing it back onto the tile. So you are correct in your assessment, on tile this device does NOT function well enough to trust anything it reports.
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I can't answer that one, I'm afraid. We don't have Stainmaster carpeting. My suggestion is to test an inconspicuous area, such as in the back corner of a closet.
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We used it on thin, indoor/outdoor carpeting, and Berber, small pile. if you have thick carpeting, not sure how it will work
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I had good success with a magnet and some yarn. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/636285/cheapest_stud_finder/ Once you get a "hit" make sure to go up and down at the same level (and left and right 16" ) to make sure you really have a stud
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Not really. Its not designed to do so. It may but there is no way to tell if it is wiring or something else. The instructions give a warning that what it detects could be a stud, pipe, wire or other objects
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You should use stud finder to find studs in the wall. You just need 4 screws to attach it to the studs in the wall. I used 4 screws to attach it to the wall. It looks nice and secure.
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I dont have studs at home but maybe u can use it for that purpose. My main use is with hard disks repairs
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No, I think it might detect electric wires, hopefully but this model is just for studds, I could not make anything out of this so I drilled into concrete, make sure you set deep scan and hopefully it will find electricity but I don't know, I won't bet on it -
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Yes you do not need a stud finder either. Just make sure its tight from the ceiling to the floor. Not holes in ceiling needed.
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I used mine to successfully find carpet staples (and remnants) in oak floor boards. It seems to work on just about everything metal at close range and iron nail at longer range.
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No, in my experience it won't. It's possible the metal detection feature may pick up nail heads, but I doubt it. You might look into Bosch products. I've had better luck with their stud finder.
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If I had to guess, I'd say that it's not ready to find a stud because it's being placed on the wall at a place that is interfering with it's operation. Usually you would place the scanner on the wall at a place where you know there is no stud and then start moving it towards where you believe there should be a stud. It should not be beeping and flashing all the time. It should only do this when it approaches and then finds a stud. If you can't make it work, it may simply be a bad unit. Keep in mind, I am only guessing from the information given.
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This is the only stud finder I could use with my plaster and lathe walls, it works by finding the nails where the lathes are nailed to the studs, it also works well for locating metal in wood you are going to plane, and much cheaper than plainer knives.
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Depends on how deep they are. This will discover metalic objects perhaps an inch below the surface, but it's prime use is to "pinpoint" the operator closer towards the object he/she seeks that the metal detector has already found.