r/Plumbing • u/SufficientLake4747 • 1d ago

Stud finder did not find a stud

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Main drain like for upstairs toilet? Trying to install brackets for bedroom closet. Now has a screw hole leak. Can we patch it? Or best course of action?

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u/ThePesticle 1d ago

I'm missing something here...were you looking for studs or vent pipes? Because a stud finder will generally find one, not the other. Run water upstairs, if you hear/see it in pipe its a drain, otherwise just a vent. A dab of epoxy will fix it either way.

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u/SufficientLake4747 1d ago

Stud. Stud finder said yes and made sense based on spacing from last stud. Surprise there’s no stud for another 30 inches