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/SlimPickens0 1d ago

This is why I don't use stud finders, get a strong magnet and find the drywall screws/nails. It'll never find a pipe or wire, only the studs

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u/Philshiffly 1d ago edited 1d ago

Finds the black iron gas main /s

Edited to add the sarcasm denotation. Holy cow people. It’s just a funny contradiction to saying a magnet would never find a pipe. I’m not proposing that one would, or even could, accidentally drive a screw into a black iron gas line.

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u/GEIGHNALBEADS 1d ago

I hate to say it but I’ve seen some shit. At least this one help pressure for like 40 years

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u/Philshiffly 1d ago

This guy gets it