How To Find A Ceiling Stud

Use a stud finder.

How to find a ceiling stud. I am trying to find the ceiling studs to hang a pot rack. Tap on the ceiling. Run the stud finder over the ceiling in that area.

When it lights up it has reached the edge of a joist. I cannot find another one. I have searched 16 18 inches and cannot get the magnets to stick.

I have the magnets and have found one length from the outside wall to the inside wall where the magnets stick. Here s how to locate ceiling joists without a stud finder. Outlets are attached to studs.

The best stud finders locate the outer edges of a joist which then. Stud finders are battery operated devices that use a sonar type system to determine the presence of objects through a thin surface like drywall they are very easy to use and can be purchased at most hardware stores. Magnetic stud detectors find studs and joists by detecting the nails in them.

If you re right you ve found your stud or ceiling joist. This method will require the use of a tape measure small nail and a hammer. I have tried a nail in the ceiling about 16 inches away from the magnet and nothing.

It is necessary to use best stud finder dealing with the formation of complex devices on your ceiling such as decorative and functional partitions columns arches and niches. If it doesn t find a joist measure 24 inches from the wall and try that area instead. Use the tape measure to map the rough location of the next joist roughly 16 or 24 inches away from the first and tap the ceiling with your knuckles or sweep a stud finder over the area to.