Do Stud Finders Work Through Tile. Dielectric constant stud finders do a poor job of locating studs behind tile as they are prone to returning a host of false positives. To find the location of wall studs behind a tile wall in a bathroom. When hammering or screwing things into walls ceilings and floors you need to know what is on the other side.
Zircon tip minute 16 why is it difficult finding studs behind tile. We do not recommend the use of basic studsensor models with only stud scan or deepscan modes to locate studs behind tiled walls.
A stud finder also stud detector or stud sensor is a handheld device used with wood buildings to locate framing studs located behind the final walling surface usually drywall while there are many different stud finders available most fall into two main categories.
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