Comment on I'm stupid...how do I avoid wires when mounting things to the wall?
count_dongulus@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
The stud finder sucks, those give false positives for electrical all the time. You’re probably fine if the wall isn’t riddled with outlets, switches, or has a breaker panel.
If you’re really concerned, drill through only until you’re past the drywall. It’s only about a half to five eighths of an inch thick. Wrap a little piece of tape around your drill bit as a depth gauge. Alternatively, there are drywall anchors that look like fat plastic white screws that don’t require a pilot hole. You can get those and avoid drilling entirely.
Thavron@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
I sont know is you’ve ever used those “screwing” plugs, but you absolutely need to drill a hole first. It’s impossible to screw the in elsewise. The amount of torque needed to actually screw them in would strip the inside otherwise.
count_dongulus@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I never have, never needed to, never will. I’ve stripped a couple over the years but they come in boxes of like 100 and I just take it out with a bigger phillips head and use a different one.
Thavron@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Maybe sheetrock is different where we’re both located. I’m in the Netherlands.