Well thinking of the easy one. Once you have one stud found another should be 16 or 24 inches from it. If not drill the hole there. Using a wire stuck through the hole feel around for the stud. Note it the wire is smaller than the hole a ninety degree bend about 2 or 3 inches from the end going into the wall will permit a real good feel for what is close to the first hole. Good fishing. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] rail repair
Hello folks and Happy New Year, I have a problem and I'm not sure exactly what to do about it. I installed some oak hand rails in the stairwell in my house. Now a friend of mine helped since he had the saw I needed at the time. We had one hell of a time finding studs to attach the rail too. However, with some expander/toggle bolts we got the job done and it seems to be holding where it was necessary. Now the reason we did this is that at certain points we just couldn't find anything to attach the rail too no matter how much that stud finder said there was a stud there and even tapping indicated it was correct. However, as we drilled we found there must have been very thin wood of some sort that held the drywall up. So, here's the problem. I got one end of the rail very secure cause there we need to hit a stud, but at the mid and top part the toggle bolts aren't holding as well as they should. My first thought was to drive a screw through the end of the rail and into the wall because as far as I can tell, at that curved piece at the top of the rail which is against the wall, there appears to be a stud present. The problem is drilling through the oak, driving the screw in, and then filling the hole so you wouldn't notice the hole was there. My second idea is considerably more nuts and that was to go to the stairwell next to the problem area, drill through the wall, drive the screw in so it grabbs the rail on the otherside of the wall and at least there would be an easier patch to be performed. So, now that I've confused folks with my explanation, has any one got any ideas? The rail isn't coming off the wall, but its not as stirdy as it should be. tnx Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
