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Posted by Bob on July 19, 2005, 8:34 am
> Hi,
>
> I am going to try one of the suggestions here about putting up a sheet
> of wood over the sheetrock and then installing our towel rods into the
> wood.
>
> So I am going to need a stud finder to locate the studs and some thin
> nails to test and make sure I find the studs correctly. I've never
> used a stud finder so any tips would be appreciated.
>
> Once I locate the studs I can attach my strips of wood using screws or
> I guess I could nail them in. Screws seems like a good way to go.
> Once the strips of wood are up I will attach the towel rods.
>
> Seems simple enough but then again I've never used a stud finder.
>
> I decided on using the sheet of wood because the wall paper in this
> room is fairly new but it is ripped now where the rods pulled off the
> wall. The wood will cover up the tears and hopefully they won't pull
> out of the wall once I get them mounted using this method.
>
> I'd appreciate any tips before I get started on this one.
You can tap on the wall to find the studs by sound, or use a magnet to find
the nails holding the drywall to them, and thereby, the studs. I've got a
magnet removed from a hard drrive that will stick itself firmly to the
drywall nails.
Bob
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