My son and I laughed when you checked to see if the stud finder was working! Excellent video. We used magnets and it worked perfect! You saved us and you are a stud in my eyes! 😉
I would refine your statement by adding that in thicker plaster and lath walls you should tie a piece of thread (very light string or fishing line will also work) put a mark at the bottom of the magnet to mark the center of the magnet and then slide the magnet across the wall while holding the thread. Even though very thick plaster will not allow a magnet to hold to the nail head it will still peterb the magnet causing it not to hang vertically under the thread. By locating points at which the the magnet holds to the wall while the thread swings out of vertical you can locate the nail heads. The reason I say this is that my home was built in the 1850's and in some places the plaster is up to 1 1/4" thick and even a N52 magnet will not "stick" with that much plaster between the lath and the magnet.
I built a new house specifically for the fact that I don't want to deal with old plumbing, old wiring and lath/plaster walls. Then my son bought an old house so here I am. I didn't think that one through very well lol. Thanks for the help.
Love this! The humor is great (#dadjokes) and you just saved me $$ on a stud finder by realizing how obvious that should have been to me with my lath/plaster walls.
After drilling 16 holes, one of which is about the size of a quarter, i still have not located any studs. So now I found your page. Fingers crossed going to the kitchen to look for a 🧲
My building was built in the 1800's. I ran a magnet over two whole walls, and found only 2 spots with my neodymium magnets. :-( Lath and plaster is making these shelves difficult.
Jeez... Im 26 years old, so im semi familiar with plaster and lath, but im trying to put a tv mount up and its been hell lol... Ive been putting little pin holes all over until i gave up trying to find a stud, cant believe i hadnt thought of this earlier... Thank you so much.
That was funny If you didn't like what you saw; please share it with somebody you don't like. Hahaha I subscribed because of that good luck with your channel
I have house built in 1957 it's plaster has no lathem boards just sheet rock board behind the plaster itself. Stud finders are more difficult to find studs correctly at first though with several attempts you can find them it's just a pain redoing the searches..
any tips on finding them? I think i have sheetrock as well and nothing is working. I'm renting the place do i don't want to put drill holes all willy-nilly.
@@WildmanTech those magnets on the link you referenced hold up to 88#s! each it says.. but also out of inventory. still trying to accomplish the task.. months later. I ordered some with up ot 18# hold. i hope those will work. harbor freight were not strong enough. take care! and thank you again for the help
Brilliant! My house was built in 1885 and I am pulling my hair out trying to find the stud with a new stud finder I recently purchased. Just so happens I have a neodymium magnet too!
I thought using a magnet wouldn't work well enough on my 150 year old ceiling. Anyway where to get a magnet? Ahaa - I've been dismantling low capacity hard drives and inside they have really strong magnets! And first one I tried stuck hard where the joist/stud crosses the ceiling! Thanks for this!
Wow I just went out and spent money on buying three different magnets the kind you suggested. Guess what they don't work they don't find anything you managed to lie so over 2,000 people so you're not getting a thumbs-up for me you're getting a thumbs down lying to people making them go out and spend money I'm something that doesn't work you must have got a good laugh out of that you regardless no matter what you call it it's still a sin lying to people just for the fun of it is disgusting
Look dipshit, you see it right here in the video with your own eyes. The only lie here is the one you told yourself when you couldn't make this proven technique work.
What happens when there's nothing behind where the magnet sticks??? That sounds crazy I know - but I drilled above and below the spot after making a vertical line where the magnet stuck and nothing. House was built in 1912 - any chance they ran studs horizontal or something? I've already got 8 drill holes in the wall and I'm running out of things to try. 🤔😒
This was published on my birthday 5 years ago! Cool! So... Here's a question for you. How do you find a stud in lath and plaster that has the metal mesh in it everywhere? I'm fighting this in my 1946 condo right now. Thank you.
Neodymium magnet is the magnet he used. "The strongest type of permanent magnet commercially available," according to wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet
I always thought it was pronounced "lathes". As in that song parody: "Arrest this man, he talks in lathes. But can he fix a buzzing fridge? He needs to detool then just go...." Pretty obscure reference, guess I'm just doing it for my own lathes.
Same. Here in Michigan I think 99% of what we have is horizontal. I work primarily on old homes and have yet to run into diagonal lath. I might never see it 😩
It there typically any metal on the corners on plaster walls? My house is 60years old this year. I tried starting at a corner and measuring out 16 inches to have a rough idea where to try my magnet. It stuck to the corner when I accidently bumped the corner. It shocked me. It felt like that (outside) corner had a flashing like material along the corner. I wondered if it needed something like that to keep those corners sharp while adding the plaster. I mostly wanna know out of curiosity. I'm female, and nearly as old as my house, I don't do major things beyond changing out a thermostat or the garbage disposal is as challenging as I get! I'll paint it, cover it with paper/vinyl or upholstery, but when it comes to building structures, I'll leave that to the pros! Hehe, but I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen alone! I'm just adding lattice pieces to the faces of my cabinets to make them look like shaker style instead of those boring plain birch cabinets! I didnt even miter the boards. I filled them with plastic wood, sanded and painted. I pulled the sink up and I'm painting my prefabs to look like stone, and I'm installing a new floating wood (engineered) floors. All that is simple if you've got an ounce of common sense and gumption! Ive got a M.S. in mathematics, so I've got some common sense! Some days I'm running low on gumption though!
+1 on the NABHS shirt I went to that show that year it's was quite exciting. I went to Hartford one in 2018 it wasn't nearly as well attended by people or builders
They sell a metal finder. It’s similar to a stud finder but, it’s designed to locate metal pipes in the wall. Cost me $25. Sure wish I’d seen this video before dropping my loot, then again, I bought it back in the AoL days (you’ve got mail) 😂 Great tip! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻
I am dealing with the worst of both worlds. I have plaster but I do not have wood lath that is nailed to studs. I have metal expanded mesh. Any thoughts, or am I back to drilling lots of holes.
Interestingly enough, the only time I've ever seen it horizontal was in the photo I used for the thumbnail. Mine is diagonal and I know this because every time I need to poke a hole in it, I just take out the entire wall and replace it with sheetrock.
Magnets are great stud finders but I find an electronic stud finder still picks out studs easily in lathe walls on metal detector mode as the lathe is nailed to the stud. So the studs show up on the detector as it's picking up the nails. Just like the magnet will
Thanks for this. I tried it just now with a strong magnet and it worked. I was confused because a magnetic stud finder product page said that it wouldn't work on plaster and that threw me off.
MASSIVE thank you for this, I was losing my mind with the stud finder, drilled a bunch of empty holes, scratched my head and pulled so many wtf faces. I tried this technique and it worked first shot. I never thought about the house being ancient :-) . .thank you so much.
I’m not sure this would work in old buildings where the plaster has been built up and painted over for 50 years. Why not just measure on center or edge?
That said, the lath and plaster does nothing to support the wall or stairs. It is nothing but a way to hide the studs. Now replaced by the use of Sheetrock.
Magnets aren't working on my lathe & plaster walls. It's an old building, I think it's because the plaster is too thick. I need another option. It is driving me crazy.
DreamingTwilight In that case, the super expensive sonar gadget for your phone should work. Walabot DIY Plus - Advanced Wall Scanner, Stud Finder - for Android Smartphones www.amazon.com/dp/B07XP94548/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YcPJDbE8HK31G
My son and I laughed when you checked to see if the stud finder was working! Excellent video. We used magnets and it worked perfect! You saved us and you are a stud in my eyes! 😉
As someone who uses stud finders often I've told the joke so many times and yet it still gets a chuckle (mostly from myself).
Wow so simple thanks so much...
LOL! "If you don't like what you saw, please share it with somebody you don't like." I'm cracking up. Thanks for the tip and the laugh!
I guess I should have read the comments.
I made the same lol
very funny
I clicked on the like button simply for that....😂😂😂
*puts studfinder on chest*
*beep*
"It works!"
nice quick video, thanks
You're the first to mention noticing. Good work!
That was AWESOME!
I would refine your statement by adding that in thicker plaster and lath walls you should tie a piece of thread (very light string or fishing line will also work) put a mark at the bottom of the magnet to mark the center of the magnet and then slide the magnet across the wall while holding the thread. Even though very thick plaster will not allow a magnet to hold to the nail head it will still peterb the magnet causing it not to hang vertically under the thread. By locating points at which the the magnet holds to the wall while the thread swings out of vertical you can locate the nail heads. The reason I say this is that my home was built in the 1850's and in some places the plaster is up to 1 1/4" thick and even a N52 magnet will not "stick" with that much plaster between the lath and the magnet.
Outstanding tip, thank you!
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Great tip, my house has 1" thick plaster over the lath and this is a way to do it
Excellent tip! Thank you!
My house is around 1850 in this is exactly the issue I'm running into,
Solid dad joke to start!!
thanks this was quick and to the point! and saved me a lot of frustration.
thanks for stopping by!
I built a new house specifically for the fact that I don't want to deal with old plumbing, old wiring and lath/plaster walls. Then my son bought an old house so here I am. I didn't think that one through very well lol. Thanks for the help.
I like the Stewie Griffin Thing..point it at yourself and ....."Yea It Works"
Love this! The humor is great (#dadjokes) and you just saved me $$ on a stud finder by realizing how obvious that should have been to me with my lath/plaster walls.
LOL love how you tested the STUD finder👍🏾 very helpful ! Thank you.
After drilling 16 holes, one of which is about the size of a quarter, i still have not located any studs. So now I found your page. Fingers crossed going to the kitchen to look for a 🧲
This video works like black fricken voodoo magic man, thank you 🙏
before i even watched the video i felt i could trust the content because of the NAHBS shirt!
The nails in the studs are magnetic genius idea thank you.
I like the tip. Loved how you initially tested the stud finder. :)
Thank you for getting to the point quickly! 👍🏻
I always have problems with older homes. Thanks for the Tip
The smoothest “it’s working” ever
I was just about to cry when I found this video! THANK YOU! My house appreciates it too. :)
My building was built in the 1800's. I ran a magnet over two whole walls, and found only 2 spots with my neodymium magnets. :-( Lath and plaster is making these shelves difficult.
if don't like what you saw please share it with someone you don't like! hahah, omg that's funny. good video and useful!
About as useful as teets on a bull
Jeez... Im 26 years old, so im semi familiar with plaster and lath, but im trying to put a tv mount up and its been hell lol... Ive been putting little pin holes all over until i gave up trying to find a stud, cant believe i hadnt thought of this earlier... Thank you so much.
Wow, I can’t tell you the amount of holes I’ve put into my walls trying to find a stud.
A lot of lath is horizontal
I've since learned that is much more common. The guy who built my house must have been an eccentric.
That was funny
If you didn't like what you saw; please share it with somebody you don't like.
Hahaha
I subscribed because of that good luck with your channel
I should have watched this *BEFORE* I bought a stud finder for my plaster walls XD
Omg! Thank you! I needed this tip. Heading out to find those magnets I buried in my kit.
Great! I laugh so much with the "share with somebody you don't like"!
All the lathwork I've run across in older homes is applied horizontally, not diagonally.
For reasons unknown, mine is diagonal. But the studs are still vertical so it still works.
Oh funny. You're in Sac! Me too! Trying to figure out stud spacing in my 30s house. Assume its 16"
I have house built in 1957 it's plaster has no lathem boards just sheet rock board behind the plaster itself. Stud finders are more difficult to find studs correctly at first though with several attempts you can find them it's just a pain redoing the searches..
any tips on finding them? I think i have sheetrock as well and nothing is working. I'm renting the place do i don't want to put drill holes all willy-nilly.
This is great. can you give us more detail on the specifics for magnets?thank you
Here's a link to suitable magnets. amzn.to/2rJbwYv
@@WildmanTech those magnets on the link you referenced hold up to 88#s! each it says.. but also out of inventory. still trying to accomplish the task.. months later. I ordered some with up ot 18# hold. i hope those will work. harbor freight were not strong enough. take care!
and thank you again for the help
What about using a car speaker magnet?
Genius! Thank you for the demo.
Brilliant! My house was built in 1885 and I am pulling my hair out trying to find the stud with a new stud finder I recently purchased. Just so happens I have a neodymium magnet too!
Great tip i have a bunch of those magnete
It’s works but doesn’t tell you the actual width of the stud. I use two magnets on each side of the stud then nail down the center.
Just tried it, works like a charm! Thanks.
I thought using a magnet wouldn't work well enough on my 150 year old ceiling. Anyway where to get a magnet? Ahaa - I've been dismantling low capacity hard drives and inside they have really strong magnets! And first one I tried stuck hard where the joist/stud crosses the ceiling! Thanks for this!
Or you could just buy them. amzn.to/4bsqtPA
Magnet doesn’t work on my walls, I need another option!
"If you don't like what you saw, please share it with someone you don't like."
I completely lost my shit when i heard that!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gotta check the studfinder on yourself first 😂
Wicked trick. My walls drive me nuts
Wow I just went out and spent money on buying three different magnets the kind you suggested. Guess what they don't work they don't find anything you managed to lie so over 2,000 people so you're not getting a thumbs-up for me you're getting a thumbs down lying to people making them go out and spend money I'm something that doesn't work you must have got a good laugh out of that you regardless no matter what you call it it's still a sin lying to people just for the fun of it is disgusting
Look dipshit, you see it right here in the video with your own eyes. The only lie here is the one you told yourself when you couldn't make this proven technique work.
0:44 - dammit! I should have seen that one coming!
My walls are not lath & plaster. They are steel mesh and plaster.
Liking for the convenient dad joke.
AWESOME NOW I DONT HAVE TO DRILL A TON OF SMALL HOLES AROUND!!!!
THIS DID NOT WORK FOR ME. IM THINKING THE PAINT WAS TO THICK OVER IT!!
What happens when there's nothing behind where the magnet sticks??? That sounds crazy I know - but I drilled above and below the spot after making a vertical line where the magnet stuck and nothing. House was built in 1912 - any chance they ran studs horizontal or something? I've already got 8 drill holes in the wall and I'm running out of things to try. 🤔😒
This was published on my birthday 5 years ago! Cool!
So... Here's a question for you.
How do you find a stud in lath and plaster that has the metal mesh in it everywhere?
I'm fighting this in my 1946 condo right now.
Thank you.
Neodymium magnet is the magnet he used. "The strongest type of permanent magnet commercially available," according to wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet
good one. the stud finder works. lol
I always thought it was pronounced "lathes". As in that song parody: "Arrest this man, he talks in lathes. But can he fix a buzzing fridge? He needs to detool then just go...." Pretty obscure reference, guess I'm just doing it for my own lathes.
DIAGONAL!? I haven't seen that before, as if horizontal lathe plaster wasn't hard enough to deal with.
Interesting. Diagonal is all I've ever seen.
Same. Here in Michigan I think 99% of what we have is horizontal. I work primarily on old homes and have yet to run into diagonal lath. I might never see it 😩
thanks for the great video!
youre using your stud finder wrong.
Thank you sir! I’ve been trying to use my edge finder for the last hour on a thick wall but the magnet method worked in seconds!!!
It there typically any metal on the corners on plaster walls? My house is 60years old this year. I tried starting at a corner and measuring out 16 inches to have a rough idea where to try my magnet. It stuck to the corner when I accidently bumped the corner. It shocked me. It felt like that (outside) corner had a flashing like material along the corner. I wondered if it needed something like that to keep those corners sharp while adding the plaster. I mostly wanna know out of curiosity. I'm female, and nearly as old as my house, I don't do major things beyond changing out a thermostat or the garbage disposal is as challenging as I get! I'll paint it, cover it with paper/vinyl or upholstery, but when it comes to building structures, I'll leave that to the pros! Hehe, but I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen alone! I'm just adding lattice pieces to the faces of my cabinets to make them look like shaker style instead of those boring plain birch cabinets! I didnt even miter the boards. I filled them with plastic wood, sanded and painted. I pulled the sink up and I'm painting my prefabs to look like stone, and I'm installing a new floating wood (engineered) floors. All that is simple if you've got an ounce of common sense and gumption! Ive got a M.S. in mathematics, so I've got some common sense! Some days I'm running low on gumption though!
Wow this is Fantastic thank you so much
You’re a kick in the pants! Very helpful info! New subscriber 😅
I came for studfinding. Stayed for the t-shirt!
+1 on the NABHS shirt I went to that show that year it's was quite exciting. I went to Hartford one in 2018 it wasn't nearly as well attended by people or builders
Im confused how this works because studs are wood how is the magnet sticking?
The lath is nailed to the studs with steel nails.
Brilliant thank you
They sell a metal finder. It’s similar to a stud finder but, it’s designed to locate metal pipes in the wall. Cost me $25. Sure wish I’d seen this video before dropping my loot, then again, I bought it back in the AoL days (you’ve got mail) 😂
Great tip! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻
Any time!
@BostonBorn Did the $25 "metal finder" work? If so, would you provide the product name? Thank you.
Tried that didn't work plaster was thick could not pick up nails. Finally swag my way and found it.
I am dealing with the worst of both worlds. I have plaster but I do not have wood lath that is nailed to studs. I have metal expanded mesh. Any thoughts, or am I back to drilling lots of holes.
Nice tip! Thanks. However, I believe that your lathing is running horizontal not diagonally.
Interestingly enough, the only time I've ever seen it horizontal was in the photo I used for the thumbnail. Mine is diagonal and I know this because every time I need to poke a hole in it, I just take out the entire wall and replace it with sheetrock.
Knee-O-Dye-Me-Um
Magnets are great stud finders but I find an electronic stud finder still picks out studs easily in lathe walls on metal detector mode as the lathe is nailed to the stud. So the studs show up on the detector as it's picking up the nails. Just like the magnet will
Highgate Handyman that must be a new feature because I’ve never seen a stud finder that had that.
Awesome tip, I never thought of that i have deep scan and metal detection. I will definitely give a try.
Umm all the plaster and lath I’ve come across is horizontal not diagonal
You're not the first to say it, but mine is diagonal.
Thanks for this. I tried it just now with a strong magnet and it worked. I was confused because a magnetic stud finder product page said that it wouldn't work on plaster and that threw me off.
Simple informative I love this kind of video thumbs up all the way
Liked what I saw!
Thanks so much for this. You're a life saver!
Thank you for this - love your presentation and lol @ if you didn’t like the video share it with someone you don’t like. 🤣
Earth Magnets
Great tip thanks, so easy 👍 😀.
Watching in 2022
You have to be shitting me! Thanks!
I would never do that.
Cool shirt! I've been to NAHBS twice!
Thank you!
MASSIVE thank you for this, I was losing my mind with the stud finder, drilled a bunch of empty holes, scratched my head and pulled so many wtf faces. I tried this technique and it worked first shot. I never thought about the house being ancient :-) . .thank you so much.
sinse when were laths nailed on diagonally? ???
My house was built in 1940 and they're diagonal. You might want to consider improving your command of the English language.
KISS
LOL! Testing the stud finder bit got you an instant like.
Thank you you saved me from putting a lot of holes in my wall
tell me about it. Glad you liked it.
OH MY GOODNESS Brilliant! 🧲
Thanks! My old house is a nightmare to find studs. Will try now. Will any decent magnet work?
As long as it's really strong and light.
I’m not sure this would work in old buildings where the plaster has been built up and painted over for 50 years. Why not just measure on center or edge?
At the time of publication, this building was 80 years old. Back then 16" on center was desirable, but not always adhered to.
Funny and very useful thanks 🙏 😂
Glad you liked it!
say for example this comprises the construction of a stairwell, is it code to have both walls constructed of lath & plaster or can there be one ?
I have no idea what code may be where you are. In most cases lath and plaster use came to an end in the 1950s.
That said, the lath and plaster does nothing to support the wall or stairs. It is nothing but a way to hide the studs. Now replaced by the use of Sheetrock.
This was helpful thanks! Cool shirt too!
I learned this the hard way lol. Damn plaster bastard
WoW! Thank you so very, very much.
thank you Mr. Wildman
Magnets aren't working on my lathe & plaster walls. It's an old building, I think it's because the plaster is too thick. I need another option. It is driving me crazy.
DreamingTwilight In that case, the super expensive sonar gadget for your phone should work.
Walabot DIY Plus - Advanced Wall Scanner, Stud Finder - for Android Smartphones www.amazon.com/dp/B07XP94548/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YcPJDbE8HK31G
Incredible helpful thanks
A nail.. or a cable 🤷🏻♂️
what would a cable be doing in a plaster wall?
What do we do if the magnet method doesn't work?
awesome T-Shirt!!!