I'm building a roof over our patio. I'll be attaching one ledger board to the existing wall studs on the outside.
The question is: Is there a tool or device that can accurately locate internal house wire that is within the wall in question? ( I do not want to drill or lag into a Hot Cable - it will become a mess.)
This device should work for you:
Six in this case; unless I'm wrong.
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Thanks for the suggestions. But, I added the question marks to my subject line to emphasize that it was a question. Not a statement. Not spam.
A sentence fragment does not become a question simply because you add
6 question marks to it.How do I locate an internal wire from outside?
Now, that's a subject line that would not be construed as spam, includes everything we need to help us decide if we want to read the post, and even has less characters than the subject line you used. Gee, I'm kind of proud of that one! ;-)
No. you have to add 7 question marks to make it a question :-)
[snip]I don't understand. If you are attaching to the studs, then why are you worried about hitting a cable that is between the studs?
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- I don't understand. If you are attaching to the studs, then why are
- you worried about hitting a cable that is between the studs?
On occasion, a wire might actually be run horizontally *through* the studs, not between them. Therefore a lag bolt into a stud might hit a wire. The OP would like to avoid that situation if at all possuble.
Are you sure?????? :-)
- Are you sure??????
- :-)
Good use of punctuation.
The device cited is for tracing phone wiring, though if you turn off the correct circuit breaker you can use it. For 120 volt wiring you need something like this:
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Please explain how this device can be used to locate a wire inside of a wall.
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