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Post by johnboy on Dec 30, 2007 15:42:18 GMT
I have a cheap Draper pipe and stud detector which is as much use as a chocolate teapot so am thinking of getting one that actually works this time!! I have had a look in the Axminster catalogue and am considering a Bosch one at about £65. Any recommendations or advice welcome.
Thanks
jojhn
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Post by dirtydeeds on Dec 30, 2007 21:15:02 GMT
ive got 3 at the moment each costing between £60 and £80 all only ever used once
ive also tried the bosch
ALL of them give multiple answers at the same time. which is the worst possible result
as for stud detection forget it, ive never come across one that works
and as for getting a demonstration at a show to proove they work, you can forget that as well
its amasing the excuses the demonstrators come up with as to why you cant test them or why a test has failed
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Post by dirtydeeds on Dec 30, 2007 21:17:24 GMT
there is one at about £700 which aparantly works
at that price id want a full demonstration on a real building to proove it works
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Post by jake on Dec 30, 2007 23:57:59 GMT
Is that the Bosch wall-scanner one? If so, I've read somewhere a review saying it didn't work that well either,
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Post by colincott on Dec 31, 2007 0:19:00 GMT
I have one from Lidls and I have say it has stopped me from doing a Dom  ( drilling water pipes or electrics ). |
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Post by dirtydeeds on Dec 31, 2007 6:53:39 GMT
jake yes thats the one i was thinking of at £700
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Post by afterglow on Dec 31, 2007 16:50:10 GMT
Hmm, this seems a bit bizarre to me. I bought a dinky little metal and stud detector years ago from B&Q for about £14 and it works like a charm for detecting pipes and other metal fixings.
As an amateur it's been great for me and I'd never consider spending much more on one. Never had much joy with the stud detecting, mind you, since plasterboard gets stuck on with great gobs of plaster goo and it sees that as wood too.
For metal detecting, I do have to set it as sensitive as it'll go each time before use - are you sure you're using it as per the instructions?
Cheers,
Lee
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Post by jake on Dec 31, 2007 21:54:35 GMT
Metal is the easy bit (technically), and the hardest to prove wrong (it could always be a nail, right?).
It's the stud bit, and the wildly inaccurate AC detection, that is the more obvious problem.
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Post by johnboy on Jan 1, 2008 6:09:04 GMT
Hmmm, looks like spending more money is not the answer then. I think I will stick to removing the covers from sockets/switches to see which way the wires run and drilling using a cordless with the mains switched off. Doesn't help with pipes though.
Thanks for the replies.
John
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Post by jfc on Jan 2, 2008 23:55:40 GMT
If you can find one stud in a wall you can find the rest of them because they are or should be at 400mm centres or 16" on an old building . Pipes and wires hmmmmm most places should by now have all these replaced so again common sence should tell you not to drill above or below ..................Dom ;D
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Post by davyowen on Jan 3, 2008 3:41:04 GMT
But there are other safe zones where wiring could be that almost everyone I have told has never heard of...
These zones are: 150mm from any corner and 150mm down from the ceiling - so now you don't have any excuses to get caught out ..................Dom ;D
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Post by dom on Jan 3, 2008 6:09:59 GMT
Yeh well..... er, um, my stud detector said,"yes you are".  |
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Post by jake on Jan 3, 2008 10:04:04 GMT
I hit some live wires the other day, it was a run down to what must have been a wall-light which had been removed, the ends of the wires taped up, and the lot had just been plastered over rather than putting in a blank plate or actually disconnecting the wiring. Nowhere near the safe zones and I lazily assumed I would be alright, which I wasn't, but was - thanks be to double-insulated tools.
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( drilling water pipes or electrics ).
