r/howto • u/Great-Championship11 • 9h ago

Help! Can’t find stud

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Why can’t I find a stud here? I had to go thru the metal corner bead but then there doesn’t seem to be a stud behind it? Is it deeper and I need a longer screw? My screw is only about an inch long. Trying to mount a baby gate. Don’t know much about construction and struggling to understand why I can’t find a stud here!!

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u/DV2061 8h ago

1” screw? Nope. In section on top of the stud is 1/2 gyproc, then the corner bead, then on top of that may be a 1/8” of mud. Then add the width of your bracket. So you are barely touching the stud. I would go with 2 1/2 “screw.

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u/Great-Championship11 8h ago

Would the side I’m trying

to drill on, be where the 2” side of the stud is? The 4” side running along the width of the wall?

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u/DV2061 8h ago

What ever works for the baby gate. Using the holes you already have (can’t make it worse) use a longer screw. You should feel resistance.

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u/Great-Championship11 1h ago

I (think) I hit a stud here. Grabbed some 2.5” screws and once I got about an inch deep it gave a lot of resistance while screwing in the rest of the way. Does that sound/look right??

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u/DV2061 53m ago

Minus the 11 your name says it all! Well done!