Bike hanging racks - without drilling in the wall

[Deleted member 23692]

Alternatively... it could be a dot and dab wall with no studs at all.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I have no idea of how to detect it

It is a bit of an art form I use the back of a knuckle & lightly tap the wall as I work across it, the tone changes when you get onto a piece of wood. There are handheld scanners that claim to be able to identify wood, but the ones I used (admittedly a long time ago) didn't seem very effective. Although some will find the fixing screws & you can use that as your basis to plan the wall out, but at £100 those self standing ones look very good.

 

[irw]

Alternatively...

Timber wall studs are generally 16 inches apart in UK walls. Measure 16 inch / 400 mm increments from room corner to where you want to hang stuff and drill a few fine holes till you find the stud (upright wooden bearer on which plasterboard is fixed).

Rather than drilling, if you 'skewer' the wall with a small flat headed screwdriver, or bradawl, it's pretty obvious when you hit a stud or not, as the tool won't go into the wood very easily, whereas if you miss the stud, it will be a bit hard through the plasterboard, then suddenly move freely through.

 

[Cycleops]

I have no idea of how to detect it

Just bang with a piece of wood, when the echoey sound ceases and turns into a hard non resonant sound you've found the stud. Check by inserting a sharp bradal into the plasterboard.

 

[Gunk]

The best way to hang it on a stud wall is to fix some battens first to spread the load, they can be finished and painted to match the wall, same principle of attaching curtain poles on a stud wall.

 

[Bhitucyclist]

Just bang with a piece of wood, when the echoey sound ceases and turns into a hard non resonant sound you've found the stud. Check by inserting a sharp bradal into the plasterboard.

This is greek and latin to me ! 😳

 

[figbat]

Alternatively... it could be a dot and dab wall with no studs at all.

In which case you can drill through the plasterboard and the blockwork behind it and fix into that.