Finding Inside Of Wall From Attic

If unable to locate the bit repeat the drilling process after moving to a spot a couple of inches away from the first hole.

Finding inside of wall from attic.

Go to the space into which the drill was boring. Scan for moisture inside walls with a moisture meter. Subterranean termites tunnel under the ground and climb up your foundation walls to feed on the inside of your walls silently for years. Drill the same size hold in a cardboard box.

Go into your attic and locate the source of the leak on the underside of the roof deck using the measurements taken from your home s living space. Not just inside your walls but inside of the wood itself. A magnetic stud finder detects the metal nails in the wall studs. A moisture meter is a piece of equipment which when placed directly against a wall will analyze the moisture content of that wall.

Secure the box against the wall so the two holes are lined up. Drill a small hole in the wall a few inches above your floor. One such tool is a stud finder. There can be thousands of them in there all the way from the support beams in your cellar to the trusses in your roof.

Place a food scented trap inside the box and cover box with cellophane. These fixed points can be perpendicular exterior walls a fireplace chimney or other components that extend through the finished ceiling to the attic space or roof surface. Look inside the attic if possible to identify the direction in which the rafters or joists travel. Due to the triangular shape of all but flat roofs the rafters or joists will run.

Remove any insulation in the general area to make the bit easier to locate.