Use a long small 1 8 or smaller drill bit and go under the house drill up through the floor as close as you can get to the floor beam.
How to locate floor joists under carpet.
How to find a floor joist under the carpet.
He shows you a method of how to find floor joists even when there is.
Floor joists are wooden beams that run across the framework of a house and support the floors.
I also use this method in my sheet rock ceiling to locate the ceiling walls in the attic.
For example if you need to repair a squeaky floor you will need to be able to find the locations of joists in order to correct the problem.
Just the way you need to find a wall stud before you can attach anything to a wall you need.
The wooden beams that support a subfloor are called joists.
After all joists are essentially just large studs in the floor.
Locating floor joists under carpet.
I want to know where the floor joists are inside a small closet because i may need to make an additional trap door to access the crawl space nearby under our kitchen.
Bob schmidt shows you how to fix repair and improve squeaky floors beneath your carpet.
We have had a frozen waterpipe there and i want to check for damage to the pipe a.