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I moved into a 2016 cinder block house. It has an attached garage from which the electrical and hot water travel to the rest of the house. The interior walls of the garage are largely finished with drywall.

The previous owner had tried to put Closet Maid uprights along the back wall (drywall) but they aren't well anchored and the attached shelves are not level. It was a really great idea on his part and I'd like to redo the job. I bought two sections of the track/rail that the uprights hook into. I'd like to use ezanchors on the uprights and possibly the track. Perhaps the track can screw directly into studs. Only problem is I have no idea where the pipes and electrical are.

Any advice on tools or techniques?

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The electrical (and plumbing) should be far enough behind the surface that 1" screws into the studs would be safe. And ideally they should be covered with protective metal plates where they go thru the studs so you couldn't hit them with a screw if you tried. But knowing and avoiding their locations would still be a good thing.

Some "stud sensor" devices claim to be able to detect wires and/or pipes. That is probably the simplest solution.

Another would be to get a bore scope camera, drill a small easily patched hole between the studs, and actually look around. Overkill for this task, but a fun toy to have in the toolkit.

For massive overkill: there are devices which essentially use the word or plumbing as an antenna, letting you trace it with a handheld receiver. I've actually used a circuit-breaker finder successfully for this, though that only works for wires that are live; the pro device has its own battery in the transmitter so it doesn't require that, but even used costs about 10x as much.

keshlam
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