LooseRooster OP t1_je8fvtc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:07 AM

Reply to comment by Bajakid in Did I just hit a metal stud or something else by LooseRooster

Yeah stopped as soon as I was through the drywall, only need to thread a snap toggle through. Just find it odd that the pilot hole above went into empty space. Anyways seems like the consensus is to mount somewhere else on the wall.

HighExplosiveLight t1_je99jur wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:34 AM

They cut a chunk of stud out of the wall to run piping through, and then hammered a piece of aluminum to reinforce the stud in the area where it had been compromised.

Like this

https://images.app.goo.gl/euRTB6nb5CdsL5sM7

So that's why you can drill above and below it.