Wish it worked like that all the time. Not everyone uses nail plates, or conforms to code at all, and wires and pipes definitely do go horizontally through studs, so you can never be too sure.
That being said, 99% chance OP will be fine.
Some of us have done this enough to have that 1% chance really fuck our day.
HightechHandyman t1_j9e0hym wrote
Reply to comment by TemporaryPackage4475 in Attaching TV wall mount - how to avoid electrical wiring in the walls? by Vyzantinist
Wish it worked like that all the time. Not everyone uses nail plates, or conforms to code at all, and wires and pipes definitely do go horizontally through studs, so you can never be too sure.
That being said, 99% chance OP will be fine.
Some of us have done this enough to have that 1% chance really fuck our day.