Using a stud finder is one way to locate the framing hidden behind the drywall, but that does you little good if you don’t happen to have one in your arsenal of tools. Whether you don’t have a ...

Stud Measurements: On the face of the tape measure, you can find red squares every 16 inches that indicate on-center spacing ...

The black diamonds on the tape measure represent that spacing. The first black diamond is at 19.2 inches” and after that black diamonds appear at 38.4, 57.6, 76.8, and 96 inches or 8 feet.