<\/span><\/h2>\nDrilling into a stud can weaken it, but it depends on the size and location of the hole and the amount of weight placed on it.<\/p>\n
If you’re planning on hanging something heavy, or if the stud is already damaged, it’s best to avoid drilling into it and instead use a different method of hanging it.<\/p>\n
And, if you’re like me and you end up cracking a stud, don’t be too hard on yourself.<\/p>\n
We’ve all been there. Just make sure to get it fixed by a pro and learn from your mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey y’all, it’s Joe here and I’ve got a funny story to share with y’all about drilling into a stud. So, I was trying to hang up a fancy new mirror in my bathroom and I thought to myself, “Self, why not just drill right into that stud?” Boy, was I wrong. Long story short, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homedecormastery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}