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My Kingdom for a Stud Finder

The garage has a very high ceiling, so for the first time we think we could make good use of one of those shelf things you can store stuff near the ceiling. We ordered it and were very excited to install it. Ganesh unpacked the boxes and I was watching the baby so I couldn't help him. Two hours later he came in the house and said, "I give up, I can't find the studs." I found that hard to believe...what do you mean you can't find the studs? We have a stud finder after all. I went in there and spent 2 hours and came up with the same conclusion. So my dad and I tried and 8 hours later we still couldn't figure out a place to put the wrack.  (How many college degrees does it take to install a ceiling wrack?...sounds like the beginning to some joke.) We could not get our stud finder to get a reliable reading, I guess because the sheetrock was so thick or something, it seems to work well inside the house for hanging pictures.  We considered returning it...but it'...