Half brick half stud.

[CortinaV8]

A while ago I was doing some renovation work on my 1930's semi.

I removed the lath and plaster from the wall, at about waist height it turned into a single brick thick wall built up directly off the floorboards. The wall was between the hall and toilet if that makes any difference.

I removed the lot and replaced with a stud wall, just seemed really wandom, the brickwork wasn't even tied into the wall.

Just wondering if there was a reason for this?

 

[Nige F]

A while ago I was doing some renovation work on my 1930's semi.

. The wall was between the hall and toilet if that makes any difference.

Just wondering if there was a reason for this?

Not called the Thunderbox for nothing

 

[cmother1]

Were they real bricks or crunchy black cinder blocks about 2" thick? I've seen loads of full height walls made from these straight on top of suspended floors. All eras from 1900 to 1939. They're quite light but get a lot heavier when rendered on both sides.

If yours are real bricks maybe the builders decided they were too heavy half way up the wall and switched to stud?...

 

[CortinaV8]

Yeah, just solid bricks. Same construction as the rest of the house.