Rubble infill on 1890s cavity wall.

[b3atts]

Just a quick question, I've pulled a brick from my 1896 house in the basement as the walls and floor can get damp.

There looks to be a cavity of about 5cm (house is stone faced front and back but the pics is the side which is exterior brick).

Anyway it's full of rubble or in-infill.

Any reason for this or am I OK to take this out, it smells pretty musty amd damp, It goes up quite a way, a couple meters for a guess.
Pics are from the basement.
Thanks

 

[blup]

The rubble might be acting like a wall tie and creating a single wall structurally speaking, so I would be cautious about simply removing it. Why does it only go up a few metres rather than the whole above ground height of the stone wall?

Blup

 

[b3atts]

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The rubble might be acting like a wall tie and creating a single wall structurally speaking, so I would be cautious about simply removing it. Why does it only go up a few metres rather than the whole above ground height of the stone wall?

Blup

It may well do, I assumed it would stop as external airbricks are only under a couple meters higher up. Although I think they may well be blocked and a later addition to the house as it has a solid floor

I've not seen any wall ties, so I should probably leave the rest? Ive only done one brick so far so pretty easy to put it back.

The house is stone faced on the other sides with internal brick wall. Just the side is double leaf brick. This wall rises to about 11 meters from the basement

Thanks for the help.

 

[blup]

I'm not an expert but I would definitely leave it in situ until a builder/building surveyor or structural engineer had a look.

Blup