Straw filled walls

[Snacker]

I'm pretty sure that there's a slow water leak somewhere behind one of my old airing cupboard walls where it adjoins the bathroom.
What seemed like a simple job of cutting out a few square sections of the wall with a plasterboard saw and having a good look behind quickly turned into an epic nightmare when I found that it was a straw filled wall.

So far I've just been cutting into it with the saw, trying to get a gorilla bar down into the hole and then levering chunks off but it's really slow going and the mess is ridiculous.

Is there an easy way to remove it in big sections? I'm really hoping that I'm missing some simple knack or tool that'll make it easier.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[Snacker]

I think you're right mate.

Thankfully it's now looking like the water leak can be accessed from elsewhere so I'm off the hook with regards to straw-related shenanigans. Just got to patch up the big holes I've made in it now...

 

[KenGMac]

looks and sounds like you have met up with

Strawboard by Stramit?

you would not believe how dangerous this stuff can be on a leaky flat roof?

Ken

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Strawboard by Stramit?

I don't know - why are you asking?

you would not believe how dangerous this stuff can be on a leaky flat roof?

I don't know - why are you asking?

 

[KenGMac]

ban-all-sheds, Hi

I don't know - why are you asking?

Are you?

Reason for post was that this OP description of the material encountered appears to be this 1960s Strawboard, my post could possibly allow the OP to get some information on the net as to how to tackle this material?

As for this material on a flat roof, once the waterproof top coat leaks and allows even a relatively small volume of rain water into this material it is seriously dangerous, to either accessing the roof, or to the occupants when it falls in on you.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

ban-all-sheds, Hi

I don't know - why are you asking?

Why am I asking why you are asking?

Simple - you wrote sentences and put question marks at the ends. That makes them questions.

Are you?

Am I what?

my post could possibly allow the OP to get some information on the net as to how to tackle this material?

Another question from you. I don't know. Could it?

As for this material on a flat roof, once the waterproof top coat leaks and allows even a relatively small volume of rain water into this material it is seriously dangerous, to either accessing the roof, or to the occupants when it falls in on you.

The OP is talking about a wall.

 

[conny]

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