Hi,
I’ve taken out a small section of stud wall and have a single vertical stud remaining. The stud is nailed into the exterior wall and it seems like it might be a wall strap as it is nailed into what looks like a horizontal wall plate in the loft. It has pretty chunky (and rusty) nails and is hammered in at lots of points to the inner leaf of a cavity wall. I’ve attached some photos.
I’m keen to remove it and then plaster the gap so that I can install a wardrobe sliding door liner over it. If it does indeed look like a wall strap, I understand I can get a low profile steel one instead. Is it safe to just remove the stud entirely and then install a new wall strap afterwards or is there a different approach I should take? And considering the nails are quite rusty, would I be best to just cut them rather than try and remove them from the wall?
I’ve taken out a small section of stud wall and have a single vertical stud remaining. The stud is nailed into the exterior wall and it seems like it might be a wall strap as it is nailed into what looks like a horizontal wall plate in the loft. It has pretty chunky (and rusty) nails and is hammered in at lots of points to the inner leaf of a cavity wall. I’ve attached some photos.
I’m keen to remove it and then plaster the gap so that I can install a wardrobe sliding door liner over it. If it does indeed look like a wall strap, I understand I can get a low profile steel one instead. Is it safe to just remove the stud entirely and then install a new wall strap afterwards or is there a different approach I should take? And considering the nails are quite rusty, would I be best to just cut them rather than try and remove them from the wall?