Just purchased a new house and started doing some renovation today.
I'm a plasterer by trade and in my t8me I've seen walls made of all sorts, hay etc.
Today I've come across something I've never seen.
Whilst coming up with a cunning plan to pinch a tiny bit of bedroom to fit a staircase for a loft conversion.
It turns out the wall is made from solid lime and horizontal straw to reinforce.
The wall is about 50-60mm thigh and looks like solid lime and soft.
This runs all up to the loft and looks like it's supporting the ceiling joists.
Anybody ever come across this as I'm now pondering what to do.
As ideally I need to take the wall down and rebuild it.
Safe bet obviously to prop it and then remove it but I'm also interested in the wall construction as well.
The bottom half is actually traditional lat and plaster. Spanned with a 3x3 then the solid mass of I assume lime on top.
I'm a plasterer by trade and in my t8me I've seen walls made of all sorts, hay etc.
Today I've come across something I've never seen.
Whilst coming up with a cunning plan to pinch a tiny bit of bedroom to fit a staircase for a loft conversion.
It turns out the wall is made from solid lime and horizontal straw to reinforce.
The wall is about 50-60mm thigh and looks like solid lime and soft.
This runs all up to the loft and looks like it's supporting the ceiling joists.
Anybody ever come across this as I'm now pondering what to do.
As ideally I need to take the wall down and rebuild it.
Safe bet obviously to prop it and then remove it but I'm also interested in the wall construction as well.
The bottom half is actually traditional lat and plaster. Spanned with a 3x3 then the solid mass of I assume lime on top.