Have you got an unusual construction house ? I recall steel framed houses with that on most inside walls - the outsides were originally tile hung with concrete mathematical tiles - maybe yours has had a brick skin outside ?Thanks [
However, I am stunned that this was used in the inner leaf of my cavity wall. It's absolute crap and it explains why i had some nasty cracks in my walls
Outer leaf is constructed with brickHave you got an unusual construction house ? I recall steel framed houses with that on most inside walls - the outsides were originally tile hung with concrete mathematical tiles - maybe yours has had a brick skin outside ?
Yes , Stramit should only have been used for internal partitions not the inner leaf of a cavity construction external wall. The inner leaf should have been blockwork .Would this be considered an unusual construction?
I cocked upYes , Stramit should only have been used for internal partitions not the inner leaf of a cavity construction external wall. The inner leaf should have been blockwork .
How is the wall loadbearing, is there some sort of structural frame
Are you saying the party walls are Stramit , they shouldn't be Party walls are not the same as internal partition walls and there wouldn't normally be internal partitions in the loftI went into the loft area and the party walls / internal partitions have the mix of stramit and concrete block
Are you saying the party walls are Stramit , they shouldn't be Party walls are not the same as internal partition walls and there wouldn't normally be internal partitions in the loft
On the other side of that wall is another propertyAre you saying the party walls are Stramit , they shouldn't be Party walls are not the same as internal partition walls and there wouldn't normally be internal partitions in the loft
Yes, a party wall can be in timber frame construction or metal stud construction but not Stramit construction.I'm pretty sure there is a modern equivalent (to a masonry wall etc) used now between semis.
Yes, party walls can be in timber frame construction or metal stud construction (various forms of construction are shown in Gyproc handbook ), but not Stramit as far as I am aware..I'm pretty sure there is a modern equivalent (to a masonry wall etc) used now between semis
So is it a Stramit facing to a concrete block wall ?I went into the loft area and the party walls / internal partitions have the mix of stramit and concrete block
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