What kind of wall is this? (internal wood fibre?)

[Chris87]

I've removed a small internal wall, expecting it to be plasterboard and battening, however it seems to be made up of compressed wood.

Does anyone know what this is called? It would be good to know what sort of fixings to use to mount my TV bracket, as I was intending to use the studs, but there obviously aren't any.

On the positive side, it seems there are cable-drop holes every foot or so, which is perfect as I'm also re-routing a network and phone cable.

cheers

 

[pinenot]

It was called "Paramount wall system" and had a brief flurry of use back in the 1900's. The system used straw as insulation and sonic absorption, sandwidged between two 1/2" plaster boards to form a partition wall. The doors utilized mainly full height storey post sets which were screwed into the timber panel trimmers, being positionaly located by the next available open edge. Not very flexible, hard to run services within, presumable hence their demise...pinenot

 

[jeds]

stramit board innit.

 

[tony1851]

Paramount partitions were those with cardboard webs ,egg-crate fashion, between 2 layers of plasterboard.

 

[Tipper]

Definitely looks like Stramit straw boards to me.

I have 'Woodwool' slabs in my roof which although they look similar are wood shreds compressed with cement to form a slab. These are grey in coulour and much harder than Stramit.

No fixings can be used into them but through fixings may be able to be used such as nuts and bolts, hollow wall fixings (butterfly bolts) and 'Peel Rivets' which are jumbo pop rivets that unfurl and grip on the far side to resist pull out.

 

[pinenot]

Ooops, I'll stand corrected then ...pinenot

 

[joe-90]

One of the three little pigs built his house of straw - you've bought his house. Collectors item.

 

[maltaron]

Yes, It is strawboard. Had problems with rats and mice nesting in it. Your best bet is to scrap it and build a proper stud wall, then you can put studs in the right place for your TV bracket.