![]() I have come across many variations of timber wall construction and a few with " X " internal partitions, many of these were later additions to an earlier built structure and the job they appeared to do was to just divide larger " hall" shaped rooms where the added wall also served as lateral and central stabilsers for the building. The laths may have a stabilising effect on the exterior section of the walls in order to aid the spreading effect, but correctly built the timber wall should not have to rely on laths for this. Lath and plaster is mainly there to separate spaces to offer privacy or insulating exterior of buildings from adverse weather conditions.Ī stud wall, and this can take many forms and variations in a timber building, is consructed to support any weight above ( if required) and/or to stop any lateral movement of a building ( if required).Ī central stud in a supporting wall with two opposite diagonals, or four arranged as an " X ", does the job perfectly well as per your photo. ![]() Lath and plaster has nothing in common and plays no major part in " structural support" in any building, it will act as an aid to bind and stabilise a wall by default. Oh, and at last the roof is done and the scaffolding down - Happy Day! - see blog After mulling this over whilst going to sleep, finally it dawned on me: I reckon this structure is holding the external wall in place, unless someone has a different idea? There is no corresponding wall in the kitchen beneath on the right of the picture is a major internal structural wall, about 18 inches thick, largely of squared limestone, and on the left is the external wall which is about a foot thick, in limestone rubble. This is a major piece of structure and not just a simple stud wall, although at first its purpose puzzled me. ![]() The laths are in really good condition and even the nails are still shiny, not rusted. At the top of the central stud is a metal bolt, pointing downwards, which has a square head about 1.5 inches across. Each X is about 6 feet wide and 8 feet high. ![]() Those two X frames which you can see are both made from oak beams, 4 inches by 3 inches. Our two back bedrooms are separated by a lath and plaster wall, which needed to be re-plastered as the lime plaster was all crazed and had come away from the laths - huge areas moved alarmingly, and some had been patched with modern alternatives. Don't ever assume, just because something is covered with lath and plaster, that it is not load-bearing (viz Kirsty on Location Location). I'm sure this is not unusual, but I think it is worth publishing the picture. ![]()
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