Stud walls

markymark1983

I have recently purchased a house which is 30 years old. It is brick built but the walls of the rooms which face outside seem to be hollow when tapped, amost if internal stud wall before the brick! and therefore not very strong.

All properties I have ever lived in have been plastered directly onto the brick, why does it appear that there is a stud wall between the bricks and the room?

phill99

There isn't. The walls have been 'dot and dabbed'. ie the plasterboard has been stuck onto the brick walls rather than a 2 coat bonding and skimming system.

tacpot12

To check whether you have dot and dabbed plasterboard, tap down the wall to see if you can find points at which the wall doesn't sound hollow. Once you have found a solid spot, tap down from this, you should find that as you come vertically down the wall, you have small areas that don't sound hollow, and larger gaps that do.

As you haven't come across dot and dab before, you might want to know about this company. https://www.corefixed.com/

They sell fixings that are especially designed for dot and dab walls. For very light items, or if you can find a dot of plaster in at right place, you can use ordinary wall plugs, but for heavy items, I would recommend their product.

JuzaMum

Previous owners of my house had screwed timbers onto the brick walls then attached plasterboard to the timbers. This meant there was a 2" gap between the plaster and the brick. I think they did this to allow space for or hide their dire plumbing and wiring! Maybe you have something similar?

Kiran

It could also be a timber frame building with a masonry external skin.

roger-w5

if there is a recessed electrical socket on the wall,with safety precautions it can be undone. Then you can see behind the plasterboard. take a few photos and post them here.

do you want to fix an object to the wall ?

J_B

Kiran wrote: »

It could also be a timber frame building with a masonry external skin.

This ^^


'We' built our own timber frame in 2006.


Simply, 'we' laid a concrete slab with foundations under all the supporting walls.
Then a specialist timber-frame company came and built the frame

then the roofers came and tiled the roof
then the brickies came and bricked up outside



So, inside all the walls are 'hollow'. They certainly seem to be hollow when tapped, amost if internal stud wall before the brick!



But to say and therefore not very strong. I can't agree with as these 'stud walls' hold the house up!