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1960's flat - wooden battens in concrete floor

Lulu58 · 2019-05-29 07:44:42

Hi, we've recently moved into a flat built in the late 1960's. We've had the old carpets taken up in preparation for new flooring and found that wooden battens run along the length of the walls. They are approx 4" away from the walls. Out of interest, does any know what the battens are for? Many thanks.

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ed110220 Posts: 1,639 Forumite

31 May 2019 at 8:55PM

Lulu58 wrote: »

How fascinating, Mistral001. Thank you!

Very interesting. My house was built in 1949 and the internal stud walls and dry-lining of external walls are nailed to wooden grounds concreted into the ground floor. I didn't know this was a common method or why it was done before.

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