Hello
Today I got the keys to the new house built in '51.
An interior wall needs to be torn down and I immediately started sawing into it.
As I was sawing almost the size of the hole that it should be, I found this in the interior wall.
It's a threaded rod with some type of sleeve on it that could be unscrewed, what is this? I will need to cut this 7-8 cm.
The wall I'm tearing down is not load-bearing but connects at an angle with a load-bearing wall, and this "rod" starts about 70 cm from the load-bearing wall.
Today I got the keys to the new house built in '51.
An interior wall needs to be torn down and I immediately started sawing into it.
As I was sawing almost the size of the hole that it should be, I found this in the interior wall.
It's a threaded rod with some type of sleeve on it that could be unscrewed, what is this? I will need to cut this 7-8 cm.
The wall I'm tearing down is not load-bearing but connects at an angle with a load-bearing wall, and this "rod" starts about 70 cm from the load-bearing wall.
A revolutionary era we live in!
Here we get to - for one of the first times in the history of a forum - witness and follow in real-time how something that is actually "hidden," not mentioned during inspection, and not easily expected, emerges! Exciting is the word, even if this "hidden" unfortunately can hardly be combined or complemented with the word "error"! Darn!
Now the biggest unanswered question must be - Can it contain asbestos...?
Is there anything in the near vicinity that can be suspected of being anchored to the mentioned hidden pole? Otherwise, I would also suspect joining, for example, as in a modular built house.
Here we get to - for one of the first times in the history of a forum - witness and follow in real-time how something that is actually "hidden," not mentioned during inspection, and not easily expected, emerges! Exciting is the word, even if this "hidden" unfortunately can hardly be combined or complemented with the word "error"! Darn!
Now the biggest unanswered question must be - Can it contain asbestos...?
Is there anything in the near vicinity that can be suspected of being anchored to the mentioned hidden pole? Otherwise, I would also suspect joining, for example, as in a modular built house.
Oh dear, it seems to be the grundbulten 😳
It seems to have been in the crossbeam/ kortlingen
Lucky that it wasn't in the way of the saw
Most likely, I wouldn't have been able to resist opening it up and finding out what it looks like on the other side
It seems to have been in the crossbeam/ kortlingen
Lucky that it wasn't in the way of the saw
Most likely, I wouldn't have been able to resist opening it up and finding out what it looks like on the other side
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The brass nut appears to be some form of anchor that is tapped into a drilled hole, and when you screw, on the other end, the brass part expands and locks into place.
Well answered by a language model 👍H HJ-C said:
Düsseldorff
Building conservationist
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Düsseldorff
Building conservationist
- Bromma
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Check the other side and you'll find out.I Inteno- said:
I would either start by making an easy-to-fix hole in the wall or drilling a hole just above in the stud to check with the phone how it's done on the other side. But I guess it's a joinery fitting considering the location and "ankernut". Then it could be that there's a reverse thread on the other end and a square/hex profile in the middle, or a simpler solution, double nut and turnbuckle. But why it's built with such complicated stuff, I have no guess. But I'm curious!
