Hello,
The picture is taken down into a roof truss bay from the attic. The cross braces are in the way for the loose insulation to be sprayed down. Can I remove them or do they still serve a function?
They are nailed from the inside, so I think they were nailed up as a support for the horizontal plank on the right, under that plank there is a standing 2” tongue-and-groove plank wall. There are more similar cross braces further down the roof truss bays, the braces are 1” thick and 4” high. They are only in the bays that have a wall underneath.
The house is a catalog house built in the 40s. 1.5 stories with a basement, standing 3” planks in exterior walls.
The picture is taken down into a roof truss bay from the attic. The cross braces are in the way for the loose insulation to be sprayed down. Can I remove them or do they still serve a function?
They are nailed from the inside, so I think they were nailed up as a support for the horizontal plank on the right, under that plank there is a standing 2” tongue-and-groove plank wall. There are more similar cross braces further down the roof truss bays, the braces are 1” thick and 4” high. They are only in the bays that have a wall underneath.
The house is a catalog house built in the 40s. 1.5 stories with a basement, standing 3” planks in exterior walls.
It must be something that had a function in connection with the erection of the house, before the tongue and groove boards on the roof were added. I can't think of any other reasonable explanation. Did the building kit come from Svenska Trähus in Tranås?
Thanks for the response.
I am quite sure that's the case. The wide plank lying against the ceiling has been nailed to the crossbeam to subsequently have something to nail the interior wall against and to attach the tongue-and-groove ceiling to. But has its purpose now been entirely outlived?
Does the 2” thick plank wall beneath have any load-bearing or stabilizing function? Maybe interior walls were just built this way before, who knows.
Vetlandahus is the manufacturer, I think they later became myrenäs.
I am quite sure that's the case. The wide plank lying against the ceiling has been nailed to the crossbeam to subsequently have something to nail the interior wall against and to attach the tongue-and-groove ceiling to. But has its purpose now been entirely outlived?
Does the 2” thick plank wall beneath have any load-bearing or stabilizing function? Maybe interior walls were just built this way before, who knows.
Vetlandahus is the manufacturer, I think they later became myrenäs.
J justusandersson said:
In principle, 2" planks were not used for load-bearing walls. However, they did not have the same structured view on what was load-bearing and what was not, as we have today. It can be quite hopeless to change the layout in a house with a plank frame. Nothing I can see from your picture suggests that the studs have any function today, but that's a desk solution.