I have removed a window about 1200 wide and am going to install a patio door at 1400!
When I started demolishing the wall, I expected to find cladding, insulation, studs, then boards as "usual" (not all layers but you get the idea).
Instead, I'm faced with 3 different facades (I assume they just nailed new on top of the old).
And the last layer/layer closest to the inside is solid horizontal "wooden studs" stacked on top of each other creating a massive wood wall about 80x120 (it's mixed timber).
Is this something that was done in the past? Or should I reconsider and assume the wall might be load-bearing, and by that I mean it might be unwise to widen the last 200/remove all the massive wood under the window.
THE HOUSE was built in 1942.
There is new cladding on the old with building paper and insulation underneath.
I didn't see any layer of vapor barrier....
When I started demolishing the wall, I expected to find cladding, insulation, studs, then boards as "usual" (not all layers but you get the idea).
Instead, I'm faced with 3 different facades (I assume they just nailed new on top of the old).
And the last layer/layer closest to the inside is solid horizontal "wooden studs" stacked on top of each other creating a massive wood wall about 80x120 (it's mixed timber).
Is this something that was done in the past? Or should I reconsider and assume the wall might be load-bearing, and by that I mean it might be unwise to widen the last 200/remove all the massive wood under the window.
THE HOUSE was built in 1942.
There is new cladding on the old with building paper and insulation underneath.
I didn't see any layer of vapor barrier....
