I have just torn out a room on the property where drywall was on the walls with old insulation behind it. The house construction is a plastered timber-frame from 1856. It was framed sometime in the 70s with horizontal 45mm against the wall and then vertical 95mm on top of that. The wall was "straightened" too much and extended by about two decimeters, which I don't want. The wall is against the outer wall.
Now I'm wondering if I can remove the 95mm studs completely and just keep the 45mm ones to get more floor space? I think it can't be load-bearing, right? Behind the studs, there are the old wallpapers and tension cloth, so it hasn't always been framed, and it probably isn't part of the load-bearing structure?
Now I'm wondering if I can remove the 95mm studs completely and just keep the 45mm ones to get more floor space? I think it can't be load-bearing, right? Behind the studs, there are the old wallpapers and tension cloth, so it hasn't always been framed, and it probably isn't part of the load-bearing structure?
In a post-and-plank construction, it's the posts that lock the timbers in place that are load-bearing, so it shouldn't be a problem.