Stone in insulation?

[kalubah]

A question out of pure curiosity:
I am replacing my peat insulation with flax wool in the sloped ceiling. While I am standing there scraping, a fist-sized stone thuds down onto the floor. It is followed by some brick pieces and mortar. What is this interesting insulation method?
It was only in an area of at most one square meter where the stones were mixed with peat. The rest of the ceiling was pure peat. Any ideas? The house was built in 1920.

 

[AnneFi]

Interesting? Now my house is built with bricks and doesn't have insulation in the walls, but the floor is full of stones and bricks mixed with ash.

 

[Immobil]

It was only in an area of at most one square meter where the stones were mixed with peat.

Was it near the chimney, could it be remnants from when it was built.

 

[kalubah]

Maybe it was what was left over after they had built the chimney? Instead of taking the rubble to the dump, they threw it into the insulation... Doesn't explain the stone, though, or is stone used in the chimney?

 

[kalubah]

Immobile: Oh, that was basically what you said... (see above)

 

[Tjodjuret]

We have a house built in the '30s and have found quite a bit of construction waste in the walls and floors. Apparently, it was easier to build it in than to carry it out... :-D

 

[gaia]

a little construction waste doesn't hurt anyone . It insulates poorly but doesn't rot from moisture, can store heat, and dampen sound.
gaia