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Hi all, I’m retrofitting a 1930's end of terrace and renovating/insulating 2 rooms in roof at the moment. I've stripped out old wallpaper and opened up sections of a knee wall (lath and plaster) to gain access to the eaves and install much needed insulation. While doing so I exposed a few timber studs which are directly nailed to the roof rafters (150x50mm @ 400 centres) at a height of 1.6m. I thought it would make sense to move these studs back a bit to gain some extra space and square off the room. It seems logical and fairly straightforward but I'm not sure if these studs (70x50mm) were simply holding the lath and plaster dwarf wall or if they have any structural function. I'm convinced they're not structural but may help to prevent sagging, although there's no indication of sagging on any of the rafters (they barely touch the top of the studs). I took some photos of the roof structure/studs and I was wondering if you could give your opinion on this? Much appreciated.
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well folks, just wondering if anyone who has blown cellulose had it blown into the studwork as well. i know it's good for sound deadening but was wondering if it would be good to deaden the sound in the studs. had thought of 63mm cls with service cavity both sides. other option would be 89mm cls, services within studwork and still blown cellulose, any problems with wiring? the 63mm would therefore be air/cellulose/air so changing the soundwave as it moves through partition but the 89mm is a thicker wall, thoghts as to which would be better? cheers
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