Recent content by gilette

Awesome find, thanks! I'm convinced that is how those houses are structured. Probably furring strips and no insulation followed by lath/plaster

Thanks, this is what I suspect this house is. Was built in the 1920s. So 2 layers of brick, then lathe and plaster. Would there typically be studs between the brick and the lathe? How about insulation? Does anyone know how they frame the 2nd floor, just put the bottom sill on top of the...

Probably not, all the houses on the block are the same, brick bottom and sided 2nd floor. All built around the same time.

What makes you think that it is not structural? It has headers in it indicating that it's a 2 wythe wall, which I thought would be structural. It sits directly on top of the basement wall (which is partly exposed above the ground). I appreciate any follow-up on this, I am just trying to learn

That is what I was thinking. I guess that's a common thing? Is it because it's less expensive to construct? Thanks for the welcome :)

Probably going to seem like a dumb question to some of you, but I've googled, asked my realtor, etc but cannot come up with a definite answer. A house I am looking at buying is brick on the bottom, solid brick construction with headers, but the second floor has siding. Built in 1920s. All the...