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 (attached below) and I was wondering if you could give your opinion on this?
Much appreciated.
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 (attached below) and I was wondering if you could give your opinion on this?
Much appreciated.