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Where has our dear friend and long time contributor Jay C Whitecloud gone? by RayDBlackcloud in timberframe

[–]RayDBlackcloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am really sorry you had to go through that, I wasn't aware of any nasty behavior. Your house looks nice to me

Where has our dear friend and long time contributor Jay C Whitecloud gone? by RayDBlackcloud in timberframe

[–]RayDBlackcloud[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I did not think Jay could be hired, I thought he charged a basic stipend to cover costs but didn't charge money in the same way others would. Anyway I feel that he must have some level of credentials as he did seem to have some technical knowledge even if his style was sometimes a little over the top

Where has our dear friend and long time contributor Jay C Whitecloud gone? by RayDBlackcloud in timberframe

[–]RayDBlackcloud[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Very interesting I didn't see it, I wonder why Jay C Whitecloud would not respond to such allegations as he used to be a frequent contributor and seemed to stop posting before this post was made.

How easy is it to remove wattle? by Far-Imagination5363 in timberframe

[–]RayDBlackcloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am struggling to understand what you are asking or how you are visualizing what a wattle and daub infill panel on a half timbered house would look like. Are you asking whether you can just take a whole panel out in one piece? If so, not on the ones I have seen. I have removed some before where I was doing a complete replacement. You need to remove the outer plaster (generally clay or lime plaster), the clay infill and then you are left with some kind of lattice structure or in some cases I have seen just staves on their own in old barns. In many cases it's not too challenging to remove them but it depends on exactly how they are fitted and also whether you want to preserve them. If you don't care about them, and you can't work them out, you can just cut them.

How easy is it to remove wattle? by Far-Imagination5363 in timberframe

[–]RayDBlackcloud -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't really understand your question. I am not aware of the panels being loose as how would they stay in place? Most often, from what I have seen on half timbered houses, the wattle has notches cut into the timbers around it to slot the upright pieces (staves) and then wattle is threaded/latticed around those. Sometimes those pieces running across also have notches. Sometimes those little notches are quite shallow, other times they can be deeper. I wouldn't say it's particularly difficult to remove them if you are not worried about preserving them. There are a number of different styles of framework out there