WOODWORKING QUIZ for 17 Sept. 04

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
Years ago the sub siding of a house used to be installed in a certain method, using 1x boards.

What was that method and why was it used?

Respectfully,

[echnidna]

we only get subsiding near swamps or old mine sites

[bitingmidge]

....or on highly reactive clays, in a drought. If you water the ground a lot it'll re-side(???)

P

[journeyman Mick]

Ralph,
I don't think anyone is going to be able to answer your question because we don't (never did?) use sub siding (whatever that is! :confused: ) ditto for 1x boards. (In Qld we do however use a lot of 4x slabs )

Mick

[echnidna]

i think we might call it plinth boards

[Sturdee]

I have a weatherboard house and originally the below floor area was covered with 6" * 1" boards nailed horizontally with a gap of 2 inches between them for airflow.

I presume this is what Ralph is referring to in that quaint and weird phrase "sub siding". :eek:


Peter.

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
Well, I guess I am learning something different again about your life style and methods. Up here in the U.S. we call any surface behind the actually exposed siding on a structure "subsiding".

Years ago before the use of plywood on the corners of a structure for wind shear, they used 1 x boards of random length and width placed diagonally on the decks and walls. Even though it took more material it did its job by keeping the structure straight and square,as well as strong.

When the fiber board came out for subsiding they then used a diagonal 1 x 4 cut into the plates and studs and secured to each, again for lateral wind strength.

Thank you for your support.

Respectfully,

[echnidna]

We used to use a 2" x 1" brace set in a 45 degrees at each end of a run of wall instead of all those planks you used to use. Our walls are quite rigid . Nowadays we use thin galvanised steel angles when ply isnt appropriate. Personally I prefer the old 2 x 1 timber braces. Came to this preference after framing up a double storey house that rattled on its steel braces.