Anything else I should check?

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      71 day ago

      This was an educational rabbit hole to go down.

      It seems not all brick houses have wall studs, but most do.

      It makes sense to me to have studs to help run utilities (electrical, air ducts, etc) and for hanging drywall.

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        51 day ago

        but most do.

        Never seen a brick house that has studs around here. Most houses around here are built like this:

        Concrete floors/ceilings, bricks in between, utilities get carved into the brickwall and are covered when the inside plaster is applied. The inside plaster is usually made up from two or three layers and is around 3cm thick.

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      31 day ago

      Studs, in the UK at least, create a gap between the brick wall and the plasterboard this is often filled with insulation and it’s where electrical cables and pipework can run.

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        17 hours ago

        The insulation is usually applied on the outside of the building so the protected volume is more homogeneous, avoiding cold bridges where walls/ceilings join, cause that’s where mould tends to grow

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          In all the new build houses I’ve worked on the insulation is on the inside, in the UK at least. Though it’s been at least 10 years since I’ve been on site.

          Also usually external insulation is quite visible and I still see lots of domestic properties with bare external brickwork.

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        51 day ago

        In newer houses yes. In older ones… Well let’s just say I’m getting tired of carving channels into solid red brick whenever I do electrics.