stud partition 'butress' first floor

Hi Jacob,

Thanks for your reply, now it makes sense, I can see now why they use the term "buttress".

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Thanks Wig

jacob Wrote:

They are talking about "special" stud partition as strengthening to an
> external wall just like a brick or stone buttress. You can ignore this
> as most studding is intended to support only itself. But studding can
> be made structural e.g as a load bearing wall, if necessary, and a
> good idea too if you prefer woodwork to bricklaying, but you would
> need a structural engineer and a proper spec.
> What is the book btw?
>
> cheers
> Jacob
>

-- wig