Wattle wall

Wattle wall with different designs ( Bajuwarenhof Kirchheim )

The wattle wall is one of the most original forms of a wall . She gave the wall its general name. The term wall originally comes from winds (“to weave ”).
Since braids (d. E. As ingredients of a building) as weather protection or as a space forming member usually stiffened by a peripheral frame that can truss be regarded as the constructional development of wattle and daub. In regions where wood was not available in unlimited quantities, walls or compartments in earlier half-timbered houses and post houses were mostly closed with wattle.

A wattle wall usually consists of:

• the supporting structure, consisting of vertical posts and horizontal transoms ,
• the coarse structure within the compartments made of stakes , sticks or branches,
• the fine structure woven into the coarse structure made of willow rods , clematis , rattan or any other flexible material, as well as
• Grouting and spreading from a plastic mass such as clay in order to achieve airtightness , soundproofing , heat and fire protection .