Puzzled me

[Charley L. Bottger]

How about you Scott G , Chuck E or Dave A. you guys have been upgrading your training figure this one out

These spots were on a interior wall and had me scratching my head for a bit as mechanical is my strong suit not structural they made little to no sense. All Windows were covered no sunlight was getting to the interior nothing to create reflections and no Photo shop

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by cbottger

How about you Scott G , Chuck E or Dave A. you guys have been upgrading your training figure this one out

These spots were on a interior wall and had me scratching my head for a bit as mechanical is my strong suit not structural they made little to no sense. All Windows were covered no sunlight was getting to the interior nothing to create reflections and no Photo shop

What style of building, framing?
What was the temp of the room on the other side of the wall?
Did the spots occur on the other side of the partition wall also?
Holes appear to be equally spaced.....what was the distance between warm spots?
Is there an insulated attic over this wall?

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

What style of building, framing? Less than a 1k SQ FT frame with vinyl exterior cladding 1946 model
What was the temp of the room on the other side of the wall? Same temp on both sides of the wall (interior wall) A/C unit was operating outside ambient 88 degrees
Did the spots occur on the other side of the partition wall also? No just one side
Holes appear to be equally spaced.....what was the distance between warm spots? 14 to 16 inches give or take
Is there an insulated attic over this wall? Yes attic insulated 12 to 14 inches blown

Nothing special about this home just a rectangular box as many were coming out of WW 2 we call them shotgun houses can shoot thru the front door and out the back without hitting anything

[Patrick Carter]

Charley,

Those are pre-mfg holes built-in to lift the wall structure onto rail cars or flat bed trailors back in the 40's and 50's. since most were only 12 to 14 ft. wide the holes were positioned in the center wall or in close proximity...

Here is a link to OSU about them... http://digital.library.okstate.edu/e...s/S/SH028.html

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by pcarter1

Charley,

Those are pre-mfg holes built-in to lift the wall structure onto rail cars or flat bed trailors back in the 40's and 50's. since most were only 12 to 14 ft. wide the holes were positioned in the center wall or in close proximity...

Here is a link to OSU about them... http://digital.library.okstate.edu/e...s/S/SH028.html

Nice link Pat but not the case here I have the answer

[Jason Kaylor]

My guess is they filled the walls with blown in or dense pack cellulose. When they patched them they just used some sort of plug instead of doing it right?

JJ

[John E. Mullarkey]

I had a similar image in the exterior of a building, one circular hot spot. It was caused by light on the weather wall interior of a stairwell. Not the answer here but the thought might help.

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by jkaylor

My guess is they filled the walls with blown in or dense pack cellulose. When they patched them they just used some sort of plug instead of doing it right?

JJ

I was thinking the same thing but he said:

Originally Posted by cbottger

These spots were on a interior wall...

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by lkage

I was thinking the same thing but he said:

Larry, they may have still filled the wall for "sound proofing".

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by jjonas

Larry, they may have still filled the wall for "sound proofing".

Yes, good point.

[Charley L. Bottger]

The interior wall statement was meant to mislead you as the interior wall was what was bothering me. Yes the holes where drilled at the top of all interior and exterior walls and insulation was added after the fact I did not ask the type of insulation I assumed it was liquid due to the size of the holes. There was no visible evidence that the holes had ever been cut the patches were very professionally covered.

Sometimes when something makes no sense one just has to ask the right questions. I let the lady of the house view my camera and she said immediately Oh that is where my husband added insulation

[Charley L. Bottger]

You old dogs are just to good I will have to find something a little more complicated

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Didn't they teach you how to use that focus ring in some of that training you got? Maybe it's time to mount that camera on a tripod.

LOL...just busting stones Charlie!

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by sgilligan1

Didn't they teach you how to use that focus ring in some of that training you got? Maybe it's time to mount that camera on a tripod.

LOL...just busting stones Charlie!

Hey Buddy no ring on my camera you need to come out of the stone ages I will see you on the 13th bring that old dinosaur I would like to see it

[Chuck Evans]

Sorry, I was late to get to this one. I was thinking retro blown in insulation due to the placement and relative size of the holes (top of wall, centered in each stud bay). You'll just have to take my word for it