[MassHistPres] Brick nogging

[rebecca mitchell]

James Garvin's Building History of Northern New England has a good photograph and brief discussion of brick nogging on p. 53.  When a north wall of my house (c 1725) was opened for a sill repair we discovered nogging of bricks (whole and broken) and clay.  In addition to the reasons already raised (insulation, fire retarding) I have wondered if the practice might have been simply a vestige of English building practice.  It seems more deliberate than simply a means to dispose of construction refuse.

Rebecca Mitchell 200 Portsmouth Ave. 
Stratham, NH 03885 
(603) PRimrose 8-7979



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> I concur with the previous writers that the reasons for filling walls with brick were probably for insulation and protection from vermin, but I have never read anything written in the 17th or 18th centuries about the reasons.  I remember Abbott Cummings being asked once about brick nogging.  He said wasn't certain, but pointed out the great need for insulation.  He cited a quote from Judge Samuel Sewall, who said, "The ink froze in  my inkwell, though I write by a good fire in my wife's chamber."
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