"The Medway Handyman" wrote:

Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls
removed & under the plaster/render was this;
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg

Never seen the like, what the kinell is it?


It looks very much like "Woodwool".

Not to be confused with the soft material of the similar name (wood
wool) used to stuff teddy bears and other soft toys, or to pack
delicate items for sending through the post, it is a stiff board made
from waste wood strips bound together with cement and pressed into
shape.

Uses included roof and wall cladding. It was often used as permanent
formwork for suspended concrete floors. I have a feeling that this
use was restricted or after problems with some of these structures
which were concealed by the woodwool. But it was very popular and
there will still be a lot of it about.

Some links:
http://www.skanda-uk.com/
http://thesaurus.english-heritage.or...&term_no=98303