Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a

woven lattice of wooden strips called "wattle" is "daubed" with a sticky material usually made of
some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been
used for at least 6,000 years and is still an important construction method in many parts of the
world. Many historic buildings include wattle and daub construction.

Wattle and daub in wooden frames

The Assam type house followed primarily the earth fast architecture of vernacular variety. Thus,
primarily these earth-fast structures are gabled or hip-roofed but use relatively permanent materials.
Thus, these houses are constructed with wooden posts and stakes on a brick foundation and horizontal
girt are notched at a certain interval. The girt have the grooves into which reeds are inserted vertically
and tied with horizontal bamboo splinters. Then the panels are plastered from both sides with cow-
dung mixed mud. This is Wattle and daub construction.
The walls possess sufficient number of windows and ventilators for light and ventilation of air. In
some instances, iron or concrete posts were used in the construction while the plinth and lowest panel
of the house is usually constructed with brick. So, such structures are sometime called “half-walled”
Assam type house. Initially, the roof of the Assam type house were made of bamboo, installed over
bamboo or wooden truss, and covered with thatch using the technique applied in pajaghar. However,
gradually the Corrugated Galvanised Iron sheets were introduced as roofing material over the wooden
truss.