Can a house with boards (no clay coating) be converted to a sukkah by removing the nails or one board per pair?
Synopsis
A roofed house with boards (no clay coating) can be converted to a valid sukkah by removing all nails or by removing one board from every pair and replacing with valid s'chach. One opinion requires boards to be under 4 tefachim wide.
More in Invalid S'chach
When is a sukkah invalid due to too much sunlight vs. shade in the s'chach?
1 opinions
Can a sukkah be valid when a large portion has more sun than shade, but the total sukkah has majority shade?
2 opinions
Must large stars be visible through the s'chach at night?
1 opinions
Is s'chach with many small gaps (no gap exceeding 3 tefachim) valid?
1 opinions
Is s'chach on multiple irregular levels (some higher, some lower) valid?
1 opinions
Can invalid s'chach (mixed with valid s'chach in alternating rows) be valid?
1 opinions
Is a sukkah shaped like a tent (walls meeting at the top, no separate roof) valid?
2 opinions
Related from other topics
If one boards a ship on Erev Shabbat and establishes it as his place (kinyan shevita), may he sail on Shabbat itself?
Work Forbidden After Candle Lighting
Does moving from the house to the sukkah (or vice versa) constitute a change of place requiring new Kiddush?
Seudah Shlishit — Third Meal
May boards belonging to a craftsman be moved on Shabbat?
Muktzeh
When two balconies (guztraot) protrude from two upper apartments facing each other across a public domain, and a board (nesar) at least four tefachim wide is placed between them, can the two households make a joint eruv?
Eruv Placement Location
When the two households with facing balconies make a joint eruv, what is the status of carrying on the board and the area of the balcony adjacent to the board?
Eruv Placement Location
Can kneading troughs and dough boards be used on Pesach after kashering?
Kashering Vessels for Pesach
Discussion
Discussion coming soon.
The Daily Law
One question. Every opinion. Every morning.
A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.