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Can I fill these brick expansion joints with something ?
Posted on 1/18/14 at 11:59 am
Posted on 1/18/14 at 11:59 am
I think I got mice coming in through them....These aren't for some sort of ventilation are they ? I was just thinking some silicon to allow for movement but keep the bugs and critters out...? Thanks OT
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Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:00 pm to Zilla
Wrong board
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:02 pm to Zilla
Geaux Tigers
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:02 pm to Zilla
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Thanks OT
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Tiger Rant
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:03 pm to Zilla
They did this when the built my house too. I forgot what the exact reason was, but they said it was on purpose.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:06 pm to Zilla
Those are weep holes it looks like, they let moisture out I think.
Don't think I would plug them up. Get some good pest repellent and spray inside and outside your house.
Never had nice problems so not sure about that. I'm sure you buy something to solve that issue.
Don't think I would plug them up. Get some good pest repellent and spray inside and outside your house.
Never had nice problems so not sure about that. I'm sure you buy something to solve that issue.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:07 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
A weep hole or weeper hole is a small opening left in the outer wall of masonry construction as an outlet for water inside a building to move outside the wall and evaporate. The term was coined by archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley after finding evidence of weep holes in ziggurats. Plastic "weeps" are used in modern masonry construction.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:07 pm to Zilla
Weep holes to allow the moisture that gets behind your bricks to get out. Don't fill it with anything impervious like silicone. Some people stuff steel wool in it; however, there are better products.
The demonstration home (LaHouse) across from Alex Box Stadium has examples of products to fill it with. They are open today:
LaHouse Home & Landscape Resource Center
2 hours ago
Stop by our Open House today to learn about how to keep your home healthy in the winter! From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
LINK
The demonstration home (LaHouse) across from Alex Box Stadium has examples of products to fill it with. They are open today:
LaHouse Home & Landscape Resource Center
2 hours ago
Stop by our Open House today to learn about how to keep your home healthy in the winter! From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
LINK
This post was edited on 1/18/14 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:08 pm to LsuTool
quote:Yes. This and no,don't fill them in.
Those are weep holes it looks like, they let moisture out I think.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:10 pm to Zilla
Just put some steel wool in them.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:23 pm to Zilla
Weep holes. Can't fill them.
I have problems with ants getting in mine.
I have problems with ants getting in mine.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:39 pm to Zilla
Do not fill these in. When I built a house years ago they forgot them on one side of house. Disaster ensued with indoor flooding.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:42 pm to Zilla
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Can I fill these
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joints with something
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:43 pm to Zilla
use wire mesh to keep the critters out
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:45 pm to LStU
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The demonstration home (LaHouse) across from Alex Box Stadium
I used to work there. Got some cool stuff in there
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:54 pm to hg
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Just put some steel wool in them.
The correct answer.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 2:15 pm to Zilla
Steel wool
Posted on 1/18/14 at 2:17 pm to Zilla
As the others say, those are there for a purpose and I wouldn't stop them up. They only lead to the interior surface of the brick, so there should be several solid layers to keep critters out...I really don't think they are the problem. I would suspect a space around a pipe or something similar that goes through more layers of the wall.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 2:21 pm to Zilla
Go ahead and fill them in, no big deal
Posted on 1/18/14 at 2:28 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL
It will rust out ina month.
Will have a bigger mess then as it will stain whatever,,,,
It will rust out ina month.
Will have a bigger mess then as it will stain whatever,,,,
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