I have a 150mm (6") diameter hole right through the exterior wall of my house - 2 courses of brick with cavity. It was ventilation for a gas fire that has since been removed. What is the best way to fill it?
2007-02-13 09:28:29 · 18 answers · asked by chuck 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Take the garden hose and place it in the opening... Turn it on until it FILLS and spills over. Simple
2007-02-13 09:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by badnessdc 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Why not replace it with a modern ventilation unit which can be open and closed on the inside of the house?
It's not a good idea to fill in old ventilation bricks/shafts since it is a huge invitation for damp problems within the cavity of your wall. Put a air brick on the outside wall and cover the inside wall with a ventilation cover which has sliding shafts to open and close the ventilation into the room but not into the cavity, which will cause damp.
The interior vent covers work like the air vents in a car.
You can pick uo the bricks at builders merchants and covers at BandQ etc, neither are expensive.
2007-02-13 17:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh Chuck, chuck some cement in. Seriously, drill through the surrounding bricks mortar joint and replace cut bricks with new matching brick, or it will look awful if you bung in cement, unless its a plaster finished wall. Get some bricks from you nearest reclaimer yards if you can't get a match.
You could also put a dummy vent cover on exterior after filling it with cement instead of bricks
2007-02-13 17:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
chop out the damaged bricks either side an fit new bricks some of the old brick will fill hole on the inside then plaster over
2007-02-14 13:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best way is to cut out half bricks to square off the hole and then fill it with bricks and mortar. Its not the cheapest way, but the best way never is!
2007-02-14 01:23:02 · answer #5 · answered by David W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NEVER fill it with newspaper. it will rot with moisture!
best thing is to put a brick in the middle(chisel it down if need be) and fiil it with cement/mortar(outside and inside) and finish with plaster/filler(inside). each are only a few quid in b&q and i can do it(female,v.girly!!)and repaint.
i have renovated quite a few houses so i am pretty confident
good luck!!
2007-02-13 17:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by Theladyw1 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why fill it?
Fasten a grill to the outside, pack the interior with fibre glass loft insulation and put a grill which opens and closes inside.
Helps the circulation of air.
2007-02-13 17:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i'd stick some mortar/concrete/ rubble in it. on the outside wall cut brick to fit or cover the mess with something ornate. the inside wall plaster it or stick a clock or picture over it.
2007-02-13 17:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by clz1477 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i would rebrick the wall from the outside to make good the hole.
If its breeze block on the inside wall use them and then replaster.
Like for like materials.
2007-02-13 18:21:45 · answer #9 · answered by Russell B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bricks?
2007-02-13 17:35:08 · answer #10 · answered by Alicat 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋