"Colin Eberhardt" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I need to fill in the hole left by a tumble drier vent, i.e. a
circular hole a few inches across from the interior to the exterior of
the house. I know that you can get expanding foam fillers that would
probably do the trick, however, I was wondering if there was anything
that gives a better cosmetic effect externally?

I have filled two external holes in my house left by garage drier outlet and
other from moved kitchen extractor.

For the drier vent I carefully cut out the cut 1/2 bricks and replaced with
whole bricks I had left over from conservatory build. Was OK but the cement
used in house build was coloured yellow (FebTone Yellow) and mine wasn't,
doesn't show too much as at ground level. I didn't really fancy paying £12
for 1kg of yellow colouring for such a small amount of brickwork. The inner
breeze block wall I cemented in the half bricks I cut out from outside.
Inner wall was in garage and once painted white to match rest of wall
doesn't really show.

The kitchen vent I just changed to a low profile brown vent plate as I had
no more bricks left, no yellow cement and would be visible. Internally it
was filled with expanding foam by the kitchen fitters, plastered over and is
now behind a cupboard.


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