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How to close hole in stone foundation?

tab1 | Posted in General Discussion on December 9, 2008 05:12am

Heating/cooling ducts were removed from this opening, and I’m not sure how best to close off the opening. It’s about 8 x 36″ and as you can see has wood on one side, and a 2×6 horizontally across the top, that you can’t see.

I’ve thought of screwing 2×2’s to the two wood surfaces, then screwing plywood to them. Not sure how to waterproof/seal the edges? Some kind of caulk, and or foam?

Thanks.

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    jagwah | Dec 09, 2008 05:25pm | #1

    If access under the house is possible, then apply plywood securely. On the outside build a form then fill with a concrete mix. Strip the form when the concrete is still malliable and scratch a stone look on the face.

    Or get more stone some mortar mix and fill it in.

    If you must used wood then take a good silicone under the framing to the perimiter, shoot it to the stone. Cover withyour plywood. To make it look less like a patch job apply a pair of hinges to the top, it'll look like a door. Use backer rod in the cracks to reduce the remaing depth and fill with a good exterior caulk.

     

     

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    Sphere | Dec 09, 2008 05:29pm | #2

    Make it into a window with an area well.

    Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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  3. MikeHennessy | Dec 09, 2008 09:53pm | #3

    I'd just fill it with block or stone to match the existing fndtn.

    Mike Hennessy
    Pittsburgh, PA

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      Sphere | Dec 09, 2008 10:04pm | #4

      And here I thought you had a sense of adventure..I'm saddened.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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      1. MikeHennessy | Dec 09, 2008 10:07pm | #5

        Adventure? 

        Hey, nobody mentioned "adventure". Now that's a horse of a whole different color! ;-)

        What about that beer bottle wall they wuz discussin'? That would work!

        Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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          Sphere | Dec 09, 2008 10:09pm | #6

          You start mixin the mud, I'll start the bottle emptyin..Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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          1. MikeHennessy | Dec 09, 2008 10:11pm | #7

            Bottles, not kegs. ;-)

            Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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            Sphere | Dec 09, 2008 10:16pm | #8

            40's will work, right?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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          3. MikeHennessy | Dec 09, 2008 10:28pm | #9

            You betcha! Now get to work! ;-)

            Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

  4. renosteinke | Dec 10, 2008 03:57am | #10

    A pair of cinder blocks would just about fill it.

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    Dam_inspector | Dec 10, 2008 05:16am | #11

    Creek rocks and mortar.

    1. tab1 | Dec 10, 2008 05:54am | #12

      HVAC guy now says he wants to run 92% eff. furnace intake and exhausts through this opening. I'm fine with painting a piece of plywood to cover the opening. (This house will never be FHB.) I was thinking of making the plywood smaller than the opening, and setting it just back from the face of the stone/blocks. Is that reasonable? Caulk and foam (and backer rod as needed-- as suggested) around the edges?Thanks again.

      1. husbandman | Dec 10, 2008 06:19am | #13

        I'd suggest trying your hand at a tiny bit of stone masonry.Your lumber yard will have the mortar mix. You won't need to add anything but water. Add it slowly however, you can't take it back!Find some rocks that look about the same. It won't take more than a day once you get the stuff together.Duh, I'm don't know where you live and of course it's winter. If you need too, put in your piece of plywood and then foam all around it with the soft "window and door jamb" foam. In the spring it'll be easy to pull the plywood, scrape out the foam, and lay the rocks in.Four years ago I had never laid stone. Now I've built a couple of walls. It's not hard. It's slow, it's work, but it's fun, too, and you have such a tiny area.

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