As some of you may know, my wife and I bought a fixer-upper a couple of months ago; During one of this house's past lives, it was rented "per occupant" to graduate students and as a result, there is cable wire running to every room in the house along the exterior of the walls. As part of my fixing-up, I'm going to network every room from the crawlspace, but for reasons which aren't important at this moment, sometime very shortly, I'm going to need to go around and remove some of this exterior cable...
It isn't going to rain for a couple of months, but I'm sure it would be easier to "patch" the tiny screw holes that'll remain after I remove the wire, as I go.
Up top, there is wooden siding which'll eventually be repainted and because the holes are so tiny, matching isn't really that important; I simply need something that I can squirt, brush or q-tip into the holes that'll protect the wood and that I can sand/scrape over or around and will also take the paint, when I get around to redoing the exterior in year three.
The same question applies to the stucco-covered cement block of which most of the house is comprised; Re-painting isn't really that much of a concern because I'm planning to re-stucco when I re-do the exterior; But if for some unforeseen reason, I never get around to re-doing the exterior; I'd like something that wouldn't "show" too much.
Several weeks ago, I took out a phone line that was drilled through the wall from the outside; I, then went to the Ace to pick-up some of that spray foam thinking that would do the trick; Theoretically, it would fill the hole, be paintable if need be and could be covered with stucco, when the time comes. Though the fellow at the hardware had never used the foam, his cautions about it expanding caused me to rethink the option and because the concrete caulk that was on the shelf nearby wasn't paintable and would dry gray, I still have a hole where the phone line was located.
Has anyone used the foam? I don't have a can in front of me and I don't remember, but does it apply with one of those tubes like comes on a can of wd-40? Could you get it into a #6 screw hole that's an inch deep and would it dry white or clear? Of course, if someone has a better suggestion, you are welcome to skip my query about the foam...
And finally, each of the cables enter the house through one of those rubber-gasketed cable tubes; I don't necessarily need to remove these tubes tomorrow; I really only need to take down one large section of cable in the immediate-term and while I'm at it, I'll probably remove those that run parallel; But while I've got you thinking about the holes in my house; Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I can fill those 1 1/4" round holes that Comcast put in my 13" thick walls? Something that won't "show" too bad and that I can cover with stucco down the road? The interior wouldn't be that important becuase I'll be furring-out the exterior walls, putting up some foam board and sheetrock before the end of Feb; I just really need something that I can stucco over, that won't "show" too bad from the street and that'll be waterproof to protect the interior wall coverings.
Of course, I assume those "tubes" can simply be pulled out with a screwdriver and possibly a pair of pliers, but I'll have to admit that I haven't tried yet, either...
BTW: I forget what color they call the stucco; I'd call it a grungy pink, but I'm sure the dealers call it something like "Desert Rose" and the wood siding is a deep, dark brown; You might possibly call it a chocolate brown, but it's deep and dark colored, nonetheless.
Any suggestions would be welcome;
Thanks in Advance;
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