• SirNuke@kbin.socialOP
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    For context, this is leading to my AC unit. While hanging a light above my workbench, I noticed daylight coming in from the wall where there shouldn’t be any. It appears a previous owner had pulled back the insulation and forgot to put it back - shudder to think how much money that’s costed me over the last two years. Would like a hardier seal than insulation to stop water and mice, but not sure what is required.

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      Really depends on access. Can goy access it from the backside? Quick and easy, but a little messy, expanding foam.

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        Okay, I know that’s a typo, but I’m cracking up at the idea of you asking about unauthorized access by Jewish people.

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        It’s super awkward but I can get to it from inside the house (between insulation and hole). Going to have to move my workbench but so be it.

        Any direction on the type/brand of foam I should use? I have a can of fireblock to seal ethernet runs from my basement to main floor, though it’s probably seized up by now.

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          I would use fire block since normal expanding foam is flammable. If I could get behind it, I would see if the hole was excessively large and if so, cut a piece of OSB to fit the space with a hole the correct size in it. Then I would bisect the piece of OSB (making sure to bisect the hole) so that I would be able to get it around the cables and refrigerant line. If the hole isn’t excessively large, fire stop caulk the penetration and insulate the best you can.

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            I’d pack some stainless steel wool around it before doing the expanding foam. This will prevent rodents from chewing through it, which they can do to the foam.

            They make rodent-blocking foam but I trust the steel wool more

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              Weighing in to emphasize the importance of packing it with steel wool before using fireblock. It’s a game changer.

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              We had a hole like that that mice kept coming through and steel wool + foam ended that problem.