Covering the Weep Hole

[PacSER]

Do not worry. This does not belong on 3:16.

I just bought a new house and would like to cover the weep holes from insects and such. I thought I could just attach some screen with silicon to the brick. However, I have found these nifty units.The Link

Anybody have any ideas, like the best one, for doing this? I do not want to pay a bug man to do this. Has anybody seen these units around town, so I do not have to buy from the internet? Thanks in advance.

 

[tropheus]

you could just shove the weep hole full of steel wool, that's what I did. It will keep most bugs out, costs a few bucks, that's it.

 

[gecko]

How much steel wool do you put in the hole...? Do you pack it in tight...?

Also, have you had any issues with rust stains leaking from the hole.

 

[tropheus]

I used a stainless steel scouring pad and cut it up into pieces and stuffed the hole enough to keep a small coachroach or spider out.

never thought about rust, last house was red brick, in a new house now.

 

[TXHookem]

CAn you shove in mesh or other materials. I'd like to start doing this around the house.

 

[sapo1495]

you can also buy bronze wool, which doesn't rust. I've used this before to fill holes where mice/ rats where chewing. They won't chew on any metal like that. I figure it's worth the extra $ to buy the bronze wool so I don't have to replace the steel wool- it disinegrates over time. Bronze Wool

 

[mishatx]

I had pest control come out and do this when we moved in the house. I want to say it was a copper mesh they stuffed in there. No rust problems, 3 years later, and you can't hardly see the stuff.