How would you fill this hole?

[spistols]

Take yer minds outta the gutta!

I have a porch pillar that has a rotten hole. The rest of the wood looks good. I don't want to replace. Just patch and paint, as the house will be going on the market in the next couple of years or so.

So I was thinking of these options:

1- Fill hole with foam weather spray, sand down, then fill in with auto filler, then paint.

2- Patch hole with a fiberglass repair kit from the auto body shop, then fill with auto filler, then paint.

Any other better ideas?

 

[BillsCamino]

Just put one of these around it....

 

[allamericaninfidel]

Durhams rock hard

 

[Rolling_trip]

Fill it with foam and box it up to hide it. That’s what the rental company did at our last house, lol.

 

[AmbiEncE]

I have cleaned out all of the rot, screwed wire mesh/lath and filled with bondo. It was looking good for 8 years before I sold the house.

 

[mcdougmd]

Go online and search for wood rot repair kit.

 

[Nonliberal]

Ramen and epoxy

 

[fattboyzz]

A good inspector is gonna find it if it ain't near perfect .

 

[harrycalahan]

Thin plywood strip to form/back the inside band. Then bondo it up.

 

[rtross]

If it gives structural support to the front porch, I think you should replace the entire column.