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Somebody closed up the wood pass through for the fire place from the garage before we moved in. They coated the area in this brick looking paste to kind of blend it in and seal it. It got busted apart by some rambunctious children. Not looking for perfection, but I'd like to put another later over it to make it look less like poo. Anybody know what this stuff is?

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SkylinesSuck said:
Somebody closed up the wood pass through for the fire place from the garage before we moved in. They coated the area in this brick looking paste to kind of blend it in and seal it. It got busted apart by some rambunctious children. Not looking for perfection, but I'd like to put another later over it to make it look less like poo. Anybody know what this stuff is?

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Look at some faux Venetian plaster finishes for the "artistic" homeowners who want to be cute without spending much money.
 
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It looks like colored cement or grout. It doesn't look like plaster from the picture.
You could use Stucco and achieve whatever texture you're looking for and paint to suit.
 
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mrblaine said:
Can you tell what the substrate is? Parts of it look like drywall tape over something but I can't tell from the pics.
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This is step 1 to me, both what the finish is applied to, and confirming there is something structural behind it.

It looks like this has been worked on multiple times, if the damage is limited to the lower section, I'd consider wainscoting (or at least a tall wall base) with something more durable. That way you aren't doing it again in 6 months.

From some of the chips, it looks like the color coat is just on the surface and the texture is in something more white/grey?
 
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This is step 1 to me, both what the finish is applied to, and confirming there is something structural behind it.
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Probably drywall and not any more or less structural than any other drywall.
GATORB8 said:
It looks like this has been worked on multiple times, if the damage is limited to the lower section, I'd consider wainscoting (or at least a tall wall base) with something more durable. That way you aren't doing it again in 6 months.

From some of the chips, it looks like the color coat is just on the surface and the texture is in something more white/grey?
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Yes, crappy repair by myself indeed. It's just a plywood door behind that coating. The door got partially "opened" via my child's foot which peeled a lot of the coating from the surface of the door and broke the coating itself around the bottom. My wife said she could feel cold air and smell garage smells so I sealed it back up from the other side with expanding spray foam (very large gaps hence the previous coating job by the last owner).

I am open to something else entirely to cover it up, but this isn't a huge project I'm looking to get involved in. I just want it sealed and not unsightly. I assumed I was going to have to peel all the old stuff off and recoat with.... something. I don't want it to be super uber permanent though as I might convert back to wood burning some day.
 
SkylinesSuck said:
Yes, crappy repair by myself indeed. It's just a plywood door behind that coating. The door got partially "opened" via my child's foot which peeled a lot of the coating from the surface of the door and broke the coating itself around the bottom. My wife said she could feel cold air and smell garage smells so I sealed it back up from the other side with expanding spray foam (very large gaps hence the previous coating job by the last owner).

I am open to something else entirely to cover it up, but this isn't a huge project I'm looking to get involved in. I just want it sealed and not unsightly. I assumed I was going to have to peel all the old stuff off and recoat with.... something. I don't want it to be super uber permanent though as I might convert back to wood burning some day.
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With just the limited info you've shared, no way I'd go through the effort to peel the old stuff off, you could probably tear it out and build it in better in the same amount of time.

If you aren't wanting to do that, you could throw a simple 2x4/2x2 frame in the hole and screw on a piece of plywood or drywall and paint/finish the garage side. Would give you a chance to seal it up and throw a little insulation in it for your wife's comfort. I'm assuming this is outside of the firebox from your description.
 
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The pass through just goes from the living room to the garage which, while not conditioned, is insulated and not nearly as bad as directly outside. The plywood door that is already there is structural sound, it's just not air tight which I want. The spray foam did that. Now it's basically just an aesthetic thing. I'll go down and get a better pic....
 
I'd build a nice bookshelf to fit right in there and trim it with some door stop, or casing if you need it wider to hide that lentil. Or if you make it deeper than the opening you could trim with 1/4 round. I have done this when I removed old wall furnaces from rental apartments.

What's the hooks for? FP tools?
 
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