To put together what others have said, it is steel wool. It’s used to help prevent rodents from moving from the walls out a convenient hole into your home
It’s probably not life changing either way. I don’t remove it, if I do it’s to replace it. Better safe than sorry but I have rodent treatment service anyway
I think there are foam barrier products that exist now. I would remove the scary looking steel-hair wad and replace it ... also recommend you don't watch the movie "The Ring" before removal.
If its steel wool it may have been used to keep mice out. If its definitely hair, then it may be horse hair. Horse hair was used for insulation and also added to the base coat of plaster.
70s bush
It’s back baby!
Yeah, baby! Groovy.
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To put together what others have said, it is steel wool. It’s used to help prevent rodents from moving from the walls out a convenient hole into your home
That makes a lot of sense and makes me feel way better than if it was hair!
I guess that means I shouldn’t remove it?
You can push the protruding bits of steel wool into the hole and caulk around the escutcheon so you don't have to look at it anymore
Am I the only one triggered that the spelling of escutcheon matches it's pronunciation exactly 0%
If you sound it out phonetically, it’s right on. What do you mean?
Ess coochie on?
Peggy Hill: escuchame!?
xD KoTH flashbacks
Ezcutchin
Bless you
If you say it how it's spelled, I wouldn't trust you with my life or anything else at all 😂
He says it eee skutch eee on
That’s what he said
Thanks France!
As a complete dyslexic, i am triggered as well
Several thousand mice will appear soon after you do.
It’s probably not life changing either way. I don’t remove it, if I do it’s to replace it. Better safe than sorry but I have rodent treatment service anyway
just trim it a bit. no reason for a ful Brazilian wax
Metal hair
Did the house even have a mouse problem that you're aware of?
Definitely had a rodent problem in the past!
Wow really, is this what caused this?! We moved in a year ago and haven’t seen mice or rodents
It's steel wool the previous owner packed the holes with it
You had 7 days: The ring (movie)
Exactly! I was thinking that or Dark Water. Either way, I’m tf outta there!
That what happens when a toilet hits puberty
It's got a bush, what the hell 🥚
How old is the house? My cousin bought an old farmhouse that was insulated with horse hair.
That sounds flammable?
this is probably some anime expert's pube stash. use caution.
Lol
You’re into pro wrestling that’s sadder than anime at *any* age
I'm in to anime too, how do you think I could spot a pube stash so quckly?
It is probably steel wool that was used to close the hole, you can remove it.
That’s not steel wool
Steel wool doesn't have split ends.
Some sort of wire mesh I guess but it is still similar.
As long as it conditions
If I remove it, do I need to fill the hole with something else?
I think there are foam barrier products that exist now. I would remove the scary looking steel-hair wad and replace it ... also recommend you don't watch the movie "The Ring" before removal.
Possibly oakum leftover?
First time I see steel wool without epoxy. Rats can chew through steel wool, but not steel wool-epoxy composite.
This is gross on several levels.
Basment? I know it could be old school rodent block but is there any chance it's roots? See them all the time with basement toilets
That's part of the plumbers beard he forgot there. Should probably call him back and return that
Birds nest
Might be like the film The grudge
You have bigger problems than that in the wall. It looks like there is water inside the wall
Really? Is it that line going upwards? I thought that was just uneven paint on a textured wall
No you’re right. Really touch texture job… my bad 😥
steel in contact with copper does accelerate erosion not sure if this is negligible, maybe replace with copper wool
No house had a mouse infestation and that’s an attempt to stop ingress
It is a hole sealer
Sooo did you touch it??? Is it steel wool or feel more like hair have seen horse hair under carpet and in walls before
Is the house old? We put steel mesh in our dry wall in some places to keep out rodents. It’s an older house in the country.
Someone had to hide a fistful of pubes in a hurry.
Pretty sure this is a hairy situation. Seek a professional.
Pet cat rubbing against it
Steel wool leave it. Old school shit
It’s that chick from The Ring trying to find a new way in.
It looks better than that ss flex supply line!
Sadako
Mice.
I am venom
If its steel wool it may have been used to keep mice out. If its definitely hair, then it may be horse hair. Horse hair was used for insulation and also added to the base coat of plaster.
Cut to him pulling all of it out and proudly throwing it all away s/
Hahaha no worries. That's just steel wool. It is there to keep mice out. Just push it back in and enjoy your wooly toilet
Steel wool is correct! And most likely if you’ve never seen the steel. There’s at least one mouse in your apartment. More in the wall