Dry rot screw holes, how to fix it?
My outside light that is over my fuel station has leaked water and the screw holes are in bad enough shape they won't hold the screws. Looking for an idea on what to get into the screw holes to help w...
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It depends on how bad the wood is rotted underneath. I went from the multiple tooth pick trick to cutting a triangle from oak or pine (depending on the load it will see), with a pointed tip that goes into the over sized hole which I tap in with a hammer. The triangle bites into the underlying wood and also the outer FG layer. The triangle shape prevents the torque from the screw from turning the insert. I fixed a friends awning support bracket this way when he scraped it against a tree.
