Mystery holes in wall

Tying on a ladder when the last owner painted the gable wall?

Owain

To hold a flag? satellite dish?

I'd have thought so... photos showing the relative separation of the holes and their position with respect to the building would probably be more helpful tho.

David

Maybe once held a bracket for phone / power? (any sign of holes for cable clips further down the wall?)

We've got some like this, and ours were left over from when the builders had scaffolding put up.

The scaffolders obviously needed to tie the scaffolding to the building at some points.

Nope. They're about 10' up and spaced about 15' apart. Some sort of temporary anchor seems likliest but they just don't look like they're any sort of expanding anchor. As I mentioned, they seem to be solid brass and at first sight, look very like the female ferrules on the end of a drain rod set (but with a rather finer thread).

I guess I should just stuff some filler in and paint over them but we've not had a damp problem or anything with them.

Tim

Same here. I asked them to leave the eye bolts behind too, as I thought they might be useful attachment points for something.

They sound like drop in anchors. They do expand at the back, but they use a setting tool and you can't really see from the front.

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