[TheForge] Bird houses

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Terry,

Maybe when you get a new bird house, before putting it out run some 
stainless deck screws into it to prevent problems.

We used to have a lot of bird houses and they were just put together 
with regular common nails, 4 or 6 penny. The only problem I remember was 
you couldn't paint around the hole or they wouldn't use it. The houses 
made from old license plates for roofs seemed to hold up pretty good.

-- 
Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, MO

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:29:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "terry l. ridder" 
<terrylr at blauedonau.com> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA 
<theforge at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [TheForge] bird houses

  hello Bob; thank you for the reply. The problem has not been so much 
the wood but the fasteners used to put it together. definitely not 
Stainless Steel, i doubt not even galvanized. after a year or two the 
screws, staples, brads, etc are all rusted out. the bird house or 
feeders just fall apart. once the fasteners are rusting the winds do the 
rest. I have many bird houses and bird feeders in the garage in pieces. 
I would have to do 3D jig saw puzzle and then fasten them back together. 
I would use stainless steel crown staples in most of them. some would 
need stainless steel screws or brads. many of these bird houses and bird 
feeders were purchased at Blains Farm and Fleet. I did purchase one 
birdhouse made by suncast in batavia, illinois. it was tough-stuff 
plastic. the sun bleached that out in less than a year. the house was 
translucent. birds did not like that at all. i have a 6 gallon plastic 
gas can that way. used for the log splitter and the sun bleached it 
white translucent in one summer.

-- terry l. ridder >