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green0322
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Posted: Fri May 13th, 2005 01:37 pm |
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| I leave near Hagerstown, MD. I'm in the final stages of building my first house. I have some questions about whether to use netting or just "rough" the wood. The netting I purchased has 1/2" squares, I was attempting to overlap the netting so each square would be closer to only 1/4" squares (what a pain). My other option for screening that I already have is the screen from my sliding screen door (my dog ran through it one day so it's not really working on the door anymore). The other option is to cut horizontal saw kirfs in the wood about 1/8" deep, 1/4" apart. I'm open to correction in my ideas and any other thoughts anyone is willing to share.
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brockbat
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Posted: Sat May 14th, 2005 02:26 am |
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| I went with the saw cuts on my 4 chamber nursery, thats was 425 cuts and a ton of sawdust BUT it's maintenance free. Screens and mesh will come loose over time. I went 1/16th deep and 1/4 inch apart. See BCI's Bat House Builders Handbook. Oh ya that was 850 cuts total but it's worth it. Brockbat.
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Sun May 15th, 2005 07:21 pm |
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I agree with this one. After years of using netting I believe rough pine or boards or scoring is better. I had too much guano trapped between the plywood and the netting especially the 1/4" netting with the 1/8" not being as bad. A new alternative for dividers SEE BELOW is already scored hardiboard which is a cement product. I'm waiting on results of the latter however....
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Mark Kiser
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Posted: Mon May 16th, 2005 07:28 pm |
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You probably don't want to cut saw kerfs in plywood more than 1/16 inch deep. If you cut into the second ply, the wood will come apart.
With regular lumber, you can cut 1/8 inch deep, or deeper if you want.
Mark
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kent borcherding
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Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 03:52 am |
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It is also possible to have more control of the internal temps of bat houses by using regular 1" and 2" lumber for baffles.
The 1" and 2" baffles will hold heat longer after the sun goes down and also helps control bat houses from over heating.
Some of my bat houses I use a 2" lumber as an under roof and than use a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" on top for regular roof. New houses am going to try cement board over 1" or 2" inner roof.
The houses with the 2" inner roof more bats will be clustered at the top in early spring and in cooler weather.
I am still puzzled why the large groups of bats in the Oregon wedge bat houses in early spring. So will be doing a lot of note taking and observations of the wedge houses this summer.
If anyone one else has seen this or has any ideas why please let me know.
Kent Borcherding
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