Comments on: Weekly DIY: Build a Bathouse http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bathouse Installation « p s proefrock architecture http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/comment-page-1/#comment-84954 Bathouse Installation « p s proefrock architecture Mon, 10 May 2010 16:44:17 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/#comment-84954 [...] [PDF]), and I wrote an article about constructing this back in 2007 for Green Options (which is now archived among the GreenBuildingElements.com articles).  The one modification I came up with was to use some metal drip edge material as a [...] [...] [PDF]), and I wrote an article about constructing this back in 2007 for Green Options (which is now archived among the GreenBuildingElements.com articles).  The one modification I came up with was to use some metal drip edge material as a [...]

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Jen / domestika Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:23:37 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/#comment-92 I've got two bathouses, and two quick tips. 1. Rough-planed natural cedar makes a good bathouse: low cost, weather-resistant, naturally irregular surface to help bats get a grip. Mine are not stained (mostly because I needed them very fast, when bats were removed from my attic), so has weathered to a lovely old-barn-board sort of silver grey. 2. If you can manage to get hold of bat guano, smear some onto the boards at the entrance. Bats are more inclined to move in where bats (any bats) have lived before, according to our local wildlife naturalist. I’ve got two bathouses, and two quick tips.

1. Rough-planed natural cedar makes a good bathouse: low cost, weather-resistant, naturally irregular surface to help bats get a grip. Mine are not stained (mostly because I needed them very fast, when bats were removed from my attic), so has weathered to a lovely old-barn-board sort of silver grey.

2. If you can manage to get hold of bat guano, smear some onto the boards at the entrance. Bats are more inclined to move in where bats (any bats) have lived before, according to our local wildlife naturalist.

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/comment-page-1/#comment-97586 Jen / domestika Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:23:00 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/08/01/weekly-diy-build-a-bathouse/#comment-97586 I've got two bathouses, and two quick tips. 1. Rough-planed natural cedar makes a good bathouse: low cost, weather-resistant, naturally irregular surface to help bats get a grip. Mine are not stained (mostly because I needed them very fast, when bats were removed from my attic), so has weathered to a lovely old-barn-board sort of silver grey. 2. If you can manage to get hold of bat guano, smear some onto the boards at the entrance. Bats are more inclined to move in where bats (any bats) have lived before, according to our local wildlife naturalist. I’ve got two bathouses, and two quick tips.

1. Rough-planed natural cedar makes a good bathouse: low cost, weather-resistant, naturally irregular surface to help bats get a grip. Mine are not stained (mostly because I needed them very fast, when bats were removed from my attic), so has weathered to a lovely old-barn-board sort of silver grey.

2. If you can manage to get hold of bat guano, smear some onto the boards at the entrance. Bats are more inclined to move in where bats (any bats) have lived before, according to our local wildlife naturalist.

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