Live Roof Birdhouse

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Live roof birdhouse.

Attract some chic chicks to your yard with this mid mod birdhouse complete with living roof. She and her husband jeff launched a hobby business together called rebecca s bird gardens. Feeders have a removable finial for easy quick refills. Eric berman of erikson birdhouses describes how to make a wooden birdhouse with copper roof.

Copper roof bird houses and feeders constructed with cellular pvc which will not split rot or fade. Starting on one side staple the wire in place. In the same way this is the place where birds nestle together in the winter so they can keep each other warm. Run a bead of glue along the peaked edge of the top of the birdhouse base and center the roof panels on top.

This living roof birdhouse comes with organic soil succulent cuttings and a hanging kit making it a breeze to start your own succulent garden while providing all the hippest birds in your hood with a funky new place to relax. Made to last these feeders and houses will stand the test of time. Live roofs or green roofs are really popular for birdhouses and are relatively simple to create. Dechant s railroad express birdhouse roofing asphalt miniature roof covering birdfeeders building projects craft supplies black 5 0 out of 5 stars 1 15 99 15.

Then go to the opposite side and pull the wire tightly over the roof and moss and secure the wire into the wood frame with the stapler. All houses and feeders have removable roofs for easy clean out and durable bodies with proper drainage and ventilation. Once the roof is in place attach the long metal flashing to the center of the peaked roof using a bead of silicone and six flashing nails. Secure the roof with two nails along each roofline for a total of eight nails.

Birdhouses serve as nest hubs mainly because they are specially meant to provide a secured and safe place for varieties of bird species to build their nest and nurture their young. The business behind the birdhouse rebecca nickols was looking for a creative outlet from her job and so was born the living roof birdhouse. Diy easy green roof birdhouses from our fairfield home and garden.