Bat House Forum

[cloudman75]

This is a well ventilated, 3 chamber, larger, mostly cedar bat house. My bats have really suffered from the heat this year, so I built them a cooler design for 2011 season. I plan to put it on a 16 ft hollow wood post and let it weather during the winter. It has one tight chamber with a ceiling for pups. The roof has a lot of overhang, and painted white latex
Kiltz sealer paint. The sides are painted white, the rest is unpainted. I weighed it by holding it and using bathroom scales, then weighing myself. It weighs only 29 pounds which is light for such a large house with board baffles.

Frank



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[Terry Lobdell]

Looks good Frank! What is the roof material you used?

[cloudman75]

Terry,
It has two wood roofs, a small unpainted cedar board plus the large overhang plywood roof painted with 3 coats of latex sealer- paint. I had planned on metal but the metal had a tear in it that made it useless to my way of thinking.
I think I have decided on how to raise the bat house mounted on the hollow post. I plan to put at least one other existing house on the same post. I think it will be the three chamber OBC house that the bats like so much even though it has a woodpecker hole in the front. I'll leave one existing house undisturbed so the bats may come use it while looking over the new house next spring. I used metal roof screws with gaskets to attach the plywood roof so it won't leak. The house is constructed with all screws and all holes were predrilled to prevent splitting the cedar boards. I'm sure you know that was required. Cedar splits easily.

Frank