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I would like opinions on this bat house.

Postby Markcuda » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:03 am

http://www.abirdshome.com/birdschoicere ... house.html
This house wouldn't ever need painting, will never rot, won't do lots of stuff a wood house will do.
But I don't see much information about people using eco friendly, recycled bat houses?
I use Google to get tons of info. about houses and I just don't see these kind of houses being used very much, if at all.
Are they no good?
A bad design?
Please chime in.
It is a two chamber house.
Dimensions - 13-1/2" X 2-3/4" X 27-1/2"
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Re: I would like opinions on this bat house.

Postby Terry Lobdell » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:22 pm

I would want to know the interior crevice size.....should be about 3/4" but you never know.........
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Re: I would like opinions on this bat house.

Postby Markcuda » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:38 pm

I just called the place where the houses are made in Wisconsin and a lady said it was only a single chamber.
So much for that, as I wanted a 3/5 chamber house.
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Re: I would like opinions on this bat house.

Postby William Bagwell » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:03 am

Interesting at the very least. At 2 3/4" depth and assuming the front and back are both made of the same approximately 3/4" material the roof is made of, the single crevice would be 1 1/4". A bit too wide for virtually all species of bats in North America.

One possible bit of good news is that if the "recycled poly-lumber" it is made of is as slick as other such material I am familiar with (Trex, Veranda, Nexwood...) it *may* be too slick for wasps to attach nests to. The 100% recycled plastic houses (no added saw dust) that were discussed here six or eight years ago were, according to those who tested them, virtually immune to wasps since they could not attach nests. Search this forum for the the word "Rubicon" to find this past discussion.

No idea if mixed wood / plastic composite materials are quite as resistant but someone here should know... Oh, while they do not AFAIK sell a bat house made of recycled plastic, but Woodlink's Going Green line of bird feeders and houses is 100% plastic (90% recycled) and is quite likely the same base material as the Rubicon. My local 'Bird watcher supply' has a variety of these feeders so I have seen the material in person.

BTW Markcuda, where did you find the big picture of the house you posted? It is both larger and higher resolution than the one on the page you linked to. Inquiring minds want to know :smile:
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Re: I would like opinions on this bat house.

Postby Markcuda » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:49 pm

Well gang, I just ordered one of these :thumbup:
http://barninthesticks.com/contents/en- ... House.html
I just put up It's little brother today :smile:
William, I am not sure where I got that big picture of that house :oops:
All my bat house pictures can be seen here.
http://www.markcuda.com/id37.html
Here is what I put up today.
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