Generally speaking to keep the costs down most guys and gals i know purchase 1 x 6 or 1 x 4 cedar or spruce fence material.
How to make a hexagon birdhouse roof.
While birdhouses can be made of almost any material a naturally rot resistant and hardy wood such as cedar or redwood is perhaps the most popular choice.
Birdhouses make lovely additions to a garden or porch.
It was fun to make and it was as cute as can be.
Glue the 8 poles into the very inside of each corner of the bottom octagon using wood glue.
You can make modern birdhouses or old fashion birdhouses whatever you think would look best.
Check out these step by step tutorials on how to make your very own diy birdhouse.
I really like how the birdhouse looks in the backyard where it sits.
Carpenters use a miter saw to produce cuts at exact angles and fit these pieces together.
Match up the corners of the octagon roof and octagon bottom.
A few months ago i thought my backyard looked kind of dull so i made a colorful birdhouse with one of these tutorials.
It s rough cut and generally varies in and around three quarters of an inch thick by 5 1 2 inches wide.
My version has a stepped roof that is easy to make and without any complicated roof angles.
One of my favorite birdhouses is a hexagon bluebird house that mimics the traditional dovecotes with the fancy roofs and complicated angles but this version is much easier to build.
They allow us a sneak peak into the lives of the birds that frequent our yards.