Old red barn birdhouse.
How to make a round roof for a birdhouse.
Don t worry though it s not a complicated process.
Our own bird house plans.
We ve sized this birdhouse to fit a variety of smaller bird species.
Diy birdhouse with a pretty penny roof.
Measure the diameter of the roof circle.
Glue the bottom or the longest side of the triangle to the top of the bird house roof.
We built one birdhouse with a galvanized sheet metal roof and another with a copper roof.
Bird watching is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the country.
All it takes to attract birds to your yard is food water and a bird house.
This is a no build project where you take an existing birdhouse and add some paint a pretty penny roof.
Take the roof for example.
A completed birdhouse may look like a seamless single structure but is really made of a set of precisely fitted pieces to eliminate any gaps in the roof and walls.
The bottom edge of the sheet will be the middle of the circle.
Allow this to dry.
Cut a triangle the width of the roof and the height you want the roof to be usually 6 inches.
Draw a half circle on your sheet of copper with a wax crayon or erasable marker.
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Screw an eye hook with at least a 1 inch eye into the point of the wooden triangle.
Aside from the shape of the round birdhouse one of the neat things about this project are all the options that are available when building it.
This one has a modified roof that is covered in felt for a more textured appearance.
The size of the entry hole and the interior room can make a huge difference in the type of bird your house will attract.
To attract tiny birds like nuthatches bluebirds or chickadees you may want to make the floor area a bit smaller by gluing an extra piece of wood to the.
Here s a birdhouse plan that includes a shelf where the birds can build their nest.
For this butterfly birdhouse we cut up craft sticks to make a shingled roof.
We also put big windows and a fence on it as well as a faux butterfly we found at the craft store.
Carpenters use a miter saw to produce cuts at exact angles and fit these pieces together.
Bob olsen began making birdhouses 15 years ago and.
Nesting shelf birdhouse plan.
Build yours with one of the following bird house plans.
Learn how to make the roof of a birdhouse in this free video on making birdhouses.