[BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Lenny McHugh
Doing more research, I learned that the front inside board should be rough so the young birds can climb up. It was also stated that exterior grade plywood is a good product to use. Since I am probably going to purchase enough for 20 boxes I most likely will use the plywood. Now what is the best

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread jim
hi lenny maybe staple some wire mesh on the inside front jim Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread NLG
ary 28, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question > Doing more research, I learned that the front inside board should be rough > so the young birds can climb up. It was also stated that exterior grade > plywood is a good product to use. Since I am probably going to purchase

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread wstephan
-2469 - Original Message - From: NLG Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:10 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question > Lenny, > > If you have a saw mill over there in Pottsville, see if you can > get some > slabs. A hell of a lot cheaper than plywoo

RE: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Hodges
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:09 PM To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question Doing more research, I learned that the front inside board should be rough so the young bird

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Lenny McHugh
t; Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question > Doing more research, I learned that the front inside board should be rough > so the young birds can climb up. It was also stated that exterior grade > plywood is a good product to use. Since I am

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Lenny McHugh
drill them on an angle to help keep out rain. - Original Message - From: "Tom Hodges" To: Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:33 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question What about the outside front surface. Since there is no perch for predators to stand on, don&#x

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Dale Leavens
dyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question not from what I read. I wish I would have kept that link.They only mentioned making sure that the inside front is rough, that there some vent holes in the side

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Lenny McHugh
m: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question not from what I read. I wish I would have kept that link.They only mentioned making sure that the inside front is rough, that there some vent

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-28 Thread Kevin Doucet
- Original Message - >From: "Dale Leavens" <<mailto:dleavens%40puc.net>dleav...@puc.net> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:03 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] bl

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-29 Thread Lenny McHugh
Message - From: "Kevin Doucet" To: Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question huh? what? double headed nails? What the hay is that? At 08:23 PM 1/28/2010, you wrote: > > >not really, they do have a set of plans very

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-29 Thread Dan Rossi
A double headed nail, or sometimes called a scaffold nail, has a head, then slightly behind that, another head. This way you hammer the nail all the way in, until the first head bottoms out, but then you have that second head sticking out so that you can easily pry it back out. Very handy for

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-29 Thread Bob Kennedy
ndHandyMan] bluebird house question A double headed nail, or sometimes called a scaffold nail, has a head, then slightly behind that, another head. This way you hammer the nail all the way in, until the first head bottoms out, but then you have that second head sticking out so that you

RE: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-29 Thread Tom Hodges
sawn pine once and put exterior sealer, stain on the outside and left the inside alone. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:09 PM To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bluebird house question

2010-01-29 Thread Kevin Doucet
Oh, I've seen that! That makes perfect sense. I had a mental image of a nail with a head at both ends and I could not figure out how it could be useful. Thanks for the clarification. BTW, did you hear the one about the two Cajun carpenters framing up a house? Every other nail or so the firs