How to Build a Bluebird House

http://playhousesforkids.info/outdoor_playhouses/kids-slides Using a nice scrap of extra siding, build a bluebird house. You can do this with just a few tools, or you can get crazy and use your whole arsenal of power equipment.

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• blue bird
• birdhouse
• uses for scrap lumber
• power hand tools
• table saw
• chop saw
• skill saw
• birds
• bird nest

[RandallUlbricht]

Great question: Although you can attach directly to the tree, I prefer to attach a scrap of

treated one inch board or

left over piece of cypress

that is slightly smaller than the back of the house to the tree. I use two inch long deck screws, but you can use reg. wook screws. Then I attach the house to that scrap with a couple 1 1/2 in. deck screws.

You can skip the scrap and just use two 2 in. screws right into the tree, if you want. I have a couple house like this and no rot after 4 years

[SuperSubcribe]

hey how do u get it on the tree

[calionstallion]

That's a pretty cypress board you had there.

[wilkiezoo]

somehow I click where I should not have and I deleted my comment.

thanks for the quick reply regarding the entrance size.

Once again it was a very helpful instructional vid. all the best.

[RandallUlbricht]

@wilkiezoo Oops! Great call on the lack of info. I used to measure the hole of the bluebird houses I had purchased and used that size auger. On this one, I researched the proper size. 1 1/2 inch used to be the standard. 1 9/16 inch to increase occupancy but have a chance of starlings getting in. 1 5/8 inch works but more starlings will get in.