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April 5, 2008
(written by MsDebbieP)
Thanks to John (Extreme Birdhouses) for the plans for this wonderful birdhouse. (Thanks John) Rick had an absolute blast building this!!
He used an old pine board we had and some old barn boards when the pine ran out.
The dormers on the front gave him the biggest difficulties and (thanks to JockMike for sending us replacement gauges for our air compressor) the nail gun made putting together the pieces a breeze! (Thanks Mike)
Now… to build a couple more!!! :)
-- Rick D































19 comments so far
BarryW
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posted 577 days ago
Since you are the financier for this 2008 home project, please don’t repo this one from the birds if they can’t pay. It has that blog cabin look…good job.
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TedM
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posted 577 days ago
Man, some birds are going to be livin’ in high style! Great job!
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GaryK
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posted 577 days ago
Looks like a great house, and a great placement!
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DAN
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posted 577 days ago
hope you enjoyed yourself making it ! how many hours do you estimate it took to construct ?
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trifern
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posted 577 days ago
That is an extreme birdhouse. Some lucky birds will be living better than some people. Nice work.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
MsDebbieP
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posted 577 days ago
how many hours? Hahah he said “one… the rest were planning and thinking” haha
he’s guessing 30 hours total but he wasn’t keeping track.
the dormers took most of the time
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Paul D
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posted 577 days ago
Very cool and I’m definitely going to build one of these extreme birdhouses soon.
-- Paul D, Atlanta GA
TroutGuy
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posted 577 days ago
Bird HOUSE?!? That’s a LODGE! Very nice. Did you have to pull a permit to build it?
-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...
MsDebbieP
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posted 577 days ago
a permit – never thought of that!!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
mrtrim
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posted 576 days ago
no permit ? im tellin ! lol great job on the bird house !
Cedrus
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posted 576 days ago
A great looking bird house or birds house! There will be no errant bugs or mosquitos in this neighborhood when this house is occupied! Try this site for some birdhouse projects of the scale you will like!http://www.foreststreetdesigns.com
Cedrus-British Columbia
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MsDebbieP
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posted 576 days ago
yah.. those are pretty cool. Love that lighthouse!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
john
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posted 576 days ago
Great job Rick !!! , I really like how you did the windows and doors , it looks very nice.
I just shipped a 6 ft birdhouse to the city yesterday so i will see if the building inspectors will jump on that one . lol
-- John in Belgrave http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2
MsDebbieP
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posted 576 days ago
thanks John.
:)
Looking forward to seeing yours in person!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Roz
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posted 576 days ago
Your causing trouble in the wild kingdom! Your birds are going to laugh at my birds and thier sorry digs as they fly by for the winter.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 576 days ago
we just had a discussion last night about how we ensure we get classy birds and not end up with a slum area haha
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 575 days ago
Hi Ms. Debdie,
The slum birds taking over the bird house should be no problem. Just keep the rent high enough to prevent them from moving in.
Don’t forget to do a credit check on the applicants!
Otherwise, you could end up with some bird brain taking advantage of you.
Great looking project!
Lee
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MsDebbieP
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posted 575 days ago
haha I’ll keep that in mind :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
MsDebbieP
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posted 556 days ago
This morning we were sitting out on the deck and my daughter’s cat jumped from a wood pile up onto the roof of one shed and then over to the next and he checked out the birdhouse. The little devil! And I thought that on top of a shed would be safe. Ha.
I guess we’ll be moving the wood pile or the birdhouse.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)