Is this going to keep them out?

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bokehman

Feeling the Heat
Nov 25, 2007
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Spain
Just a follow on from my bird's nest thread when a couple of sparrows appeared in the stove.

Well I've just taken another nest out. Anyway is this going to keep them out? The mesh is just under 3/4". I'm not sure it's small enough.
 

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If it doesn't let them die. Those genes need to be eliminated.

pen
 
Pen. your post cracked me up. "Triage" for the species, what a concept. :)
 
Bobbin said:
Pen. your post cracked me up. "Triage" for the species, what a concept. :)

Darwin and Wallace thought of it, not me :)
 
I might have to do that too. Every year I have at least one bird in the stove, this year two. I don't know how or why they get in the cap but they do. So far as far as I'm aware no nest.
 
Boke,
I have to say that is one good looking piece of work on your cap. Are you a metal fabricator by any chance?
 
Yeah that looks buttoned up really nice.. I have many small song birds and such in my area.. They will make a nest in the smallest of places.. I went with this pictured cap that has a built in spark screen.. So far no bird problems with mine and yours looks even better..
 

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My Oslo heats my home said:
Boke,
I have to say that is one good looking piece of work on your cap. Are you a metal fabricator by any chance?
No! I did that with a pair of pliers and side cutters. I was going to buy a nice cap, maybe a spinner (100€), but when I saw the prices I opted for a roll of wire mesh instead.
 
n3pro said:
Every year I have at least one bird in the stove, this year two. I don't know how or why they get in the cap but they do. So far as far as I'm aware no nest.
The ones that fell down the pipe were after I took the nest out. They must have entered the pipe expecting the nest to be right there, and its absence caught them out.
 
bokehman said:
Just a follow on from my bird's nest thread when a couple of sparrows appeared in the stove.

Well I've just taken another nest out. Anyway is this going to keep them out? The mesh is just under 3/4". I'm not sure it's small enough.


3/4" should be small enough. To go smaller invites more soot or creosote to accumulate and you'll be constantly cleaning it. However, you can clean it many times by simply tapping on the screen but sooner or later you end up removing it and attacking with wire brush.
 
Must be the wet wood chatter. We just cleaned our stock Simpson cap with what looks like 1/2" screening for the first time in 4 years. No plugging noted.
 
pen said:
If it doesn't let them die. Those genes need to be eliminated.

pen

They are non native. They aggressively compete with native birds for nests. I say roast them.
 
bokehman said:
Backwards Savage, I've run this stove for 3 seasons and the pipe is like brand new inside. Everyone keeps talking about creosote on the forum. Am I doing something wrong?

Bokehman, I wrote that more for others benefit. We've seen several posts on this forum about their 1/2" plugging and that is the only reason I mentioned it. If you have a good clean chimney after 3 years you are doing something right. I believe we can match you on that chimney too. Ours is still nice and clean. So if you are doing wrong, keep right on doing it.
 
Burned for 28 years with no screen and not one bird or nest in the chimney or stove. Must be a Spanish bird thing. Or wood that smells like bird seed. %-P
 
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