Parts & Hardware For One Bluebird Housing System

Parts 1 & 2. PVC pipe & cap

Animal Guard 1. PVC pipe: 4"x 24" (smooth, thin wall) for animal guard 2. PVC cap: 4"(thin wall) 3. Hex head screw: ½" to fasten cap to PVC animal guard

Part 3. Hex head screw Part 6. Galvanized deck screws Part 4. Conduit Clamp

Hardware (number needed) 4. Conduit clamp: 1" EMT #20, with ¼"x 1 ¼" machine bolt (1 each) 5. Carriage bolt: ¼"x 2 ½" with washer and wing nut (1 each) 6. Galvanized deck screws: #6, 1 ¼ ", to fasten roof support pieces to sides (4) 7. Galvanized deck screws: #6. 1 5/8" (total needed 15) a. to assemble sides (4) b. floor (3) c. front door (2) d. to fasten roof support to roof (3/side) (6) 8. Double headed #8 (duplex) nail: 2 ½" long for door closure, (use a 11/64" drill bit). Dip head in brightly colored paint. This makes it easier to find if you drop it. (1)

Miscellaneous
9. Small Brads: (3)

10. Weather proof wood glue: (1)

11. Exterior latex paint: (See Notes for the formula to make "Forrest Green" color )

12. Mounting pipe: either: 1 ¼" (OD) x 6 ½' recycled water well pipe or 1" x 10' electrical conduit tubing cut to 6 ½'. Continue

Instructions prepared by Dale Glass, Knox Coordinator for the Ohio Bluebird Society with assistance from P.A. Heithaus © 5/1/03
Photos Courtesy of E. R. Heithaus © 2003