Bat house problem
I made a rocket house that is about 3.5' tall (ignore the structure laying on the ground in front of it). It's mounted on a 20' piece of 2" aluminum tubing (.25" wall). The tube goes up inside the house all the way to the roof. The bottom 3' of the tube is in concrete. The house prob weighs 40 pounds. Unfortunately, the house sways in the wind and I need to fix that. If I had used steel I'd be fine. The options, now, are: Guy wires - prob the best solution but I don't want to interfere with the bats landing zone. Since it's a rocket house there is no front/back/side, so the lines will always be in the bats' path. Cut the tube below the house and dropping the height by 4'. This would still be a respectable height but I dont think it will solve the issue. I will do it anyway, unless I am convinced that #1 is not a worry - in which case I'd rather keep it at the current height and add the guy lines Add more support at the bottom. I could fill a 4' tall Sonotube with concrete (ugly). I thought about a gabion filled with giant rocks but that will cost a fortune. Make three "sisters" out of 8' lengths of angle steel (or even wood) that would get thru-bolted to the post. Anyone have thoughts or other suggestions? (I can make mechanical connections to the tube at this point but welding onto it is out.) Thanks! submitted by /u/roddybologna [link] [comments]
| | I made a rocket house that is about 3.5' tall (ignore the structure laying on the ground in front of it). It's mounted on a 20' piece of 2" aluminum tubing (.25" wall). The tube goes up inside the house all the way to the roof. The bottom 3' of the tube is in concrete. The house prob weighs 40 pounds. Unfortunately, the house sways in the wind and I need to fix that. If I had used steel I'd be fine. The options, now, are:
Anyone have thoughts or other suggestions? (I can make mechanical connections to the tube at this point but welding onto it is out.) Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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