Tanalised timber ok for nest-boxes? (1 Viewer)

[Cuckoo-shrike]

I've been asked if tanalised timber is safe to use for nest-boxes. I just googled a few sites and found that the Barn Owl Trust recommends it for Tawny Owl boxes, so I presume it's ok.

Does anyone know any different?

 

[d.steeley]

I've been asked if tanalised timber is safe to use for nest-boxes. I just googled a few sites and found that the Barn Owl Trust recommends it for Tawny Owl boxes, so I presume it's ok.

Does anyone know any different?

I've been making bird boxes for years using tanalised gravel boards. Birds don't seem to mind at all.

Dave

 

[hayfieldgolfer]

I've been making bird boxes for years using tanalised gravel boards. Birds don't seem to mind at all.

Dave

A couple of sites I have read clearly state not to paint/stain/preserve the inside of the boxes, in case the chicks peck and eat the walls.

 

[d.steeley]

A couple of sites I have read clearly state not to paint/stain/preserve the inside of the boxes, in case the chicks peck and eat the walls.

As I said before I've been making them for years and the birds don't seem to mind. Never had any cases of peck the box and die.

Dave

 

[Birdnut]

As I said before I've been making them for years and the birds don't seem to mind. Never had any cases of peck the box and die.

Dave

Nor me.

....... and I've never had a Blue Tit go down with dry rot either --

 

[d.steeley]

Nor me.

....... and I've never had a Blue Tit go down with dry rot either --

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Dave

 

[Gustave4blues]

Gravel boards

I've been making bird boxes for years using tanalised gravel boards. Birds don't seem to mind at all.

Dave

Sounds like a good idea - I am hoping to make a couple of boxes over the next week and was going to pick up a couple of planks from the local builders/reclaim yard. B&Q or any DIY place provide gravel boards that are already the right width/thickness and can easily be cut to size. At least you know what they have been treated with.

Dave - can you say what type of boxes you have placed and success rate?


Gustave

 

[hayfieldgolfer]

Sounds like a good idea - I am hoping to make a couple of boxes over the next week and was going to pick up a couple of planks from the local builders/reclaim yard. B&Q or any DIY place provide gravel boards that are already the right width/thickness and can easily be cut to size. At least you know what they have been treated with.

Dave - can you say what type of boxes you have placed and success rate?


Gustave

As well as making nest boxes from planks, I also got some logs. Cut them to size, hollowed them out with a 1" flat drill. Then drilled a hole in the side and put a roof on top. Quite rustic but knocked up in an afternoon, looks quite good.

Good luck.

John