Nail in the support piece on the inside peak of your roof this will keep your roof in position with just gravity.
How to make a round roof for a birdhouse.
Stone birdhouses are easy to make and with the right materials can be kept in the garden year round.
It s easier than it sounds.
We built one birdhouse with a galvanized sheet metal roof and another with a copper roof.
Learn how to make the roof of a birdhouse in this free video on making birdhouses.
Take the roof for example.
The trick is to use a sturdy wood birdhouse as the base and attach stones with the right adhesive see below for a lasting bond.
For an example.
How to calculate birdhouse roof angles.
Glue the bottom or the longest side of the triangle to the top of the bird house roof.
Add as many rivets as you can reach.
Now nail your two roof pieces together with the shorter piece on the side of the longer piece.
Note that the sides go between the front and back of the birdhouse.
Cut a triangle the width of the roof and the height you want the roof to be usually 6 inches.
Then use masking tape to hold the mess together flip the assembly over apply glue in the joints roll it up and clamp with rubber bands.
Bob olsen began making birdhouses 15 years ago and.
Glue and nail your diy birdhouse front back and sides together.
Drill a pilot hole through the round wooden disk and half way into into the round wood ball.
Draft the diagram of your birdhouse roof viewed from the side as a triangle and write the desired length of the base.
Measure the diameter of the roof circle.
Don t worry though it s not a complicated process.
Place the wooden ball in the center of your copper cone with the pilot hole facing the top of the copper cone.
To assemble the cylinder first you take the staves and arrange them outside up besure they are even and square in their position.
Mark its length from the tip of the triangle to its.
Allow this to dry.
Rivet the bottom edge with your copper rivets in your rivet gun.
Screw an eye hook with at least a 1 inch eye into the point of the wooden triangle.