Beach, No photo came through on what I get (Digest format), but if you'd like to send me a picture of the beams off-list, I'll see what I can dream up. If the beams have flat-surfaced tops, you might try pushing some of those stainless wire nails through lengths of belting material, that are equal in length to the beam top surface, and then tie or glue those strips to the top surface of the beams with the nail points projecting up & outward. (Belting material can be found in most fabric stores. It's for woven cloth, military-type belts, the kind you'd buckle with a D-ring.) If the "rods" you mention are round, then my pipe insulation method should work for them. The foam pipe insulation comes in a variety of inner dimensions. If the rods in your shade hangar are thinner than the interior dimension of any foam insulation you can find, then duct tape should help keep it on the rod and oriented correctly. Hope this helps -
If anyone needs a photo of what I did, please feel free to write me off-list. Linda N3437H (Sky Sprite) L.A. On May 30, 2010, at 1:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 5c. Re: Bird Barrier solution > Posted by: "James B. Brennan" [email protected] jbeachbrennan > Date: Sat May 29, 2010 4:59 pm ((PDT)) > > Any sage thoughts about dealing with the birds on overhead steel > rods / beams in a "shade hangar" (kind of a lean-to arrangement with > no door, but about 15' height at the front? They are really socking > it to me. And, yes, I have installed one of those electronic "bird > blasters" and I'm not sure but what some birds crapped on the > mounting box I made for it. I'm thinking pellet rifle, but > supposedly come summertime, they will have found other places to go. > Have used this hangar for several years and I and my neighbors in > similar hangars don't have great solutions. > > Beach Brennan >
