Trev wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:23 am
Having always converted sheds or built my own lofts, I suppose I've never really looked at loft makers. It would be nice to have a bespoke loft, maybe one day.
I always look at lofts and think I need to do something as mine isn’t much at all
I worry about new wood / glue / sap
If I got one I think I would in a ideal leave it vacant or with a few birds in for a winter
I think the trick would be to leave a new loft empty and open for a few weeks in the middle of summer, let the warm air dry out the timber a bit. Also timber buildings built in the winter are not as good, the wood dries and shrinks when summer comes.
It's not such a problem here, obviously, but summer is better for building with new timber.
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Trev wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:23 am
Having always converted sheds or built my own lofts, I suppose I've never really looked at loft makers. It would be nice to have a bespoke loft, maybe one day.
I always look at lofts and think I need to do something as mine isn’t much at all
I worry about new wood / glue / sap
If I got one I think I would in a ideal leave it vacant or with a few birds in for a winter
I think the trick would be to leave a new loft empty and open for a few weeks in the middle of summer, let the warm air dry out the timber a bit. Also timber buildings built in the winter are not as good, the wood dries and shrinks when summer comes.
It's not such a problem here, obviously, but summer is better for building with new timber.
True Murray
Why I say winter is to move the birds in for February as they will be racing to September
Ideally both seasons and leaving it May to feb might be better here
