TT
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211 posts
Dec 02, 2008
3:51 PM
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I started on the new loft today, got a bit done till we froze our a$$es off,
Buddy came by and i put him to work,
This is what it look like before we started, 10x12 shed
This is from todays work, moved the door, and installed the window,
Ill keep you guys posted along the way.
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2008 3:51 PM
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kopetsa
2429 posts
Dec 02, 2008
4:12 PM
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I see your roller space is expanding.. lol Awesome looking job! Great choice for that window hopefully some hawks will smash into it.. lmao
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Andrew C.
Home of the Yellows
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Longroller
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39 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:01 PM
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I am a barn-yard carpenter...I appreciate nicely built, pleaseing to the eye lofts. Good job.
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brudahpete
262 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:08 PM
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That loft is certainly a neighborhood pleaser! With that setup, you'll be able to breed year round. Are you gonna? Great job!
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PR_rollers
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2028 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:16 PM
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Tony great job ..good luck this new year coming----------
Ralph
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
212 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:22 PM
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Thanks guys,
Pete, after this winter i wont be breeding through the winter, Just this one time, trying to build up my foundation.
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brudahpete
264 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:26 PM
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Still, that's a class act of a loft!
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TT
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213 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:30 PM
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Gotta keep the neighbors happy before they bitch or try to, LOL, ill be insulating and drywalling the inside in the next couple days
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donnie james
57 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:33 PM
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hay tt very nice loft............donny james
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WaTtS UpP
1195 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:39 PM
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thats a house damn you cant have nothing like that in watts youll get your ass hit and jacked im going to build something like that but a jail house so nobody could get in
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Watts uppp homeboy
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tomas'commerce,ca.
70 posts
Dec 02, 2008
5:41 PM
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hey great loft TT , looks like its going to be a warm one i know your birds will love you for it.
Tomas
5/710
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Foghorn Leghorn
9 posts
Dec 02, 2008
6:08 PM
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Man! That looks good! What's the jacket for?LOL
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RodSD
79 posts
Dec 02, 2008
6:25 PM
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Nice loft thus far. If that was a room addition it would probably cost around $20,000-$30,000 here in California.
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TT
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214 posts
Dec 02, 2008
6:38 PM
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"Nice loft thus far. If that was a room addition it would probably cost around $20,000-$30,000 here in California."Quote
So far its cost me,
200 for the shed
150 to ship the shed
75 for the door
150 for the window
not bad so far,
When complete i think it'll run me about 1100
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2008 6:39 PM
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George R.
1193 posts
Dec 02, 2008
7:45 PM
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Very nice
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kopetsa
2437 posts
Dec 03, 2008
11:21 AM
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TT if pigeons are going in there, use wetwall instead of drywall. The moisture inside from ruins drywall.. Wetwall is the stuff we have in our bathrooms. That or solid marble. lol
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Andrew C.
Home of the Yellows
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kopetsa
2438 posts
Dec 03, 2008
12:22 PM
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Exactly what I do..Not that the OSB is much cheaper but that Stronger to drill into.. and hold better (such as perches) Awesome loft!
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Andrew C.
Home of the Yellows
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PR_rollers
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2036 posts
Dec 03, 2008
12:35 PM
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Tony that s not bad where you order this from if you don't mind me asking..
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Ralph
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
216 posts
Dec 03, 2008
2:51 PM
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Pretty much the window and door came from a place called Tims Reuasbles, They sell products that have little defects like dings, etc, the osb came in from Totem the only thing that i cant get a deal on is the insulation which is 45.00 a bag, the shed i found on Kijiji.ca/ and or .com
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Hifly11
31 posts
Dec 03, 2008
2:57 PM
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Awsome loft, where do you live? You said you are going to insulate. Are you going to heat it?
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sundance
886 posts
Dec 03, 2008
3:04 PM
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I use 5.2 luan. Its not the best for screwing into, you just need to be sure to hit a stud for hanging cages or perchs
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
217 posts
Dec 03, 2008
3:53 PM
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sundance thanks for the tip,
Hifly11,
Im going to be using a couple 250 or 175 watt heat bulbs, they keep the other loft pretty warm and thats not even insulated
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kopetsa
2439 posts
Dec 03, 2008
4:01 PM
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I close off half (the flight pen 10x8 chunk) and have eggs hatching on the 1st of January every year.. Mine is more insulated than my house.. but I still have a double fan sucking everything out.. lol So I use 2-3 heat bulbs every year for the last few years and they work great. At -51 C (-59.2 F) (including wind chill) I had the loft at +18 C (64.4) which is of course perfect breeding weather! :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
221 posts
Dec 04, 2008
4:41 PM
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Well I was at it again today, Nothing great in the pics, but I insulated and boarded, and also added vent holes down each side,
So now its ready for paint
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gotspin7
2067 posts
Dec 04, 2008
4:53 PM
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Looking good! Good luck.. With your breeding program
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Sal Ortiz
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maxspin
325 posts
Dec 04, 2008
5:39 PM
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I would want the option of more summer time ventilation. Maybe a screen with a door that you can close in the winter. You may also want to build in an attic fan to turn on while you are cleaning.
My concern is that the loft looks very air tight, and that will get very dusty.
Maybe you already thought of all that. I can't tell by just looking at pictures.
Keith Maxwell
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kopetsa
2456 posts
Dec 04, 2008
5:45 PM
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Awesome T, where yah putting the summer flight pen? on the right side in the first pics..? I would put screen over them hole :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
224 posts
Dec 04, 2008
5:55 PM
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Maxspin,
I also bought a bathroom fan that i havent installed yet, the windows have screens that arnt fitted at the moment, and maybe like you said a screen door.
kop's
the flight pen im thinkn to the right side of the loft having the window open into it
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2065 posts
Dec 04, 2008
9:22 PM
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Tony help me out here Kijiji.ca/ is that in Toronto..
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Ralph
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
226 posts
Dec 04, 2008
11:04 PM
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PR rollers,
kijiji.ca
is all Canada, if you look in the top right corner you'll see select city, select where you want to look,
PR, where are you located? US? if so you'll have to look at kijiji.com
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2067 posts
Dec 05, 2008
8:50 AM
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Tony PR stands for Puerto Rico ..I check ..too bad they don't have one here It would had help me out I'm in desperate need of one like that one ..fast.I'm too busy doing lots of cement work here building cement walls on side of house.. I don't have time to make the one I really want to..I guess have to make me one before breeding season comes around.thx..
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Ralph
Last Edited by on Dec 05, 2008 2:56 PM
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
227 posts
Dec 05, 2008
10:36 AM
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PR_rollers i also did a seach for you and kijiji has no link to where you are, but i found http://puertorico.en.craigslist.org/ keep your eye out here. gd luck.
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kopetsa
2460 posts
Dec 05, 2008
11:12 AM
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Hey Tony, post up some pics. of your foster feeders too.. I would love to see them especially that yellow.. ;) Start a new thread too of course.. :) You should try them out in the air too eh..
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
229 posts
Dec 05, 2008
11:23 AM
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kops,
Ill post up pics for you in a couple days, have more fosters coming in for Edmonton, But trying to fly them, kinda dont want to waste my time on them with the ones i have.
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kopetsa
2463 posts
Dec 05, 2008
11:28 AM
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Mind telling me who your getting the new one's from?
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
231 posts
Dec 05, 2008
11:59 AM
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Larry M. , Ive known the guy for 15 years, met him when i was a kid, his birds came in from California but havent been flown for years, they have just been used for fosters as the same for me.
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kopetsa
2466 posts
Dec 05, 2008
12:03 PM
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Oh alright I know Larry pretty good! That's cool! Good luck with them! What color are they? lol jw
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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Windjammer Loft
573 posts
Dec 05, 2008
1:16 PM
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TT....good job. And I see that your getting some pretty good ideas. One more thing, you might think about putting in a roof vent of some kind at the top
and some small vents at the bottom. VENTELATION is the key to a healthy loft... You want to air to circulate front to back or bottom to top...Not to cause a draft or cross wind.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
Last Edited by on Dec 05, 2008 1:22 PM
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mario
GOLD MEMBER
272 posts
Dec 05, 2008
6:41 PM
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GOOD JOB
MARIO
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
252 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:14 PM
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Finally ready to move my birds over, here the completed loft, Missing a couple fronts but they'll be in a couple days,
High Vent Fan,
Low Vent Fan,
Feeder Platform,
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fresnobirdman
314 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:17 PM
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wow!
wow!
and WOW!
that is one of the nicest pigeon loft i have ever seen!
for sho!
~~Fresnobirdman~~
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cv rollers
183 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:38 PM
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wow is rite, man nice looking loft ,i could see u no what u r doing ,good luck with ur breeding program.i could only imagine the results
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batman23
16 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:43 PM
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hey man that is really a nice looking loft man. how much did you spend on it and the houses of the bird did you buy it fix or you did it yourself?
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TheGame
352 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:46 PM
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Tony thats some really nice work brotha!! Damn I wish I had something like that now lol.... Excellent job dude keep it up breed up a ton of birds and then give me some ;) LOL
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kopetsa
2550 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:53 PM
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AMAZING! Your loft tunes mine.. lol :) Wow you need to come up here and help out kope, TT..
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
253 posts
Dec 18, 2008
1:27 AM
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Thanks guys for all the compliments,
Batman, i spent about 120 0n the plywood for the boxes and each front cost me about $10,
Shiv, Kop's anytime man.
Its just a matter of time till its Dirty, lol
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quality
58 posts
Dec 18, 2008
5:03 AM
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Anybody ever heard of pigeons eating aspenite," I think thats what the interior walls are called", & getting sick?
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Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
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brudahpete
339 posts
Dec 18, 2008
5:41 AM
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Can I move in & rent from you? Where's the fieplace? Lol! Great job!
Last Edited by on Dec 18, 2008 5:41 AM
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fhtfire
1723 posts
Dec 18, 2008
8:43 AM
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Very nice man!!! They always look so clean and crisp when new...the birds sure change that...LOL...rock and ROLL
Paul
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
255 posts
Dec 18, 2008
1:45 PM
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Pete,
Its ready for you as of now, lol
Thanks Paul, Thats why pics are always gd, It all be a memory before they cover it with there own way of decorating :)
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