PVC Pigeon Return Door Pictoral How To
- Greg Jennings
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PVC Pigeon Return Door Pictoral How To
This picture will, if you look close show you everything that you need for your PVC pigeon return door.
That is 1/2" PVC which measures about 13/16" outside diameter and that dowel is 3/4" diameter. I cut the bobs at 10" for a 10x10" hole.
Notice the two wood screws that serve to keep the bobs from shifting and leaving gap for the pigeons to leak out. I drilled a small guide hole for them to go in. They also serve to keep the dowel from migrating in the clamps.
Those clamps are 1" electrical conduit clamps. I bent them a little to make them hold the 3/4" dowel snugly.
The latch mounts vertically, in case anyone has trouble visualizing that.
and these are the tools that will make it go quick and easy. That clamp-looking thingie is a PVC cutter. It makes cutting PVC quick and easy. I didn't find mine till after I'd already cut the bobs the irritating way.
I'll post another couple of pictures after I install my two doors (two coops) this week.
Best regards, Greg J.
That is 1/2" PVC which measures about 13/16" outside diameter and that dowel is 3/4" diameter. I cut the bobs at 10" for a 10x10" hole.
Notice the two wood screws that serve to keep the bobs from shifting and leaving gap for the pigeons to leak out. I drilled a small guide hole for them to go in. They also serve to keep the dowel from migrating in the clamps.
Those clamps are 1" electrical conduit clamps. I bent them a little to make them hold the 3/4" dowel snugly.
The latch mounts vertically, in case anyone has trouble visualizing that.
and these are the tools that will make it go quick and easy. That clamp-looking thingie is a PVC cutter. It makes cutting PVC quick and easy. I didn't find mine till after I'd already cut the bobs the irritating way.
I'll post another couple of pictures after I install my two doors (two coops) this week.
Best regards, Greg J.
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Those are conduit clamps not hose clamps. They are intended to clamp something cylindrical (e.g., electrical conduit) to something flat (e.g., a wall).
Yep, I'm using them to mount the dowel rod, and thus the whole door, to the inside of the pigeon coop wall.
Best regards, Greg J.
Yep, I'm using them to mount the dowel rod, and thus the whole door, to the inside of the pigeon coop wall.
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Great pics Greg! I think that pretty much explains it and am glad to see a cheap way of making your own door!
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No problem guys. I like doing things little things like this for the GDF community; just wish I had the resources to do more and bigger things.
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I like the way Grant's bob's are mounted. Notice they are mounted on the outside. Like that there is constent pressure or the bottom of the bob's.
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I put it on the coop this evening. Works great. I did have to use a wood chisel to carve out a place for the part of the latch that is on the door as it bumps the PVC T-joints and sticks up about 1/8".
I still have to grind or cut the ends of the screws for the hinges and latch where they penetrate through the door.
Sorry, no pictures. I was in a huge hurry. The kids had soccer camp 7-8PM and we had to get to Lowes in time to get the tile.
Best regards, Greg J.
I still have to grind or cut the ends of the screws for the hinges and latch where they penetrate through the door.
Sorry, no pictures. I was in a huge hurry. The kids had soccer camp 7-8PM and we had to get to Lowes in time to get the tile.
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It's a combination door and landing platform. There is a block of wood screwed into the side of the coop that it rests on to hold it parallel to the ground when it's open.RuttCrazed wrote:Are the hinges and latch for the landing platform?
Rut
A strong door is a requirement here due to the large racoon population.
I had a thought after I mounted it. I should have measured out a template to cut the hole on a piece of paper and put the marks for the hinge screw holes and holes for the mounting brackets on it. Then, I could have just tacked it on the side and started drilling. It is important for the two hinge centerlines and the door to be aligned. I used a level to do it. Would have been quicker and easier if I'd done it on a template first.
I could have had this thing installed in 10 minutes if my cordless drill hadn't run out of juice.
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I decided building my door as a unit would make installation a little easier. It also allows it to be installed just about anywhere. One of my coups has the door installed on the wire. i made mine out of cedar, exterior siding, 1/2" pvc and use a 7/16" steel rod to run thru the pvc T's. It's hard to see, but the landing platform is what keeps the bobs from opening out.
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I've built a unit like that before and liked it a lot.
Another thing that I have done in a pinch was to use zip ties to connect a pre-made chukar-sized return funnel to the wire around the top of my johnny house and put guy-wires to hold the closeable top parallel to the ground as a landing pad and to be able to close to keep the possums out.
Any port in a storm!
Best, Greg J.
Another thing that I have done in a pinch was to use zip ties to connect a pre-made chukar-sized return funnel to the wire around the top of my johnny house and put guy-wires to hold the closeable top parallel to the ground as a landing pad and to be able to close to keep the possums out.
Any port in a storm!
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Height of Bobs...
Hey fellas, was wondering if you all could answer a quick question. I'm trying to make a set of bobs for my pigeon coop. What would you guys say should be the minimum height for a set of bobs? Will seven inches work? 8? Thanks guys!
Short answer is yes. I have them coming in a 5 in opening without bobs so a couple of more inches should be great.
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