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rick n ohio

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I need to put a ceiling in my pole barn to keep birds from roosting on the rafters I'm not sure what would be the beat thing to use metal siding or secure a tarp to the underside somehow I've tried everything from the plastic owls to balloons/pie pans swinging on strings they just get used to them after a day or so anyone have a different solution thanks Rick
 
What I always do is put a row of grease on the top of the board. It works, period. Birds will not land on the grease. As a matter of fact just yesterday I put some on top of the pillars of a new open porch I built onto house last fall. Without the grease swallows build nests up there. You do have to refresh the grease about every 5 years as it collects dust which finally makes it ineffective.
 
I've used fishing line to keep birds and bats from my overhangs. It worked for a while but doesn't last long outside. A guy I knew used it in a feed mill he worked at to keep pigeons out.
 
Have you tried deterrents like a rotating beacon, or better yet an Owl deterrent? Weather channel as I recall the channel on Dish 214 I think, has one advertised. Has blinking eyes and audio output of horrible noises. Being a predator, seems a lot of things run for cover.

Only problem with either option would be that the birds might get accustomed to whatever you use and blow it off as non intimidating. I had that happen with Blue Heron decoys on my pond. Story goes that they are loners and if one sees another at a pond it will move on to an unoccupied body of water. One persistent bird was attracted and wanted to mate with a decoy....accidentally had it out during mating season.....funny ritual.
 
A friend of mine had that problem. He got some of that vinyl screen that's used to protect fruit trees (like cherries) from birds; and tacked that up. It is black thread in a 1/2" grid. When its up you can hardly see that its there, but the birdies can't fly through it. Worked perfect.
 
Net wrap works great, but it's a PIA to put up by yourself. Neighbor used the end of a roll, started alone, was having a real issue holding the roll end stapling it up. I happened to stop by & the two fo us finished the roll end in about an hour. He said he'd call when he got a roll end again. Talked him a while back, said birds do not come into the building any more & he doesn't think he'll need to do all the rafters.
 
Big Ruh's use of chicken wire seems like a good solution.

If one did put up some kind of steel, vinyl, or wood sheathing... then is there concern about condensation on the top side of that sheathing? And would/could that moisture cause the rafters to deteriorate?
I am not sure at all... just thinking out loud.
 
I know it would be expensive, but I would use the thin white liner panel steel, then it's finished. And I don't you will have a condensation problem but you could always blow some insulation on top of it. It will make the building a lot more thermal stable. An unfinished pole shed is always about the same temperature inside as outside, anything you do will help, except chicken wire!
 
I had the same problem with birds. So I installed white metal siding flat up against the trusses. Pain in the butt to do and somewhat expensive (I used seconds). That was 10 years ago. Has worked well for 10 years. I did not do the ceiling over the hay stack or stalls, just the aisles and work areas.
 
I had to rebuild part of my shed cause of snow collapse last winter. as a result the south end of shed, rafter region, for light, I built in with the clear panels. have noticed that pigons and other birds are nolonger in shed. the other day there was a hawk in there couldn't get out because he kept flying into them clear panels. I think that's what is happening to the other birds too, it must scare them!
 
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