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HomeCat SuppliesCat Health CareStress Relief & Calming AidsHeath 18 Room Aluminum Purple Martin House (Model AH-18D) |
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| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 17 customer reviews )
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Not hard to put together!, Other drawbacks.... Apr 17, 2009
By J. Church
"Kirche"
I ordered a 4 story house. I put it together alone and had no problems understanding the instructions... Took a long time but I had fun with it! I did put on gloves, no biggie, the edges are sharp.
I bought it because it's inexpensive. You get what you pay for the better units are $400.00+. Would I buy it again, yes because that's what I can afford and all the inconveniences have to be dealt with. If you can afford a better one get one, but this is much better than none, I love the Martins.
The problems with this house are many.
1) You can clean it only by lifting the layers off and reaching inside thru the tops. You should not do this while the Martins are around. So I end up bringing it to the ground and using a shop vac in each hole that contains an unwanted nest. If there's a better way, I can't find it and have spent lots of time working with it.
2) The depth of the nests make it easy for predators to stick their heads in and pull out babies. I'm looking into using some welded wire for predator guards but the house looks beautiful as it is and I don't want to ruin the look. I'm rural and can shoot into the ground to scare off hawks, if I was in town and couldn't shoot, I'd have to get predator guards on right now.
3) The telescoping pole SUCKS big time, we made an offset winch system that was expensive and time consuming. Don't try it if you don't have welding equipment.
4)Maybe I'm dim but I can't find accessories for this unit. I'd like a hex perch for the top, predator guards and starling proof door kits. Can't find them anywhere. Also, my sparrow traps do not fit.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 I wish there was a negative star!!!! Oct 11, 2009
By NJMan
Please, please, please! I beg you NOT to buy this birdhouse. There are NO included directions, the company web site has NO directions online. There is NO support at all. We have a pile of scrap metal on our kitchen table and two very disappointed children. I will be going to Home Depot or Lowes!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Poor Quality Nov 29, 2008
By JR
"jarsw"
This product isof poor quality. I purchased because of precious ownership. I would be suprised if it will last 3 years. I do not recommend this birdhouse.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Be prepared for a lot of work Apr 10, 2008
By Brian Wilkinson
It took us more than 4 hours to put this house together. Design seems to have been done in the 1950s rather than 21st century. Instructions were absolutely hopeless. And don't try to put this together yourself -- you need at least two people. The steel pole that we bought with this martin house also has hopeless instructions and the locking device is ridiculous. The only way we can stop the pole from collapsing in a high wind is to put duct tape around each joint. We would definitely not buy this product again. We are keeping our fingers croosed that it will survive the next high wind
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
I would not buy this birdhouse! Jun 18, 2010
By B. Baber
I bought one of these houses five years ago. I have built and bought martin house for over forty years and this one is the worst one I have ever tried to use. First the perches keep falling off. I had to tap the plastic and put a washer and screw on each post before they would stay on. The clean out bottoms will fall open for no reason. I installed the pole head pipe in concrete and the pole worked pretty good for a couple of years. I removed it every season and made a cover for the head pipe opening. The third year it was all I could do to to get the first pole into the ground mount. At the end of the season, I had to use a pipe wrench and a piece of pipe to try to get the lower pipe out of the ground by pulling up as I walked around in circles. It would not come out. So now I have the first section of pole sticking up in my yard all year. I had to rivet the bottom clean out section just to keep it together. The plastic piece that holds each section up in place broke and now the house is unusable without those 2 special pieces. There was always gaps between the sections when it was on the pole. I think that is enough to change your mind.
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