How To Make A Dovecote Roof
Fill the screw holes then sand and paint dovecote roof and post with resene quick dry primer and lumbersider.
How to make a dovecote roof. This dovecote is in a commune colombier at manoir d ango in france. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in the middle east and europe and were kept for. The dovecote is made in three sections. Doocot is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves.
Topping it off is a decorative finial giving the birdhouse a similar appearance to the much more elaborate dovecote. A dovecote or dovecot ˈ d ʌ v k ɒ t or doocot scots. For a classic dovecote consider a uk made birdhouse from makers such as mark s dovecotes specializing in freestanding designs or dovetails which offers a painted wall mounted model with five nesting holes for 275. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest.
Each section stacks on top of the other starting with the base section. My dovecote is around 4 years old and it still looks the same today as the day i installed it in the garden except for the graying of the cedar roof. A lead roof buckingham dovecote can accommodate up to six pairs of nesting doves and comes painted in farrow ball s old white. Because the slates would be more decorative than functional i commenced the roof covering with a layer of felt all over photo 10 above.
At the start i had decided to make a feature of the roof and experiment with cutting my own felt slates. The stepped roof consists of progressively smaller layers stacked on top of each other to create a sloped roofline. To hold the nest box in place i attached a simple pair of brackets made from pieces of scrap. The roof the nest box and the base.
Cut a 35deg angle to the top edge of both roof panels. Dovecotes may be free standing structures in a variety of shapes or built into the end of a house or barn.