There are a few problems with your box BUT you are a true craftsman and you do beautiful work!!!!!

How awesome that you are making houses with the size of apartments that are important for the Purple Martin survival! Their numbers are already diminishing from pesticides and mercury levels where they winter in the Amazon basin. Providing the right size housing for them is the least we can do to keep them healthy, less prone to predators, and breeding properly. Way to go! Thank you, from a serious PM landlord. 😊

WOW, this is actually what I have been looking for. Making a gift for my mother-in-law. Thank you..

The box joints and cedar oil stain you used give the whole bird house a log cabin type look which really adds a lot to to overall appearance. I like the latches and removable partitions for easy cleaning, which is something I wouldn't have thought of but makes a lot of sense. Come springtime, I'll bet there will be a lot of Purple Martins moving in to their nice new home.

you did a great job sir. I love it

I love uour work! Amazin maker!

Very very very nice job, really very good idea.

Looks great. I like the cedar oil color.

Nicely done mate.

That’s awesome 😎 , soon as I recover from my surgery I’m going to make two!! I have like over 50 love birds 🐦. What I envisioned, and made, already is , I call it the hotel 🏨 . It was a book shelf 6’ + 4’ anyway I divided it up into little boxes with 3-4” ledge for the birds to walk on , the ledge serves as a handle so I can pull em out and clean em ,. Came out pretty cool 😎 I impressed myself! Thanks 🙏

awesome birdhouse well done Mate

Love the video just stumbled on the channel and subscribed.

I always wanted to make them purple Martin birdhouse after seeing the great job you did Sir you did a wonderful job. And thanks for showing me how I don't want to make it exactly like yours but it'll be similar. Great job.

I love the design. If your house becomes full you can always at layers.

Thank you for sharing your video. Im going to do the exact one but im going to add some designs on the roof and also and a bird feeder for them with a design fence around and a detachable sm water bowl 😉😊

congrats beautiful project

Very good work

Very nice indeed...BEAUTIFUL....

Great job

Beautiful work,I have a similar 12 compartment 2 story Martin house made out of aluminum,but the sparrows got there first and been there ever since.Wood always requires a lot of maintenance though in our neck of the woods.

have restored a few of the old ones and they are heavy lots of rooms, strange birds everything has to be just right for them, great job on the box it looks good god bless

beautiful birdhouse,

Lovely sir

BEAUTIFUL BIRDHOUSE

Beautiful

thank you sir this will help alot

Great bird house

Could learn a lot from You Sir! How long do these last? Do not know of these birds but You sure do a good job. Just got into this hobby and am looking forward to do more. Richard in Australia

Thank you

hello new sub, nice video, I may have to try 1 of these. I wonder if the bottom tenants will cry about the upper level making noises @ 3am in the morning like calling the Bird police....haha thank you for sharing

Perfect 👌🏻 Can you share the design on pdf or auto cad or handwritten? I want to do the same 😀

now thats a bird house and a half super job

Do you have a materials list for the purple martin house? Looks great and seems easy enough to build. Thanks

Nice looking bird house. Just wondering why there’s no vent holes in the house for air ventilation.

When I saw what you were building I thought, "how can he make a whole Memphis Monday out of a Martin house?" I should have known better because there was so much to this build that I think you could have done a couple of "Memphis Minutes" to explain the steps that got left on the cutting room floor. There is some added structure to make the stacking more secure. I would have loved to see how that was done. Also, it would have been good for us novices to see a little more detail on how the dividers went together. You really put a lot into this build. It is a far cry from a frame with a bunch of gourds with holes drilled in them being used as nests. I always thought those porches were just for looks. I never realized that they were to protect the little ones from falling out of the nest. You mentioned a couple of times about the weight. Have you since thought of a way to reduce the weight and re-engineer your bird house to make it lighter? Were you able to lift it all the way up on your telescoping pole? Are you keeping this or is it going to your buddy's house? I hope you are having a great week. Turkey day is around the corner. I hope you have a big day planned.

Do you have written plans with dimensions for this project. I would like to build it. Thanks

Thank u

Hello Sir, it's an absolutely gorgeous Purple Martin House, however, unless it is able to raise and lower for nest checks and for cleaning, it is of no purpose. Also, it should be painted white to reflect heat and the entrance holes should be shaped so that Starlings cannot access the rooms, otherwise the house will become a Starling House instead of a Purple Martin House. Other than that, I must say that it's a perfectly gorgeous Birdhouse!

Very nice birdhouse but it seems labor intensive. I understand the strength part but why finger joints? Seems like a lot of work. Butt joints or even 45 degree angle would've been suffice with glue and screws. I noticed in one of your comments that the roof already failed. For my birdhouses (sometimes) I use roll roofing material that I cut into 2 inch strips and over lap them to make it look like roof shingles.

looking to rebuild a large birdhouse for my mom. Can i ask if you have any suggestions for upstate new york climate?

Very nice video as always. I read all the comments so far and can add nothing new. Just great job. I love it all. If I were to make one to sell or give away, I am too lazy to finish it with paint or stain hahaha. Plus, as you say, there is a big controversy about what kind is best for the birds as a big factor, in addition to weatherproofing. You made me laugh the other day about the "likability of the heathen" question. I am way to old, with too many sins on my own plate to even begin to judge others. Your relationship with the creator is your business, I only see my own short comings and cannot be bothered with yours. Plus, there is that ex-wife issue: she has not covered and hidden how I lived my life and mistreated hre. hahaha I stopped drinking the Cool-aid too late. She had already remarried. The point is, I do not have a unblemished history and even today, I am not what you would call "pure as the driven snow." Thanks again for reading and interacting with me on facebook. Most of my friends will not touch my FB story with a 10 ft pole. (I don't blame them)

What’s the best way to mount it to a large 15 foot wood or metal pole?

Did you ever get Martins in this house?

Bravo Zulu, Cdr Chase!

Where can one purchase a birdhouse like this one

Beautiful. Starling proof holes will help, Google it

what kind of birds can go To this Bird house?

Can anyone tell me the size of holes this gentleman installed, some birds are particularly fussy on that feature

Awesome Multi-Family, did you start charging them rent yet? Lol

What kind of wood was used

White pine for less weight? Cedar oil seals it…great project!!!

If you're doing this for making a profit, you use fence boards and no dados (finishing nails), making it easy to clean and get the sparrows (or pigeons) would be the added hardware. Some kind of low cost way to put it in a large tree or on a building for $30 or so would sell well.

Holes are big and round and invite sparrows, purple finches and starlings. Also the entry is not at floor level. I thought the entry should be half moons that are same level as floor of the nest box

The entry holes look to big. 2 inch holes work great.

Holes are to big. Put a board on the inside and cover top half of holes or you'll only attract sparrows.

Lol I thought it would be purple

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I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about building a birdhouse try Tarbally Bird House Tactics ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my buddy got great success with it.

Thank you