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Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
My instinct would be to fully cover the BRM with some strong material then attach the plastic grip mesh to that. It would be a disaster if the claws protruded through the mesh and still got caught in the BRM. I think the featured mesh is stapled to painted timber which could be difficult to grip... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Could this be it? https://www.temu.com/uk/1pc-plastic-chicken-wire-mesh-plastic-fencing-roll-garden-netting-poultry-net-garden-fencing-net-chicken-fence-hexagonal-fencing-for-gardening-floral-netting-foultry-fence-g-601099515210188.html LOL - crossed posts:) -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Looks interesting- it’s not OSB (oriented strand board) used to be called Sterling board or wafer board - it’s made up of chopped up timber formed into a board and held together with some kind of resin. Whatever that mesh is the bats really like it, almost all of them are using it (don’t think... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
I’ve got a roll of something very like that but wonder how robust it might be with bats hanging from it. Not sure if I understand properly but are you suggesting fixing the material to the underside of the rafters? If so then a very quick install process but I would be very surprised if bats... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Hi SFS - wow you’ve been really busy! Lots of valuable info(y) I didn’t make myself too clear when I was talking about stripping the roof - my idea for an alternative is to leave the roof including the BRM in place and fit 1F felt (or possibly some other material) snug up against the underside... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Had a look at one of our outbuildings which has the same BRM but as yet no bat roost. It occurs to me that there may be a relatively cheap way to solve this. I was thinking about stripping the roof and laying 1F felt before re-roofing, then it occurred to me that if you leave the BRM in place... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Many thanks SFS - having read your attachments through now - I can see that this is a real issue and unfortunately it’s not easy to fix. I didn’t realise that it’s the action of the bats claws which is “fluffing up” the membrane and producing the threads that then entangles them. Of course this... -
Lesser Horseshoes roosting in the stable
Curious to know why a breathable roof membrane would be a bad thing? We have several bat roosts and the biggest are under just such a roof membrane (as far as I know they’ve been there for several years).