Daylight Lamps/Bulb

[demolition man]

I've got a brick garage which i converted into my widowhood loft one of my sections is rather dark and i always seem to lose more birds from that section than any other, So i was thinking of using a daylight lamp/bulb in the section to see if it makes a difference, anyone got on thoughts i don't realy want to go down the road of knocking the front out of the loft/garage anymore than i all ready have because i probly end up with a pile of rubble rather than a loft: Thought id put the loft up so if your got any idea's

[andy Burgess]

can you let a "light panel" into the roof at all ??

[Wiley]

Bern I don't think artificial light touches natural light in all aspects

[greenlands]

The natural day light bulbs are good ,used for people with SAD syndrome,could benefit your birds,as Ryan says the real thing is better and free,the bulbs are expensive.

I used something along the same line when keeping tropical fish,the plants started to take the tanks over. :emoticon-0138-thinking:

Lindsay

[flying fifer]

I've got a brick garage which i converted into my widowhood loft one of my sections is rather dark and i always seem to lose more birds from that section than any other, So i was thinking of using a daylight lamp/bulb in the section to see if it makes a difference, anyone got on thoughts i don't realy want to go down the road of knocking the front out of the loft/garage anymore than i all ready have because i probly end up with a pile of rubble rather than a loft:

 

Agree that natural light is far better than artificial, also allows heat in. The roof in my racing section is 50/50 polycarbonate sheeting and wood. When i first built the lofts wondered if too much light but 3 years down line and excellent results, I would recomend natural light anytime.

[Taylorsloft]

daylight bulbs are well worth the money for darkness y/birds my lights are on a timer so dont need to worry about opening shutters etc

[demolition man]

Agree that natural light is far better than artificial, also allows heat in. The roof in my racing section is 50/50 polycarbonate sheeting and wood. When i first built the lofts wondered if too much light but 3 years down line and excellent results, I would recomend natural light anytime.

 

 

Any chance of some pictures

[just ask me]

funny that i like my cocks in the dark

[kingbilly 1]

Agree that natural light is far better than artificial, also allows heat in. The roof in my racing section is 50/50 polycarbonate sheeting and wood. When i first built the lofts wondered if too much light but 3 years down line and excellent results, I would recomend natural light anytime.

Dose the polycarbonate not couse to much condensation expesuly in the winter months with the frost leding to respotery problems and fugel on the crap and wee no wot that couses

[robbiedoo.]

Dose the polycarbonate not couse to much condensation expesuly in the winter months with the frost leding to respotery problems and fugel on the crap and wee no wot that couses

 

tam i have polycarbonate on my loft and i dont get condensation maybe cause there is enough air flow coming in or no but i dont get any condensation jmo

[demolition man]

funny that i like my cocks in the dark

 

Yes i like to quite cocks with the dark. but i bet you dont have them dark 24/7?

[andy Burgess]

funny that i like my cocks in the dark

theres a lot of room in that statement for some jokes ...... but i shall refrain

[demolition man]

tam i have polycarbonate on my loft and i dont get condensation maybe cause there is enough air flow coming in or no but i dont get any condensation jmo

 

 

What thinkness do you use?

[flying fifer]

Any chance of some pictures

 

No problem with condensation the roof is double skinned, triple glazed polycarbonate sheet covered with profile sheeting. Temperatures as low as -20 a few winters ago and not a drip currently trying to download some photos but not having much success

[kingbilly 1]

tam i have polycarbonate on my loft and i dont get condensation maybe cause there is enough air flow coming in or no but i dont get any condensation jmo

you will always get frost on plastick in the winter months its like every thing in a loft hase to in balence air flow heat humitety all plays its part on condistion of the doos i no pep who have altered there lofts and done well and others who have went back the way so its not as easy just to say confert your roof of your loft with polycarbonate and your there direct sun light kills a lot of disese in a loft but also burns a lot of oxegent to so get it right and your halfe way there

[Taylorsloft]

my darkness section with 2 doors its in a corner the door is the only light

[robbiedoo.]

you will always get frost on plastick in the winter months its like every thing in a loft hase to in balence air flow heat humitety all plays its part on condistion of the doos i no pep who have altered there lofts and done well and others who have went back the way so its not as easy just to say confert your roof of your loft with polycarbonate and your there direct sun light kills a lot of disese in a loft but also burns a lot of oxegent to so get it right and your halfe way there

 

tam i dont seem to get frost on it there is a lampost 6 feet away from my loft i could go in to my loft anytime during the night and feed the doos its never dark inside

[flying fifer]

you will always get frost on plastick in the winter months its like every thing in a loft hase to in balence air flow heat humitety all plays its part on condistion of the doos i no pep who have altered there lofts and done well and others who have went back the way so its not as easy just to say confert your roof of your loft with polycarbonate and your there direct sun light kills a lot of disese in a loft but also burns a lot of oxegent to so get it right and your halfe way there

 

Fully agree but can only tell that condensation is not a problem with my set up. Ihave a kennel enclosurethat is only single skinned and it was dripping in the frost.

[demolition man]

tam i dont seem to get frost on it there is a lampost 6 feet away from my loft i could go in to my loft anytime during the night and feed the doos its never dark inside

 

Ive also got this problem with the street light in some of my sections do you not find this triggeres the moult?

[geordie1234]

My full front is made out of perspex the whole 50ft of it never any condesation

[demolition man]

added picture of my loft if your got any idea's to get the light in natrual

[Wiley]

Beautiful set up, Bern depending how the loft is facing I would replace some pan tiles with clear ones

[demolition man]

Beautiful set up, Bern depending how the loft is facing I would replace some pan tiles with clear ones

 

its south facing, It look good but i can't get that week to week condition only problem with clear pan tiles Ryan i've got a street light that shines in the garden and it triggers the moult if i let to much light in, I'm banging my head against the wall to try and put thing right i just can't put my finger on it

[Wiley]

Hmm I'm not an advocate of darkening old birds but if your going to let more light in it might be your only route

[andy Burgess]

its south facing, It look good but i can't get that week to week condition only problem with clear pan tiles Ryan i've got a street light that shines in the garden and it triggers the moult if i let to much light in, I'm banging my head against the wall to try and put thing right i just can't put my finger on it

what about clear pan tiles as Wiley suggested , and a sliding cover ?? closing from the inside when you close up at night and opening again in the morning ??