Styrofoam chalet / gourds / housing: how are they holding up?

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Cliffside_KSAT
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Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:32 pm
Location: Central Texas

For those of you who have built or used styrofoam chalets, gourds or housing, I'm curious to know how well these are holding up over time?

I recall some landlords did some interesting builds with fiberglass on foamboard and posted their work to this forum a while back (like ~10 years?), and was curious to see if the construction technique held up or the concept was shelved.

Thanks!
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Unk Bond
Posts: 206
Joined: Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:11 pm
Location: Ohio

Hello
I am also interested How they held up
Make cranking a wench way easer [ Smile
I Googled a Styrofoam Martin bird house

They showed with measurement [ Later
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C.C.Martins
Posts: 3368
Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
Location: Corpus Christi Tx
Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.

Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
PMCA member

Cliffside,
I remember that as well, think one stood out...he was here in Corpus Christi but has since dropped off. Sure some have knowledge.
Tom
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
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