06-08-2016, 08:44 AM
I have a problems where birds keep coming back and building their nest inside the spikes I put on the gantry on the attached photo. Commercial application where I have 100 people a day walk under this area. I am just waiting for one of my customers to get crapped on.
I've had a local screen company install wire mess on the underside of the structure. They did a great job from what I can tell. THe birds do not next on the I-Beam as I guess it is just too narrow.
THe gantry ultimately holds a torpedo that is part of the heritage of the building as they built torpedo's during WWII in the building and the gantry is how they moved them in and out of the building. I want to keep the gantry/torpedo as it is a wonderful conversation piece for our Federal Government/Military customers who come visit.
Back to the original question, How the heck to I get the birds to stay away. I thought the spike strips were the answer as that is what you see on all the monuments in Washington DC where the pigeons would take over if allowed. Anything I can put there like moth balls which will just smell so bad during the mating season, some magical pepper spray....12 gauge???