Floating duck house

[czechsonofagun]

Anybody build one here? I am looking into it for my oldest daughter. Not to live in one but she likes ducks.

I was thinking 4" water pipes for floating grid and build on top of it, anybody has a better idea for a pontoon?

 

[Stick895]

Google's your friend here.

 

[Gunny]

Get one or two of those Styrofoam blocks they sell for boat docks.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Last time I checked, TBN was better than google, but maybe things changed while I was gone.

 

[EddieWalker]

I like the idea of PVC pipe for the floats. Then you can use some brackets to attach the wood to them easily. Sounds like a simple and affordable project. I'm curious how high the boards should be above the water line. I'm thinking you want to keep it as dry as possible for nesting, but close enough to the water for the ducks to get onto it.

Post pics if you do it, I'm curious how it works out.

There where some threads on this over at Pond Boss Magazine: Welcome, but I'm not sure how they turned out or if they where even used. I'd search there for floating islands.

Eddie

 

[czechsonofagun]

The 4" pipes I seen here:





Timber Butte Homestead ｻ Blog Archive ｻ Nancy

I could even use T pieces and elbows and make it a grid, problem with styrofoam is that it eventually soak and sink and commercial floaters are out of the budget.

 

[/pine]

https://www.google.com/search?q=Flo...74DoDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1016&bih=606&dpr=1

 

[Lloyd_E]

Fill the pipes with spray foam insulation. It will maintain floating objective if a leak should appear in the pipe. There are a number of small house boats - really small 10'x10' cabins - being built up here. They use either plastic 45 gallon drums or plastic culverts filled with spray foam insulation. The drums do not contain the foam but the bungs are oriented towards the top of the floating deck. What kind of ducks do you have?

 

[czechsonofagun]

Thanks for the contribution, /pine, so that's the google everybody is talking about? Amazing!


Lloyd, I have access to plastic barrels, but they are too big and - IMO - would float too high.

Ducks - we have neighbor's ducks, this little family of 5 left his pond for our pond. He does not really care, he is a tenant on a land listed for sale, and we just feed his ducks basically

But my oldest wanted ducks for a while - so we may get our own eventually.

Of course, the lady of my house already requested pair of swans - did you ever check into those:

Swans for sale

 

[Gunny]

I like your idea of using ells and tees to make a grid. If they were filled with foam, I think you would have the perfect solution.