Beware Of Those Awning Extension !!!

Awning or roof extension above your entrance hole can be one of the important reason why those birds are avoiding your BH.

You main purpose in constructing these awning is to prevent rain water from wetting your tweeters and the inner part of the roving room.

It also helps to cut down those bright light from entering the entrance hole opening.

I encountered two experiences where those birds simply avoid entering BHs with awning extensions.

The first was in Bandar Putra in Bukit Mertajam and the other was in Paya Terubong, Penang.

In the beginning I was not concerned with the obstruction created but after the revamp job at Paya Terubong BH, I noticed that the birds seem to like entering the BH. Their flying path seems to be better and smoother when gliding into the house.

If you still wanted to have one try to cut it to below 10 inches or so but not up to 3 feet.

In Paya Terubong BH I totally dismantled the whole awning structures (steel frame plus it's roof).

By doing so their flying path are cleared thus allowing them to feel free to enter and exit the BH with little chance of harming themself.

Beside blocking the flying path, the awning also block your external sound generated by those tweeters you placed at the entrance hole.

Try to make sure the roof above the entrance hole are slanting to the opposite direction. If they cannot be amended make sure you install those water gutters to prevent the rain water from forming a curtain blocking your birds from entering your house during heavy down pour.


Please take note that the above are my observation plus the fact that when I removed the awning the birds seem to enter the revamped BH in Penang.

I might be wrong but there is nothing wrong if you try it out.

The key issue to me is to minimize any obstructions that deter the birds from entering your BH.