Has anyone turned a porch into a screen aviary?

[KParker24]

We are in the process of closing on a house. Right now the front porch is covered with risking and lattice. With a lot of work and the right heavy duty screening could this be turned into a bird safe screened porch for the kids?

 

[expressmailtome]

If you look at some of @Fuzzy 's threads, you may find what you want.

 

[Fuzzy]

I have a friend who has done just that with mesh. She has Pionus and did it herself.

I had an aviary built on my decking which is between my garage and conservatory. So I have proper 1x1 inch stainless steel mesh. But my friend has used something like more like fly screen mesh to cover her whole porch. I’ll ask her what she used. I guess too the material would have to suit your birds.

 

[KParker24]

I have a friend who has done just that with mesh. She has Pionus and did it herself.

I had an aviary built on my decking which is between my garage and conservatory. So I have proper 1x1 inch stainless steel mesh. But my friend has used something like more like fly screen mesh to cover her whole porch. I’ll ask her what she used. I guess too the material would have to suit your birds.

Thanks! We have two parrotlets, and a baby Green Cheek Conure.

 

[Fuzzy]

I just had a conversation with my friend. I’ll paste what she said:

“Are they in the US? If so, it is just the standard window screening that is so common here. You can buy it in rolls and a local company attached it to wooden frames that enclose my porch.
Mine is a metal mesh… and has lasted for decades. Some panels got ripped when we had a fierce hail storm years ago. It’s very inexpensive.
I had a panel repaired last year , the big one in the end, it only cost like $60.”

Here is a pic. Her Pionus is sitting on a basket if you can zoom in.

 

[KParker24]

I just had a conversation with my friend. I’ll paste what she said:

“Are they in the US? If so, it is just the standard window screening that is so common here. You can buy it in rolls and a local company attached it to wooden frames that enclose my porch.
Mine is a metal mesh… and has lasted for decades. Some panels got ripped when we had a fierce hail storm years ago. It’s very inexpensive.
I had a panel repaired last year , the big one in the end, it only cost like $60.”

Here is a pic. Her Pionus is sitting on a basket if you can zoom in.

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Oh wow it doesn’t even look screened from the picture lol
Yeah normal window screen was a thought I just wasn’t sure how sturdy that would be for them

 

[Fuzzy]

My friend just said,

“Oh yes, the metal screening is strong enough for lidda parrotlets. And Binah. LOL!”

Binah is her naughty Pionus - she used to have two of them.