Any ideas??
My garden is south facing and the aviary has a clear plastic corrugated roof :
Which is brilliant until it gets to late afternoon and the sun hits it at a certain angle..... and it turns into a greenhouse!
Yesterday I covered the part of the roof affected with wet fleeces ...... but I'm after a more permanent solution.
Thought about painting the top of the roof white (white deflects sunlight??) or even boarding out the aviary inside under the roof but not sure if that would make it too dark.
We have some old dustsheets so as a temporary measure we're going to put a false ceiling in the aviary - like a tent, hoping that will stop too much heat getting in!
It was fine (and mostly shaded) until late afternoon but boy did it heat up quick once the sun was on it!!!
They have an ice pod, some frozen bricks and a couple of frozen water bottles but they don't seem to like lying near them!
I've pegged a large fleece to the long side of aviary which gives them shade (and I keep watering it with the hose) and also the big tree behind shades the aviary for most of the day, its just when it gets to about 4pm that the sun seems to be at an angle that hits the roof full on!
Any ideas??
My garden is south facing and the aviary has a clear plastic corrugated roof :
Which is brilliant until it gets to late afternoon and the sun hits it at a certain angle..... and it turns into a greenhouse!
Yesterday I covered the part of the roof affected with wet fleeces ...... but I'm after a more permanent solution.
Thought about painting the top of the roof white (white deflects sunlight??) or even boarding out the aviary inside under the roof but not sure if that would make it too dark.
We have some old dustsheets so as a temporary measure we're going to put a false ceiling in the aviary - like a tent, hoping that will stop too much heat getting in!
It was fine (and mostly shaded) until late afternoon but boy did it heat up quick once the sun was on it!!!
They have an ice pod, some frozen bricks and a couple of frozen water bottles but they don't seem to like lying near them!
I've pegged a large fleece to the long side of aviary which gives them shade (and I keep watering it with the hose) and also the big tree behind shades the aviary for most of the day, its just when it gets to about 4pm that the sun seems to be at an angle that hits the roof full on!
Any ideas??
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