fright of my life

chatty123 · 30-10-2007, 08:12 PM

This afternoon I was just in one of the front bedrooms putting some washing away when i heard a funny noise coming from the back bedroom where i keep the tortoise table.. I opened the door and had the shock of my life as there was a bird flying around. i shut the door again whilst i got my breathe back, then when i opened it again he was sitting on the tortoise box., but when i moved he started to fly everywhere. this just freaked me out so i had to call hubby to come home from work to capture it.

I KNOW I AM A SUCH A WIMP

hubby managed to catch it in a towel then released it thru the window whilst i hid. luckily the tortoises were ok as they are in the 3rd week of wind down so are burried.
the bird must have got into the loft , fell down the soil stack and pushed the loose piece of board from when we had another visitor last year

SO now hubby has to cover up the stack in the loft

ooopes sorry mods i have posted on the wrong thread. will you move it please

geordie mark · 30-10-2007, 08:15 PM

so the bird stunk of poo then ? lol why hasnt your soilstack got a bird cage on it ? lol we always have a birdcage on ours at work

chatty123 · 30-10-2007, 08:26 PM

it has on the roof section mark but apparently they can get into it in the loft

Pussygalore · 30-10-2007, 08:30 PM

pardon my ignorance but whats a soil stack

Jacqui · 30-10-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Pussygalore

pardon my ignorance but whats a soil stack

and here I thought it was just me being the "stupid" American that wasn't sure what this meant.

chatty123 · 31-10-2007, 08:53 AM

right here is the answer. a soil stack is what everybody has attached to their home for obvious reasons. only some homes have them built internally purely so their homes look cosmetically better from the outside.
it is basically just a grey pipe that is housed inside a boxed off area. the reason it extends up onto the roof is for ventialtion only

well thats the best i can explain it as all this is the hubby's dept.

midi-mania · 31-10-2007, 09:55 PM

oh, i didnt know either, i know its to let the gasses escape now though, a couple of years ago ours got ripped off the back of the house by a storm (if anyone in ym area remembers) it was like 70+mph winds which riped loads of ariels and roofing tiles off, let alone the damage to trees!

Jacqui · 31-10-2007, 11:35 PM

Okay I am still not totally clear, what gases?

Pussygalore · 01-11-2007, 06:31 AM

are you talking about what hubby would call a stench pipe, and the gases would be the smelly ones that come from the toilet and drains or am I totally off track, if so I know the ones in france aren't very good because we had a lot of nasty smells and hubby said the stench pipe wasn't tall enough.

chatty123 · 01-11-2007, 08:09 AM

yes i suppose you could call it a stench pipe. but i can assure you that we don't get no smells from this in the house at all. you don't even know it's there as it is all cleverly boxed in. it's only the birds who seem to find a way into the casing NOT the actual pipe.

30-10-2007, 08:12 PM	#1
chatty123 Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oldham, manchester Posts: 668	fright of my life This afternoon I was just in one of the front bedrooms putting some washing away when i heard a funny noise coming from the back bedroom where i keep the tortoise table.. I opened the door and had the shock of my life as there was a bird flying around. i shut the door again whilst i got my breathe back, then when i opened it again he was sitting on the tortoise box., but when i moved he started to fly everywhere. this just freaked me out so i had to call hubby to come home from work to capture it. I KNOW I AM A SUCH A WIMP hubby managed to catch it in a towel then released it thru the window whilst i hid. luckily the tortoises were ok as they are in the 3rd week of wind down so are burried. the bird must have got into the loft , fell down the soil stack and pushed the loose piece of board from when we had another visitor last year SO now hubby has to cover up the stack in the loft ooopes sorry mods i have posted on the wrong thread. will you move it please

30-10-2007, 08:15 PM	#2
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	so the bird stunk of poo then ? lol why hasnt your soilstack got a bird cage on it ? lol we always have a birdcage on ours at work __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

31-10-2007, 09:55 PM	#7
midi-mania Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: mersyside Posts: 1,058	oh, i didnt know either, i know its to let the gasses escape now though, a couple of years ago ours got ripped off the back of the house by a storm (if anyone in ym area remembers) it was like 70+mph winds which riped loads of ariels and roofing tiles off, let alone the damage to trees! __________________ Gav

30-10-2007, 08:26 PM	#3
chatty123 Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oldham, manchester Posts: 668	it has on the roof section mark but apparently they can get into it in the loft

30-10-2007, 08:30 PM	#4
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	pardon my ignorance but whats a soil stack

31-10-2007, 08:53 AM	#6
chatty123 Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oldham, manchester Posts: 668	right here is the answer. a soil stack is what everybody has attached to their home for obvious reasons. only some homes have them built internally purely so their homes look cosmetically better from the outside. it is basically just a grey pipe that is housed inside a boxed off area. the reason it extends up onto the roof is for ventialtion only well thats the best i can explain it as all this is the hubby's dept.

31-10-2007, 11:35 PM	#8
Jacqui Member Incubating Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 216	Okay I am still not totally clear, what gases?

01-11-2007, 06:31 AM	#9
Pussygalore Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 6,479	are you talking about what hubby would call a stench pipe, and the gases would be the smelly ones that come from the toilet and drains or am I totally off track, if so I know the ones in france aren't very good because we had a lot of nasty smells and hubby said the stench pipe wasn't tall enough.

01-11-2007, 08:09 AM	#10
chatty123 Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oldham, manchester Posts: 668	yes i suppose you could call it a stench pipe. but i can assure you that we don't get no smells from this in the house at all. you don't even know it's there as it is all cleverly boxed in. it's only the birds who seem to find a way into the casing NOT the actual pipe.

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