Plastic and composite rail systems use hollow post sleeves to dress up structural 4×4 posts. Stock lengths are longer than needed so I usually end up trimming off 8 in. to 14 in. off.
Instead of tossing the cutoofs into the trash, I recycle them. Post sleeves have just about the perfect square footage for small songbird houses.
I cut scrap decking pieces to fit inside the post sleeves as floors and wide scraps of composite trim for roofs. Ripped PVC pipe leftovers make bow-shaped perches for the entry hole. I glue them on with PVC cement.
Now before we wrap up each deck job, we make a batch of bird houses out of the post sleeve and decking scraps for the clients.
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This batch of bird houses took 45 min. to make from post sleeve and decking cutoffs.
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Decking cutoffs are cut to fit inside the post sleeves for the floor. Perch bows are cut from PVC pipe scraps and glued beneath the hole.
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The roof is made from composite trim scraps. A block of decking cut to fit inside the post sleeve is screwed on the bottom to center and secure the roof to the body.
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