Earl's Hand-Built Bat House
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When his shoulder ends the work, there is no second batch. “Everybody wants to build them a little mansion. A bat doesn’t want a room — it wants a crack.” — Earl Pressley, Bat Cave, North Carolina What arrives at your door 🦇The Bat HouseOne hand-built untreated-wood roost, ready to hang 🔼Open-Bottom EntryThe only way in — bats climb up into grooved interior slits 📝Hang-It-Right CardSunny wall, 12–15 ft up, near water if you can 🪵Built to WeatherFallen locust & oak that silver and last outdoors Why a real colony moves in — and a garden-center box bakes empty 🌡The Cool-Wall BuildThick, solid, untreated wood — no zinc, no tar, no dark coat. The mass holds a steady temperature through a July afternoon instead of spiking to the lethal range that cooks pups in thin-walled boxes. A nursery should never get hotter than the bat can survive. Most do by noon. 🦇The Bottom-Entry RoostA bat never enters from the front. It drops in through the open bottom and wedges up into the tight interior grooves — a crack, not a room — until its back and its belly both touch wood. That pressure is what tells it it is safe. 🪵The Bark-Grip LandingA bat lands low and climbs up into the bottom, gripping its way in. The rough, bark-on wood and the grooved interior give it that hold from the first contact. Smooth, sanded wood is a death trap — the young slide and the colony moves on. 🌳The Locust-&-Oak FrameFallen black locust and white oak — among the most rot-resistant woods in the Eastern forest — let the house survive years of weather with no stain or sealant at all. Nothing to off-gas, nothing the bat has to breathe in a sealed cavity all day. 👶The Maternity StackMultiple crevices give a colony room to spread by temperature — females and pups in the warm pockets, others where it is cooler. It is built to be a working summer nursery, because a population only recovers one brood at a time. 👐Built by One Pair of HandsEvery house is cut, bored, and grooved by Earl himself with hand tools — most of a day of work in each one. No crew, no machine stamping them out, and no second batch once the barn wall is empty. “Most people picture bats in caves, but in summer the females gather in warm day roosts to raise their pups, and that is exactly the habitat we have stripped out of the landscape — dead trees, loose bark, old barns. A good bat house replaces it, but only if it gets a few things right: thick untreated wood that will not overheat, an open-bottom entry, and a rough, grooved interior the bats can climb. Get those wrong and the box either cooks the colony or never gets used. After white-nose syndrome, a safe maternity roost is one of the most useful things a homeowner can put up — recovery happens one colony at a time. Most retail boxes are too thin and too smooth inside.” Dr. Marian Holt, Wildlife Biologist — Bat Conservation Southern Appalachian Bat Working Group Perfect for 🦇 Little brown & big brown bats 🦟 Natural mosquito control 🌳 Wooded & waterside yards 🏡 Backyard wildlife 🍎 Orchards & farms 🌿 Wildlife gardens 🎁 Gift for a nature lover 🌙 Dusk watchers Quality you can check yourself Thick, untreated wood — holds a steady temperature through summer instead of cooking the colony inside. Open-bottom entry — the safe, predator-resistant way bats actually use a roost, not a decorative front hole. Rough, grooved interior — bark-on wood and hand-cut grooves give bats something to climb and grip. Rot-resistant locust & oak — weathers to silver-grey and lasts outdoors with no paint or sealant. Final batch, built by hand — each house is made by Earl himself. Once the barn is empty, there is no restock. 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee Hang it on a sunny wall or post and live with it for a few weeks. If it arrives not as described, or it simply isn’t right for your spot, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. A simple email is all it takes — and shipping across the US is free. A note on handmade variance & wild tenants: Every house is cut and finished by hand from natural logs, so grain, bark, color, and small marks vary from one to the next — that is the sign of real handwork, not a defect. And bats are wild: hung correctly (a sunny wall or post, 12–15 ft up, sheltered, near water if you can), a roost is often found within a season or two, but the timing is the colony’s, not ours. Put it up by late winter or early spring so it is weathered and waiting before the maternity season. Product details Material Fallen black locust & white oak logs on a pine backing board Finish Bare natural wood, bark left on — no paint or sealant; weathers to silver-grey Set contents 1 bat house with open-bottom entry & grooved interior · hang-it-right card Dimensions (outer) Approx. 13.8 × 9.1 × 5.1 in (35 × 23 × 13 cm) Roost Narrow, grooved interior crevices reached from the open bottom Entry Open bottom — the only way in; bats climb up into the interior Color Natural wood Mounting Hangs on a sunny wall, barn, or post — 12–15 ft up, sheltered, near water if possible Care Almost none — a quick check from below once a year in late fall Made Hand-built by Earl Pressley near Bat Cave, North Carolina — ships from the US Availability Final batch — 74 only, no restock · 4.8 ★
