Good ventilation

I will start building a 12 x 8 foot loft next month and have been thinking of ventilation , i`ve been doing a bit of digging around on the net ect and as far as i can see  ventilation is best put on the highest wall top and bottom , is it still ok to put ventilation on all other walls as well top and bottom or is it best just to ventilate the highest wall top and bottom , i`m thinking of louvers / vents on all four walls at the bottom  and a four inch gap along the top of the loft where the walls meet the roof and this will be meshed , would this be ok , what works for you lads.

Cheers andy:cheers:  

Andy the most important thing is ventilation but you must not have a draft as this can cause problems

The best thing I can say is you need a Carm loft when you build the loft before you place pigeons in it stay in your loft on a gale force windy day and feel the atmosphere within your loft if you are comfortable with plenty of air with no draft then you are a step closer

Andy all the best but "I Know Nothing"  jmo mate good luck

Don Webb wrote:

Andy the most important thing is ventilation but you must not have a draft as this can cause problems

The best thing I can say is you need a Carm loft when you build the loft before you place pigeons in it stay in your loft on a gale force windy day and feel the atmosphere within your loft if you are comfortable with plenty of air with no draft then you are a step closer

Andy all the best but "I Know Nothing"  jmo mate good luck

Cheers Don , yer know what you mean , good ventilation but not drafty ,
to be honest it`s only when you start to think about it and it all starts to make sense , heavy cold clean air in pushes lighter warm stale air out , found an article on the net and it said that a good test is to spray some airspray in your loft and if after ten minutes you can still smell it you don`t have enough ventilation so add another vent top and bottom.
Makes sense i suppose   

andy.

Andy the only thing I would say is its all trial and error mate but it what your happy with at the end mate and you can make the different changes when needed mate good luck

get some smoke bombs and set um off in the loft that will give you a good idea about yer air flow ..the thing is you want good air flow but not to fast a flow as don said that's when you get a draft ...trial and error I am afraid mate atb

the more ventilation the better in my view, ive heard of some fanciers wintering their pigeons in avieries.........

David wrote:

the more ventilation the better in my view, ive heard of some fanciers wintering their pigeons in avieries.........

Yes that happens in Belguim all birds are kept in aviaries only placed in the loft during the night then placed back in the aviaries early the following day all day

I have 2 averies 6foot long 4 an 3 foot wide I have 2 vents in the front at the bottom of each section plus a 2" gap all around the top front and back