S & K BN-16 16-Family Martin Barn

by S & K Mfg.

Product Features

• Houses up to 16 purple martin families
• Snaps together in minutes with no tools required
• Slightly sloped floors for drainage
• Measures 18 x 19 x 20 inches and weighs 8 pounds
• Made of UV grade polypropylene copolymer plastic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 19 x 20 inches ; 8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00004ZBQO
• Item model number: BN-16
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,589 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #7 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Backyard Birding > Birdhouses

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Designed for use with S&K's telescopic poles, this durable, lightweight barn provides shelter, space, and privacy for nesting purple martins. Easy to assemble, the barn includes divided compartments for up to 16 families, with enclosed keyhole-style entrances measuring 2-1/4 inches in height and width. Protected from rain by overhangs, 12 of the compartments are 6 by 6 inches with 3-by-6-inch railed porches and white front panels to increase entrance visibility. The other four compartments measure 6 by 9 inches and have a direct entrance in the side of the barn. Though this house does not include the porch dividers recommended by some experts, it does have slots in which you could fashion an adaptation. While no martin-nesting structure is maintenance free, S&K cuts down on the work with slightly tilted floors for drainage and hinged front panels for end-of-the-season cleanup. --Emily Bedard

Product Description

The 16 family purple martin barn is made of polypropolene copoly plastic and is perfect for that country home or farm house. This martin barn snaps together easily, requires no tools and is maintenance free. It is very easy to raise and lower when used with the S & K Quad-Tel pole and it only weighs 8 pounds. Those country martins will feel right at home and you will be able to enjoy the company of these feathered friends.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plastic, Easy Maintainence, February 5, 2001

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Al the Pal "Al the Pal" (The Fruited Plain, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: S & K BN-16 16-Family Martin Barn (Lawn & Patio)

This house is easy to assemble, held together with plastic push pins that are very similar to the ones that hold parts of your car together. The house "sturdies up" by the time you get the roof on. The sides with the entrances hinge open for easy cleaning. Being made of heavy plastic, you can blast it out with a garden hose and let the wind dry it. You must use the special pole to mount it (sold separately).

If you are looking for an easy maintainance house to attract bug eating Martins to your yard, this one will do.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Disappointed in Amazon than the Product, March 17, 2010

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M. Ogden "stop_and_think" (Austin TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: S & K BN-16 16-Family Martin Barn (Lawn & Patio)

First, the product. This was no cakewalk to assemble. I will have to glue some of the perches in place to keep them from wobbling or falling out.

Second, Amazon. One might be led to believe (from Frequently Bought Together) that the Heath MP-15 Telescoping Pole and Heath BP-15 Mounting Bracket would be just the thing. NOT! The S&K Barn has a proprietary base. The Heath pole and mounting bracket (although of seemingly adequate quality) will not work with the S&K Barn without extensive modification of either the base of the S&K Barn or the Heath Mounting Bracket.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far very pleased!!!, May 9, 2008

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BMR (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: S & K BN-16 16-Family Martin Barn (Lawn & Patio)

I bought this house about a week ago and within one hour of erecting it on the 15' telescopic pole I had martins looking at my house and today there are 4-5 on it all day long. I did see several martins in the area prior to getting the house, but I didn't realize it would attract this much attention so soon.

I debated forking out the $125+ for a good aluminum house, but I felt that this house (at 1/3 that expense) would do for now. As I was putting it together it did feel very flimsy but once you get all the push pins secured it really does firm up! The inside partitions are made of what I call "plastic cardboard" You'll see it used in many factories in place of standard cardboard so that it will last longer. I've used this material for several home made applications and it is much tougher than you'd think!

My only real minor complaint is it's looks. It just doesn't have that "old school" martin house look. You know, the white aluminum with green roof... You can definately look at it and tell that it is made from a plastic material. You might be thinking "its a barn, what could look older than a barn..." Well it is a plastic barn!

I am very happy with this house... For the $44 that it cost I would buy it again in a heartbeat. Some day I may buy or build a different more traditional looking house, but this house should stay in the air for a long time!