Deny the Surface

Bird Wire Systems for Ledges, Parapets, and Rooftops

Low-profile tensioned wire that makes landing impossible for pigeons and gulls, without changing how your building looks.

How It Works

What it is and where it fits.

Stainless steel posts anchor nylon-coated stainless steel wire, tensioned with small springs. When a large bird tries to land, the wire sways and creates an unstable platform, so the bird moves on.

For flat roofs, BSI installs grid wire systems: an elevated network of wires suspended above the roof surface, typically on 10 by 10 or 15 by 15 foot spacing for gulls. Birds that need a long glide path to land refuse the space, while maintenance crews can still walk beneath higher grids to service rooftop equipment.

Approach
Deny the surface. Low-profile landing hardware.
Target species
Pigeons, gulls, and Canada geese.
Typical installations
Parapets, window ledges, beams, signage, historic facades, and flat roofs.
Specifications and Tradeoffs

The details buyers and specifiers ask about.

What we install

Stainless steel posts, tension springs, and nylon-coated stainless steel wire
Grid wire elevated from 3 inches to several feet above the roof, depending on species
Turnbuckle tensioning for long parapet runs

Where it excels

Nearly invisible from the sidewalk, preserving the building silhouette
Accepted on historic structures where visible hardware is not
Grid wire protects thousands of square feet of roof without full netting

Limitations

Not effective against small birds such as sparrows and starlings
Tension should be checked after high wind or heavy snow
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