Spiders on your roof? Not if you wrap the wall in RP cover strips.

[Rhodri]

After one too many nights with spiders on my (fully lit) roof, I wondered whether spiders would be thwarted by there being an over-hanging block at the top of the wall.

They are. So, I wrapped the outside edge of the top of the wall of my entire house in cover strips.

Presumably, the spider's pathing interprets the coverstrip as a whole block at the top of the wall and to get around it the spider would have to travel whilst adhering to an upside down surface, which they can't do.


Spiders now climb the wall, hit the cover strip and fall to the ground.

 

[netmc]

nice.. I never thought of that. It could look stylish too if you have some nice contrasting colors.

 

[Antice]

Nothing like a little redpower microblock touch to the old trick of making a small overhang on the roof to keep the spiders off.

 

[gusgillis1]

Yeah, I knew this already, but it looks DAMN UGLY on my house D:

 

[SpitefulFox]

I just line my walls with flaming netherrack. It's ugly, but it gets the message across.

 

[Dravarden]

tell it to direwo...Oh wait, he won't do it till like 20 episodes since he records stuff he posts a month after.

 

[Abdiel]

There's also the option of putting a couple of iron and wood golems on the roof and helping yourself to some free string.

 

[Celestialphoenix]

Spiders are 2x2x1 blocks- so a corner piece every other block should also stop them, and be less noticeable.

 

[MFINN23]

 

[Antice]

Better not need to ever go back on the roof again if you mount those babies on top of it. they really do hate you lots.

 

[MFINN23]

Better not need to ever go back on the roof again if you mount those babies on top of it. they really do hate you lots.

Set em up in the center and a ladder up into the middle of them (or levitater if you're fancy). Or pistons to stick blocks in their faces so they can't see you. I like having those creepy crawlies dead instead of waiting above my door.

 

[Antice]

Can you do this with a strip of red aloy wire, and then make it glow?

Another option I like is to swap one row of blocks (4th row up or higher) with iron bars or fences or glass panes. So yes, the 'windows' on the 2nd floor can stop spiders.

Red alloy wire won't stop spiders, but you could combine it with a pair of strips and make a nice glowy border around your house. no need for it to end up ugly.

I tried to use lumber quarter blocks once. (the slab corners) made it look like there was rows of thin logs holding the roof up. kinda like a crappy western movie prison. with iron bars and all as windows. looked kinda cool, but carrying the theme trough is a bit tough.