I’ve been trying to get my hearthlings to place one stone tower brazier next to a gate. The only thing that I can think of, is that they don’t like placing it on the corner of the road.
I don’t understand why it allows me to place it, however, if they’re just going to pick it up and pouty walk it back into storage again. You can see in the picture that the hearthling actually will put the tower down, but then promptly picks it back up and marches it back to storage. No errors popping up
I remember the bird bath bug as well, and normally haven’t had any trouble placing items. Best guess is that there’s a collision issue, either with the road or the gate / wall.