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How to Build a Treehouse

This series of photos and captions below will show you how to build a two-tree treehouse . . . . in less than a year!

Also, here’s a good reference book for some ideas of different types of treehouses:


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  1. Brad Hale | November 14, 2008 at 11:22 pm | Permalink

    Jim
    Great shed! I don’t think the cows could ever get into this one to ruin the camp-outs. Why didn’t we think of doing this when we were kids?
    Brad

  2. Jim Ide | November 16, 2008 at 12:55 am | Permalink

    We were too busy riding over to the convenience store to pickup a can of beans. Funny how times have changed.

    Great to hear from you. Will send you a note!

    Jim

  3. treehousebuilder | April 25, 2009 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

    Very clever design and use of cabling. I’m curious what diameter of lag screws you used for the tops of the cables and for the main supports underneath.

    I’m also trying to gather data on which support ideas work well and which ones don’t. So please keep in touch with me over the years, and if the tree house support system fails or needs modification, please let me know what happened and how you resolved it. Here’s how you can get in touch with me:
    Tree Top Builders: Custom Tree House Builders
    Tree Top Builders, builders of the finest custom tree houses
    Thanks a lot, and the project pictures look great!

  4. Jim Ide | April 26, 2009 at 11:16 am | Permalink

    I put seven inch lag screws into the trees for the main floor supports and the top cable supports. The cables really only come into play when there is a lot of weight on one side or the other. Support system has made it through two winters now and some fairly high winds without any signs of distress. Thanks for the note. Will keep you posted.

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