Tree House
Tree House
how do you make a tree house
Those of you asking this question have come up with a brilliant idea of making a tree house. But you discover yourself staring into your backyard completely bewildered about wear to start, thinking to yourself this isn't going to be straightforward. Well the truth is it's a lot easier than it firstly seems. The trick is having a capable understanding on what you're doing and a high-quality set of instructions to go by. This can make your project run a lot faster, a lot smother and a lot less painful.
Now I know you're eager to get started, but I always say before you jump strait in, sit down and sketch your self up a plan of your tree house. By having a drawn plan of your intentions, you will make it a lot easer to visualise what you are after when you start to build. Now as well as that the structural integrity and strength of the tree will determine how you can fasten your tree house to your tree. Usually most people's gardens only accommodate two maybe three proficient trees to fasten to. If it's strong enough you can fasten it strait to the tree, with brackets either side to support it.
But if you don't possess a strong enough tree your going to need extra support, ordinarily in the form of posts. In fact a platform on top of four posts is a good and straightforward way to go, with the tree in the center of the platform. Which means you can always build it without the tree, a sort of treeless tree house. When using posts remember, you're going to need a few strong footings to stop it from moving. Post mix is always a fine choice but if you wish to go all out cement the post in the ground.
As well as that be aware that trees do move and if your tree is moving around to much your going to need a way to fasten it and leave some slack to allow movement. I have heard that many people accomplish this with rope. But I like to use solid wooden brackets to support sliding timbers attached to your platform. This will allow the tree to move backwards and forwards without affecting the tree house.
That should get you started, have fun and enjoy making your tree house. For any more questions or queries, feel free to e-mail me or visit me at my home page.
About the Author
Hi my name is Graham Hutching and I am the author of The Complete Guide to building a tree house, if you enjoyed the articles I have posted but would like more information please visit me at http://www.howtobuildtreehouse.com/
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