Sunday, July 15, 2018

Treehouse revisited



After a 30 year break, a chance to build another treehouse! First job was to choose the place. It was decided to use three trees, which presented a challenge. It would have to be flexible enough to accomodate for the threes moving independantly. I decided to use a clamping mechanism:

The spot. Not a bad place!

The working platform

One of the clamps

The deck nearing completion

The design of the house evolved naturally. The two large pines were quite close together, so I hit on the idea of a T-shape for the frame.


The perfect shape!


For the cladding we chose thick rough sawn boards of Aspen. It is very light and easy to work, and it weathers quickly to a beautiful silver gray.


The finished article, including happy customer!

Some details, including the great view through antique windows.



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