Comments on: Planning on Building a Tree House

By: dad

dad — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:47:38 +0000

Jeanie, I just took a look at the book you recommended at the bookstore, and it doesn’t include plans for what I’m talking about (single tree on one end, legs on the other), although there’s something close (two trees on one end, legs on the other).

By: dad

dad — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:30:15 +0000

Hey Jeanie, thanks for your e-mail. I picked up this book because it was available at the library, whereas the other that you mentioned wasn’t. Sounds like I’ll have to take a look at it, though. Thanks.

By: jeanie stiles

jeanie stiles — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:28:15 +0000

You should look at our other book, Treehouses You Can Actually Build which tells how to build a treehouse exactly in the situation that you mention. You can see pages from it on our website or by looking at the book thrugh Amazon. You should be able to get it at the library. Or you can buy it from our website or your loal bookstore. Good luck building, Jeanie Stiles
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By: dad

dad — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:07:09 +0000

Blue Girl, While the tree trunk while continue to increase in diameter, trees increase height from top growth. Thus, anchoring it to the trunk relatively low in the tree is fine as long as you’re able to adjust for the (slowly) increasing girth. You just have to account for this in the design.

By: Blue Girl

Blue Girl — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:54:07 +0000

Kids are raised now, but I can say this from experience – build a fort under the shade of the tree. Trees continue to grow, and in five years it will be a slanted mess if you anchor one end to the tree and put the other on legs.