As I have mentiuoned before I joined an Army Veterans private forest society. We cna go there to destress, light a fire, build am shelter, do some fishing. I asked my kids what type of shelter we should build and they immediately asked for a treehouse fort.
So I watched some youtube videos and there are these wood screw bolts that you can buy that allow the tree to continue to grow without throttling it. They were around $100 each and IO need to buy two and improt them to the UK. I have no idea what they are called - can anyone help?
I also need the othr support brackets to make the legs etc to keep the paltfrom stable. This is a build on a single tree trunk. Any ideas for me?
No clue of the parts that you need are other than I thought they were called something like a compression fitting.
I would recommend doing the tree house separate and just building it near it or build a deck over to it. I've built several ground blinds near trees and it's amazing how even large trees move inches when a good wind comes through. Several years ago there was a nice big maple behind my house I was gonna build a tree house on for the kids. About a month after considering it the tree started dropping branches. It ended up having the center rotted out and I had to cut it down.
The tree house needs to be structurally sound independent of the tree. If supported by heavy outreaching branches, you do not need many lag bolts into the trunk. Consider having a retractable or canvas roof. Choose a tree that typically lives more than fifty years. My tree houses survived for 20 years or so - the trees did not die to cause it.
I think they're just called TABs (Tree Attachment Bolts). I'm currently building a treehouse as well and decided ultimately to build it around the tree rather than on the tree. I didn't want the structure dependent on the tree at all. But my decision was based on wanting it to be a long-term structure. Ones that are integrated into the tree are much cooler ;-)
How to build a weathertite roof that also lets smoke out for my treehouse
So. If and when I finish my treehouse platform I was thinking about how to make a roof that is sealed against the tree but also a chimney stack to let smoke out. My thought process so far is to build an umbrella framework around the tree and fashion a rubber or flexible material seal rather like the neck seal on a drysuit. Then include a capped metal smokestack coming out of the roof.
Might put it out through a wall to give it a few extra feet away from the tree. Less worry about leaks too
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