How do I Build a Treehouse?
Setting out to build a treehouse can be either relatively easy, or quite difficult, depending on the complexity of the desired treehouse. To build a treehouse for a child, one needs only a bit of lumber, some nails, a hammer, and a suitable tree. To build a treehouse that can actually be lived in for a long period of time requires a great deal of careful planning, strong timbers, one or more sturdy trees, and possibly building permits. The most simple sort of treehouse you can build is simple a few planks of wood that make a platform in the tree, connected to the ground by a rope ladder or struts of wood along the trunk of the tree to climb. To build a treehouse of this sort you need only make sure to find a tree that is healthy, with no loose limbs or rot apparent. Lengths of two-by-four cut to whatever size you want the platform can be attached straight to a thick branch of the tree, and for added safety you can add bottom struts that connect to the trunk, or ropes that connect to hi
1. Pay someone thousands of dollars 2. Pick a tree that has a few strong limbs (or one that you can run a post to the ground to support one corner) and figure out where you can run joists across to make a platform. Do not plan on nailing or screwing into the tree for primary strength – it will damage the tree and/or not be strong enough. When you have a base that mostly stays in place with gravity, perhaps you can tack to the tree but should not need to. Tie the ends of the joists together to make a frame. Now decide if you want the floors very level or if tilting would be fun. If level, you will have to build up from the base platform to make a level floor. If not, then add additional joists to make good support for the floor. In either case, add subfloor and start using standard stickbuilt or post and beam construction to make the house.
