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5 Steps to Building a Tree House – Step 3, part 2

5 Steps to Building a Tree House – Step 3, part 2

 

Building the Floor
Building the Floor

The Tree House now has floors.  Notice we cut a generous opening around the tree as it continues to grow and we want to give it lots of room.  Several 2×4 braces are underneath for strength, to prevent sagging and for all around support from wobbling. Don’t want the floors moving like there’s an earthquake when the grand kids are up there. We have braces between the upright 4×4’s and the frame the floor is resting on.

The Walls are going up
The Walls are going up

There will be walls on two sides.  We’ll cut small “port holes and windows” in them so the shorter/younger kids can peak out.  We’ll let them decide what shape and where they are as we want to get them involved as much as possible. The other sides will be camo mesh netting (we’re testing it, left of the ladder) that doesn’t stretch, we can see threw, and will keep them from falling off the edge.

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1st Porthole
1st Porthole

As with any new project or new build it’s important to get customer and user input along the way to a finished Tree House.  Below, is the first test by our users.  We know we passed all expectation we one of them said, “Grandpa, this is the best tree house in the WORLD!” And to think it’s not even done, lots more little things coming before it’s finished.  Now I’m motivate to make it even better.  We’re working on a slide, and a Supplies (food, treats and tows) Delivery System (SDS), and a cowboy dinner bell. The wooden crate or box with the green splash of paint actually a military surplus ammo box, one of three I got for $4 each.

User Testing
User Testing

Next we’ll add the camo mesh netting, more bracing, a ladder, a bench or two, hopefully a telescope, and the slide (a hose can be connected to make a water slide, shhhsh, don’t tell the kids yet) and more.

Stand by for more, thanks for stopping by, hope it gives you some ideas, thanks, John