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I didn’t see your tree house build on your page.

THEY SHOULD HAVE RESEARCHED IT.

I agree, that part was painful to watch for his sake. I think he did a nice job and love that he didn't buy $600 worth of hardware. I think I'm going to use his design for mine.

It was painful and made me question the carpentry ability but he did a great job :)

They are such a joy.

Especially 8” GRKs.

@@leoantonio I love grk and SPAX.. I've never tried an 8 inch one though. That would be fun.

Anything larger than a 6x6 structure you'll need to use two 2x8's attached to the tree. Otherwise use 2x6's. And the length of the beams are determined how far apart your trees are. And use pressure treated lumber.

Hex lag screws are best. You won't have to worry about stripping out the head. Use washers as well

1. It depends. One tree with a huge 24” inch diameter of a trunk is way better than three trees with a 6” inch trunk diameter that are in a far proximity of each other. The tree sway alone would be an issue. I’d say the sweet spot is about 3 to 4 trees with at least a 12” inch trunk diameter in close proximity of each other would be ideal. 2. Height: The treehouse should be high enough for a nice view, but consider the safety of the builder and the children as well. Home Depot & Lowes recommends staying between 6’ to 10’ feet high. The more the tree shakes from swaying means that it’ll be like an earthquake hit the treehouse. If you would do your homework on how to make your treehouse more sway-proof & earthquake-proof and a apply some of those techniques, then it’ll be that much more safer. Look into: earthquake proofing a new house. Otherwise, there’s no real height limit. Unless zoning laws in your county restrictions “air-rights” or you live near an airport, then you should be fine. I’ve heard of treehouses 55’ feet in America deep woods and over 100’ feet above ground level! 3. All of those make a huge difference… Tell you what, during your next high wind storm, check out how much your trees sway. Regarding snow and other precipitation, look into insulation from the cold and waterproofing a treehouse roof. 4. Here’s a perfect website to answer these questions: www.treehousesupplies.com

@Maui Tree Service Hey Maui Tree Service,

@Wild William just never ever do what this guy is doing. I recommend you do your homework, Watch some videos from Garnier, also Nelson, good luck

I was wondering why not use TABs, myself. Made just for treehouse attachment. Seems silly not to use them.

Price

He just made an updated video 3 years later and the treehouse is still standing and perfectly fine. Whatcha got to say now biatchhhhh!!!!!

​@@LuigiZard22they are ridiculously expensive. Just use 3/4"X8-10" lag screws with a washer and bore the hole out a couple of inches around the lag screw in the beam to allow for movement.

Maybe he lives in an area of little wind 🤷🏽‍♂️

At 15:00 I just used the same 2.5 inch screws that I had used to temporarily attach it. I used a screw on each side of the two boards but then added the cross-brace supports back to the trees.

Angled deck screws provide next to no structural strength and could shear off under stress. You should attach the joists to the support beams with hurricane straps or some other structural connector.

It was just a standard sub-flooring 23/32 inches. Pine plywood.

Yes. It should be up sometime this week. Thanks!

Thia week?

Nah man F the gov.

Lots of walking up and down hills while hunting or golfing in my Appalachian Mountains!

I hope not. It is pretty low to the ground and the movement of the trunks at the height was very minimal even in high winds. Its my opinion that it will be fine.

@@griffithwoodworking6661 two trees moving independently, there is a lot of leverage from up high. Just like accounting wood expanding and contracting, need to account for swaying of living trees.

What support screw do you recommend? Looking to build a treehouse for the kids this summer. Looking to do it correctly.

@@timhomstad using tabs “tree Attachment Bolts” is the way to go, they do cost a lot more than screws

There are a few products out there to help secure it to the trees, but as far as I know, all of them require some type of direct connection into the tree. You can always just use posts and concrete into the ground instead of trees.

Screws don’t hurt trees.

There isn't a great way to attach beams without screwing into the tree and still accounting for growth (which this method did NOT do), but there are many ways that are better than six inch lag bolts. Treehouse Attachment Bolts (TABs) are best practice, in my understanding.

Having the board faces in direct contact with the trees will make a nice space for bugs to nest and moisture to build up to rot out the tree. Also, as the tree grows, it will push the boards right over the lag screws and your platform could fail.

Looks like there's no part 2. At least not posted on KZfaq :(

Yes, I'm planning to upload it this week. Thanks.

But if you use bigger screws and trees that have already grown a lot will it possibly be safer?

Don’t be such a wuss

@@davestrongman9519 The whole treehouse is more likely to become unstable and dangerous due to induced rot in the trees from the screws and bolts.

What do you mean by that? How could this project be improved? Thinking of making one for my kiddos.

I was worried about this as well at first, but since the treehouse platform and the rest of the treehouse does not attach to the trees, It doesn't put any extra stress on the structure. The two main beams the structure sits on will move and take the stress. Its been about half a year since it was built and it has survived a number of short intense storms as well as longer sustained wind storms. Again, I thought it was safe for us, but you'll have to decide for yourself it is safe for you.

What is the span between these 2 trees? Iam doing the same thing here, just started. Iam using 1/2"×10" lag bolts. I just used 2 on each as the load is much higher with the 1/2" bolts. Also using 2x8x12 as the support joists. Should this be enough for a 8x10 platform, with 8x8 house and 2ft porch area?

@@lueiza2010 purchase Michael Garnier tree house supplies they are specifically made for tree houses by actual engineers to support thousands of pounds and many inches of sway. For a tree house between 100 and 170 square feet your looking at around 850$ is just the platform with Michael’s hardware but you can be guaranteed it lasts 20+ years.

@@griffithwoodworking6661 that’s true although I’ve had incorrectly built tree houses last as long as 3 years before it started falling apart.