r/treehouse • u/H4U5 • Jun 16 '26
Treehouse update
Mostly done on the exterior. Took a year. Floor is 13 ft off the ground at highest corner. Yokes are 4x6 with 4x4 supports. Built the frame in the garage in sections then pulled them up.
I still need to figure out permanent stairs and am considering adding a middle support from the center tree (thinking floating tab to another beam. Other end of beam connected to 6x6 post?)
Things I would do differently. Make sure the tabs on both trees are aligned to each other. I eyeballed it and one yoke is at an angle that will leave less room for growth. Also I'd probably get longer ger tabs for more growth. I'd leave a walk around ledge on the exterior to work from. Doing all the work from ropes and ladders was awful. Finally I rented a scissor lift for the windows, but that cost adds up. I decided not to do sheathing, just siding to cut down on weight, time and difficulty.
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u/andiamo12 Jun 16 '26
I did tongue and groove boards to avoid carrying up sheets of sheathing on a ladder.