- Location
- Seattle, WA
Treehouse
- Thread starter Treespotter
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- Location
- Victoria , B.C.
Holy smoke! the length people will take to get into the trees.
- Location
- Hotaka, Japan
That's what happens when city folk move to the country, they want to see houses in the trees.....strange /forum/images/graemlins/aaa.gif If they built treehouses here, there'd be monkees living in them, and they'd never take out the trash.
- Location
- cincinnati
Scott, that same group, Forever Young, is planning to build a handicap-accessible treehouse in every state in the country. Do you consult for them? I've volunteered to help with one going in this fall in Cincinnati. By the way, are you the same Scott Baker I met in Nov. '95 at a Shigo 3-day in NC?
Treespotter
New member
- Location
- Houten, The Netherlands
Ooooo here jou go, Mister Ed and sorry Scott but you asked for it.
Ed, show me a less invasive way of making a treehouse that is supported by the tree that it's in. And I don't mean a house that is bearly 3 feet from the ground like the one in Scott's picture.
No, show me how you think that the dad had to build that non engineered treehouse in his own back yard for his children in a what you mean a non invasive way UP IN A TREE without bolted things into or even thru(?) the tree like in Scott's picture.
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Ed, show me a less invasive way of making a treehouse that is supported by the tree that it's in. And I don't mean a house that is bearly 3 feet from the ground like the one in Scott's picture.
No, show me how you think that the dad had to build that non engineered treehouse in his own back yard for his children in a what you mean a non invasive way UP IN A TREE without bolted things into or even thru(?) the tree like in Scott's picture.
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Some students of mine made a very neat tree house using only tree climbing. If you want to have a look...
http://www.treeclimbing.it/lacasa/index.html
http://www.treeclimbing.it/lacasa/index.html
- Location
- Netherlands
Seeing all those treehouse makes me wanna build one. To bad that the 8 acres of wood we have is a 4 hour drive..... There are some very nice douglas firs to build in. I know that about 15 years back i freeclimbed 
in top off some to a 60 feet. And that those douglas had broken tops and some very big branches took over the top so there was almost the perfect platform to start on.
Maybe i should start to build a 'caravan' style of house like that sphere (ball) showed previously. Transport in on trailor, hoist it up, camp out, and bring it home again. No fear of vandalism and no worries to get a fine for illegal construction
in top off some to a 60 feet. And that those douglas had broken tops and some very big branches took over the top so there was almost the perfect platform to start on.Maybe i should start to build a 'caravan' style of house like that sphere (ball) showed previously. Transport in on trailor, hoist it up, camp out, and bring it home again. No fear of vandalism and no worries to get a fine for illegal construction
- Location
- Seattle, WA
How does that one in my pic not qulaify as a tree house? It is supported entirely by 26 trees...no ground attachments. The main section with the cabin is 24'up.
For those of you wanting to build check out www.treehouses.com and see the fittings that Garnier and Greenwood with a little help from me have developed. If you are trying to meet codes and build safe they work well and are used by other builders all over. Also check out www.treehouseworkshop.com and in Japan www.treehouse.co.jp For an amazing collection of treehouse links and pictures go to www.saveourtreehouse.com
If you want to build and do it with some respect for the tree take a look at what the many builders are doing. You will freak out at some methods and see some that are pretty smart.
If you need engineering help there are some engineers like Charlie Greenwood out there that can get you through the building department.
I would be interested in any and all tree house designs that you buzzers have seen. We can learn by seeing them and they are FUN.
Here is another picture to keep this going. Scott
For those of you wanting to build check out www.treehouses.com and see the fittings that Garnier and Greenwood with a little help from me have developed. If you are trying to meet codes and build safe they work well and are used by other builders all over. Also check out www.treehouseworkshop.com and in Japan www.treehouse.co.jp For an amazing collection of treehouse links and pictures go to www.saveourtreehouse.com
If you want to build and do it with some respect for the tree take a look at what the many builders are doing. You will freak out at some methods and see some that are pretty smart.
If you need engineering help there are some engineers like Charlie Greenwood out there that can get you through the building department.
I would be interested in any and all tree house designs that you buzzers have seen. We can learn by seeing them and they are FUN.
Here is another picture to keep this going. Scott
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Roger_Barnett
Participating member
- Location
- Seattle, in the PNWet
nice, Scott.... Are some of those showing some of the engineering of that house that you felt was not well designed....?
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Roger and all,
These are all shots of attempts at a tree freindly tree house using the Garnier limb. The bit shown is used in a jig to cut the channel for the threaded piece and remove the bark for the fitting.
In oak and fir the GL's hold ~8000-10000lbs in shear.
The trees in these pictures are growing to try and accomodate the new loads. I have been watching for 9 yrs.
The single trunk treehouses are IMO really cool. This idea was tried before Garnier built his first one and the idea is great structurally. I would love to see a couple of the houses of this type, that I have seen in pictures, in person now. It's what happens with tree houses that is most interesting to me.
Has anyone out there seen the canopy access course in Colorado in Ponderosa pines?...they hung their bridges by clamping around the trunk in some fashion. Any hand first reports from an arborist would be much appreciated.
There are many possibilities for tree houses. I know that an aquaintance of mine who is experimenting with growing a house out of trees found quickly that there were others around the world with the same idea also trying it!
All this aside I think that if I had a fantastic tree on a cool piece of property I would build my tree house with a view of the special tree and not in it.
Scott
These are all shots of attempts at a tree freindly tree house using the Garnier limb. The bit shown is used in a jig to cut the channel for the threaded piece and remove the bark for the fitting.
In oak and fir the GL's hold ~8000-10000lbs in shear.
The trees in these pictures are growing to try and accomodate the new loads. I have been watching for 9 yrs.
The single trunk treehouses are IMO really cool. This idea was tried before Garnier built his first one and the idea is great structurally. I would love to see a couple of the houses of this type, that I have seen in pictures, in person now. It's what happens with tree houses that is most interesting to me.
Has anyone out there seen the canopy access course in Colorado in Ponderosa pines?...they hung their bridges by clamping around the trunk in some fashion. Any hand first reports from an arborist would be much appreciated.
There are many possibilities for tree houses. I know that an aquaintance of mine who is experimenting with growing a house out of trees found quickly that there were others around the world with the same idea also trying it!
All this aside I think that if I had a fantastic tree on a cool piece of property I would build my tree house with a view of the special tree and not in it.
Scott
SumoClimber
New member
- Location
- Fox Cities, WI
Scott,
Haven't had a chance to visit the Ponderosa Course in person, but a quick google pulled up their website. http://www.soaringcanopytours.com/
Looks like a fairly nice course to me. I like the idea of platforms that need no tree penetrations, but I do have to wonder just how they're hanging these platforms, as it's not visible in any of their pictures. Their cableways are hung in a pretty standard method for tree-bound ropes courses, using multiple wraps and a collar made of spaced wood blocks, visible in this pic.
I also dislike the fact that there's no backup to their cableways. The only thing the climber is clipped into during the traverse is the Petzl TRAC pulley. Truthfully, this is an issue that's going to nag me until I give up rope altogether.
I've been involved in so many different forms of climbing (Sport, Trad, and Aid on rock; ice, canyoning, spelunking, painting water towers, rope rescue, challenge courses, and of course, tree climbing) that the different rules of thumb and standard methods I've learned may be mutually exclusive or downright contradictory. Tyroleans/traverses/etc are one of those things with many many "standard" and/or "accepted" practices. Which one is right? Lol, Heck if I know. I get grumped at by my rec climbing friends because I'm slow, methodical, and in their opinion, way too dedicated to safety and good anchors. On the other hand, I get grumped at by my rescue and industrial compatriots for being too cavalier and not concerned enough about anchors and redundancy. Can't win, eh?
Sumo
Haven't had a chance to visit the Ponderosa Course in person, but a quick google pulled up their website. http://www.soaringcanopytours.com/
Looks like a fairly nice course to me. I like the idea of platforms that need no tree penetrations, but I do have to wonder just how they're hanging these platforms, as it's not visible in any of their pictures. Their cableways are hung in a pretty standard method for tree-bound ropes courses, using multiple wraps and a collar made of spaced wood blocks, visible in this pic.
I also dislike the fact that there's no backup to their cableways. The only thing the climber is clipped into during the traverse is the Petzl TRAC pulley. Truthfully, this is an issue that's going to nag me until I give up rope altogether.
I've been involved in so many different forms of climbing (Sport, Trad, and Aid on rock; ice, canyoning, spelunking, painting water towers, rope rescue, challenge courses, and of course, tree climbing) that the different rules of thumb and standard methods I've learned may be mutually exclusive or downright contradictory. Tyroleans/traverses/etc are one of those things with many many "standard" and/or "accepted" practices. Which one is right? Lol, Heck if I know. I get grumped at by my rec climbing friends because I'm slow, methodical, and in their opinion, way too dedicated to safety and good anchors. On the other hand, I get grumped at by my rescue and industrial compatriots for being too cavalier and not concerned enough about anchors and redundancy. Can't win, eh?
Sumo
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