How to Build a Treehouse
Published on 13. April 2023
192 pages
978-1-3996-1446-7 (ISBN)
Description
Many of us dream of owning a treehouse, whether it's a tree fort or playhouse for the children, a secret retreat or just a unique space for relaxing and reconnecting with nature. This book is a comprehensive guide to designing and building your perfect treehouse. Beautifully illustrated, and written by a professional treehouse builder, the book explains how you select the right tree, which materials and tools to use, and how to construct the platform, walls, floor and roof. For anyone wanting to be more ambitious, there are options for installing special features such as ladders, slides and climbing walls.
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David Sparshott | Miriam Rüggeberg
How to Build a Treehouse
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03/2023
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Laurence King Publishing
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Persons
Christopher Richter (Author)
Christopher Richter, founder of treehouseblog.com, is part of the German Baumbaron team, professional treehouse builders since 2009. Since 2003, he has designed and built over 160 treehouses.
Miriam Ruggeberg (Author)
Miriam Rüggeberg is a freelance editor and blogger who has been sharing her fascination for treehouses in her Treehouseblog since 2014. She has been spreading the treehouse gospel across the internet with well-researched contributions on all aspects of the subject, to the delight of an ever-expanding treehouse community. Other articles of hers about treehouses have been published on the Baumbaron website, in books, and in (online) magazines.
David Sparshott (Illustrator)
David Sparshott is a London-based illustrator who studied at the Bristol School of Art. David has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at UWE Bristol and run youth drawing workshops as part of the Architecture Foundation's continuing 'Urban Pioneers' project. Selected clients include Nike, Oxford University, the New York Times and Tropicana.
Christopher Richter, founder of treehouseblog.com, is part of the German Baumbaron team, professional treehouse builders since 2009. Since 2003, he has designed and built over 160 treehouses.
Miriam Ruggeberg (Author)
Miriam Rüggeberg is a freelance editor and blogger who has been sharing her fascination for treehouses in her Treehouseblog since 2014. She has been spreading the treehouse gospel across the internet with well-researched contributions on all aspects of the subject, to the delight of an ever-expanding treehouse community. Other articles of hers about treehouses have been published on the Baumbaron website, in books, and in (online) magazines.
David Sparshott (Illustrator)
David Sparshott is a London-based illustrator who studied at the Bristol School of Art. David has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at UWE Bristol and run youth drawing workshops as part of the Architecture Foundation's continuing 'Urban Pioneers' project. Selected clients include Nike, Oxford University, the New York Times and Tropicana.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Pete Nelson
- Introduction
- Before You Begin
- 1.1 Safety first!
- 1.2 Setting up your work area
- 1.3 Choosing your wood
- 1.4 Planning permission
- 1.5 Tools
- 1.6 Materials
- Preparing the Site
- 2.1 Attaching the treehouse
- 2.2 Choosing a tree
- 2.3 Taking care of the tree
- 2.4 Positioning the treehouse
- Building the Substructure
- 3.1 Substructure with larch posts
- 3.2 Using a tree attachment bolt
- 3.3 Hanging a loop strap
- 3.4 Posts
- 3.5 Cutting the posts
- 3.6 Substructure with robinia logs
- 3.7 Substructure with no tree
- 3.8 Substructure with four trees
- Building the Treehouse
- 4.1 Platform
- 4.2 Baseboards
- 4.3 Walls
- 4.4 Wall frames
- 4.5 Cladding
- 4.6 Upper floor
- 4.7 Door
- 4.8 Windows
- 4.9 Roof truss
- 4.10 Roof
- 4.11 Corrugated sheeting
- 4.12 Bargeboards
- 4.13 Alternative roof coverings
- 4.14 Handrail
- 4.15 Other handrail options
- 4.16 Ship's ladder
- Building the Interior
- 5.1 Floorboards
- 5.2 Fixtures and fittings
- 5.3 Insulation
- 5.4 Interior cladding
- Special Features
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Plates
- Copyright
