How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts
Published on 21. September 2023
96 pages
978-1-4930-8259-9 (ISBN)
Description
A treehouse is a wonderful idea, but how in the name of creation do you actually build one? In this delightfully illustrated handbook, David Stiles, the unofficial world grandmaster of the treehouse, shows how.
Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics: how to nail, how to buy wood, what kind of screws and nails to use.
Then it's on to an A-frame design so simple that it can be built in a weekend out of four sheets of plywood, followed by lean-tos, a tree hut, and a Tarzan-style jungle hideaway. There are also forts of every description, including a 21-foot-tall lookout tower modeled on one George Washington built to keep an eye on the redcoats.
Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon.
Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles's TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer's handbook, offering practical results.
Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics: how to nail, how to buy wood, what kind of screws and nails to use.
Then it's on to an A-frame design so simple that it can be built in a weekend out of four sheets of plywood, followed by lean-tos, a tree hut, and a Tarzan-style jungle hideaway. There are also forts of every description, including a 21-foot-tall lookout tower modeled on one George Washington built to keep an eye on the redcoats.
Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon.
Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles's TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer's handbook, offering practical results.
Reviews / Votes
"How to hammer, how to saw, how to dream. The perfect guidebook for kids." -- Wally Lawrence, reader and weekend carpenterMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
100 BW Illustrations
File size
28,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-8259-9 (9781493082599)
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Additional editions
David Stiles
How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts
Book
10/2018
The Lyons Press
€16.60
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Person
DAVID STILES is an industrial designer. He has written fifteen books on do-it-yourself building projects, including Fun Projects for You and the Kids (page TK). His playground designs have won awards from the New York City planning commission. He and his wife have appeared on The Discovery Channel and HGTV. They divide their time between New York City and East Hampton, New York.
Content
- Front Cover
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- A Note to Your Parents
- A Word for the Kids
- Carpentry Tips
- Treehouses
- Treehouse Tips
- Finding the Right Tree
- Platform Framing
- Floor Framing
- Easy-to-Build Treehouse
- Tree Hut
- Secret Escape Hatch
- Tarzan Treehouse
- Huts & Forts
- Look-out Tower
- Junk Hut
- Mountain Stream Hut
- Lean-to
- Fort Bravo
- Outfitting
- Camping out Overnight
- Other Cool Stuff
- Catapult
- Treasure Chest
- Cannon
- Snow Forts
- Snowball Fort
- City Snow Fort
- Eskimo Snow House
- Snow Block Fort
