Build your own treehouse
Practical advice to help with building your own treehouse safely and with the minimum cost and hassle. Support and framing tutorials take you through the practical steps of choosing how to plan and build a treehouse. If you still have questions, visit the forum or contact The Treehouse Guide.
Getting started
- The treehouse year
- Seven stage treehouse design process
- Choose your tree for size and suitability
- Plan the structure to get round building regulations and restrictions
Construction tutorials
- Supports and the floor - fixed and flexible supports, brackets, cables, techniques and examples
- Framing and building - putting together the walls, roof, doors and windows
Building and design
- Avoid causing dangerous and unnecessary tree damage
- Prune excess branches in the way of your treehouse
- Use a 'donkey' to lift heavy supports easily
- Build a rope bridge for access from a slope or between treehouses
- Waterproof your treehouse to protect it from rot
- Security methods to protect against attack through common weaknesses
- Build a fireplace to keep warm and cosy, including how to mix concrete
- Arsenic poisoning relating to some treated timber products
- Simple plan to demonstrate a logical build process
- Buy detailed plans designed for beginners at Treehouse Guides
Questions, answers and news
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- Glossary of treehouse terms
- Forum (with RSS feed) for your questions and news from around the treehouse world