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A catalogue for treehouses from around the world. Anyone can add their treehouse to the list by filling in the form with details. You can also e-mail in photos to go with your listing.
Jed
Fort Erie, Ontario
11 November 2004
Hey I just wanted to let u know that I made a 5 floor tree house before it was taken down it was at least 10 meters high in the tree the reason why it got taken down is because other people kept goin in it and the city of Oshawa chop the tree down completely so I trying to find a good tree for me to hang on with my friends. My name is Jared (Jed) I'm 15 in grade 10.
Michael
Modesto, Ca (Stanislaus), USA
6 November 2004
I'm in the process of building a 7-sided treehouse, with maple floors and t-111 siding. 2 windows and a garage ladder as the entrance. Pictures are being taken as each phase gets completed. So far the walls are framed and im getting ready to paint the siding before I side it, so I don't have to paint it later.
Arjen K Lenstra
Mendham, NJ, Morris County, USA
cm.bell-labs.com/who/akl/TH1.jpg (photograph only)
21 October 2004
Built from old logs in my backyard (except for the plywood for the roof). Three trees: one fully connected, one semi-connected (sliding and fixed connections) and one with one sliding connections. Great to be up there when it's windy!
Patrick and Katie Thevenow
Southern Indiana, USA
www.geocities.com/the_treeshack/
17 October 2004
Our treehouse is located in the woods at our farm. We built it using (mostly) all recycled materials. For more information on it, visit the website for it!
Mr. Mural Adams
Lena, Wisconsin, USA
15 October 2004
My wife and I built this treehouse, not for children,or grandchildren, but for us. It has a wide, winding staircase with rails, two very small porches with railings around them. The whole treehouse, stairs, roofing and all are made of white cedar lumber and logs. We are about finished with it and are planning to have a group of friends for a house warming party. We plan to have live music. We might put the musicians each in a deer stand, each on their own tree. Can you imagine the sterio effect as the music will echo in the woods.
Ken Pilidis
Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
10 October 2004
I built my treefort for my two boys. It was built without one screw or nail (or drilling) into the tree. I clamped it on. I and my adult neighbours climbed up to test it and it didn't even creak.
Anon
Palatine, Illinois, USA
9 October 2004
My friend has a little treehouse in his pine tree. It isnt really a house, but its still really fun. Between big branches, he has planks of plywood attached at both branches, and it has about 7 stories, all connected by 1 big branch halfway between stories. It is very cool.
Kingsley Koo
Sydney, Australia
geocities.com/monstrosatree/
1 October 2004
Much of the material for the blue treehouses is scrap wood from nearby construction sites, with the blue plastic board and window (smoked and clear acrylic) glass coming from a shop that "reverses garbage" sells stuff like industrial offcuts, wood, craft items and other items that would otherwise go to landfill. The tall wooden treehouse is made from an fence pieces hauled home on makeshift wheels on a billy cart. Windows are (new) plastic sheeting and floors are floorboards from construction sites. This one had massive construction delays due to running out of materials several times.
Gary Johnston
28 September 2004
Just built this summer. This construction allowed me to build this with no help at all and no hoists. Just a pair of ladders and lots and lots of hours.
8' X 8' platform is 12' up
Side walls are 6' with embedded 1/16" stranded safety wire every 8"
Pyramid Cedar roof with an 8' peak and a 30" triangular skylight
All Cedar construction on platform and side walls
Matching Green Vinyl Flaps drop down and snap in place all around for cold/wet weather.
Construction techniques utilize 4" X 4" X 12-24" blocks nailed into tree with 8" galvanized barn spikes. (I started with big Lag bolts but these spikes are alot easier and you CANNOT get them out once they are in.)
4" X 4" floor beams sit on top of these blocks and are also nailed into tree with single spike with 1" left out to allow for movement.
Additionally, 3/8" steel rod is used along with 1/2" eyebolts for additional support
Finally a center support beam is spiked into one main branch and rides free on a stump 12' high at the other end providing additional support for the entire structure.
All this allows the house to float and twist inside the tree in high winds without snapping lumber (knock on wood) The mounting blocks never move. Have watched it in pretty strong winds and it moves around maybe 4-6" at the top of the side walls. Maybe half that at the base with no damage to the structure.
K. Koo
Sydney, Australia
maj.com/gallery/catacomb/
27 September 2004
There's 3 treehouses in my backyard, one double decker fastened to two trees, and the other two are right next to each other with a roof sail over the space to make an atrium. The blue treehouses are "one of a kind" and very different from every other treehouse and don't put screws in the tree. The paired treehouses hang from the tree and can be easily taken down for rebuilding in another tree or on the ground. The blue treehouses are lit with Christmas lights. In the neighbor's yards there is one treehouse and another is being built. Some of my work was shown on 60 Minutes on July 6, 2003.
Trefford Woodford
Centralia, WA, USA
21 September 2004
I started building my treehouse June 2003. It was a Sunday, I was bored, and I had some wood sitting around, so I just decided to get started. It is in a 100 year old maple that I've been wanting to put a treehouse in for a long time. The main floor is 17 feet from the ground and is 320 square feet with 2 rooms and 2 decks. There is another deck on the roof. Originally the upper deck wasn't planned but it was more fun on the roof. I erected a scaffolding to have a stable platform so that I could install the supports and the main floor. The walls were built on the ground and raised up using a boom truck. The roof was the trickiest part because I built around all the limbs. It is almost complete. I just widdle away at it when I have time and feel like it. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or would like to see more pictures.
Alan
shechterfamily.com/treehouse/index.html
20 September 2004
This tree house is about 26 feet high. It is phase one. I plan on building a lower level deck and then another crows nest type area on another tree, and then connect the two.
Kurt Schlick
Kurt Schlick Construction Co
(425) 890-2625
Issaquah, Washington, USA
17 September 2004
I am a general contractor near Seattle WA. I was asked to build somthing that the neighborhood kids could have fun with. It started out as a play house in the trees, but soon it took on a look of it's own. The deck is 16'x16'x16' and 8' above the ground, from there you go up some stairs to a rope bridge that is about 12' long. once on the deck ther is a little play house to the right w/door, windows shutters that open and close with old window weights. out of one of the windows is a firemans bucket on a rope and pully system. Some great tea parties are had here. Back on the deck are differant way to get back to the ground, one of witch is a 15' slide, or if you are more brave you can take the brass firemans pole to the sand box below and it is back up again by the rope bridge or there is a rope and plank ladder up the side. The railing has 2'x2' wicker pannels that give it a most unique look. Small cargo nets work as gates so it is safe for all ages. This was a fun project to build and design, and I look forward to doing it all over again someday.
Bill Hamman
Winchester, Va,USA
5 September 2004
In the oak trees behind our house, a one story pentagon shaped, cedar sided, treehouse with a balcony, loft, built in fold-out table. It has electricity, and is 14 ft off the ground. Entry is via a permanent ladder thru a trapdoor in the floor. Large windows are on 3 sides with fold out shutters in the front roof apex covering a screened section for mucho ventilation and a wonderful view of the woods and the Shenandoah Valley. My two sons and I built it in about 5 weeks with salvaged materials from the local do-it-yourself centers. Total cost around $1200.
Tom Norian
Corte Madera, CA, USA
beverlymadera.com/treehouse/tree.html
9 July 2004
Here's the link to my site. I think they are unique in appearance, creative in uses of light weight materials... and the method of accessing the tower is a good consideration for a high house used as a childrens play house.
Patrick Welch
Michigan, USA
22 February 2004
I thought I would send you some photos of the tree house my son and I built. It is built between trees and is about 18 ft. above the ground. It has a walkout deck and bunks that flip down so we can spend the night. On the deck I have a clamp on grid we use to support a grill and often barbeque out there. Even my wife joins us from time to time. The tree house is about four years old now and is holding up well. We live in Michigan and it is subject to harsh weather. I have included some photos if you wish to post. We call it Matt's Condo.
