World treehouse list

Rolf Hill
Courtenay, BC, Canada
4 May 2008

I built my treehouse 90 feet up in a Grand Fir. Even at 90ft the trunk is still 18 inches in diameter! It is 8'x8' with a small loft, so it can comfortably sleep 3 adults. The best thing I did was put a window in all four walls. The view is spectacular, since the rest of the forest canopy tops out at about 80 feet. It is totally waterproof (metal roof) and gets quite the sway going during a windstorm. Its about the equivalent of being on rough seas. To climb the tree you ascend up the branches which go all the way to the ground. I would love to build treehouses for a living, so if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please let me know!

Preston Joe Young
Friendship, TN, USA
21 March 2008

Just finished a small treehouse complete with fire bell 8ft slide and two fully enclosed 5x5 rooms.

John Berdan
London, UK
13 February 2008

Since we built the treehouse in 1989 it has changed from a great play area for the children to a two storey party palace for the adults.

Lots of fun.

Greg
Mount Kisco, NY, USA
6 February 2008

So I decide to build this treehouse. I make it about let say 25 feet in the air, posibly 20 feet.it looked sturdy, it felt sturdy, and it was well put together. One time a asked my friend to install the planks of wood that go out from the tree to the corner of the treehouse. He decided to save 45$ and use old wood. So here we are one afternoon when the thing begins to start to twist and the floor planks began to buckle. I look out the window and see that nothing is wrong. So as I walk back the treehouse really began to twist I decided it's time to get out, I make a run for the door... but the shifting of the wood caused it to lock in place so we were trapped. It was going to fall soon so we looked for a way out. There was none. Half the floor was splinterd and a quarter of the floor was missing. One of my three friends up there decided to jump and he twisted his ankle. The thing suddenly fell 20 or so feet to the ground. I got 7 staples in my head, broke my wrist and twisted my ankle. It was actualy extremely funny. There goes like 400$ in wood and building supplies.

NOW REMEMBER! ONLY USE GOOD WOOD WHILE MAKING A TREEHOUSE. IT MAY SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT FIRST... BUT TRUST ME... ITS NOT

Armand Coniglio
Glen Carbon, IL, USA
27 January 2008

My tree house is 12 meters (40 feet) above the ground in a 55 foot tall Pin Oak. The tree house is a perfect square and meausures 10 feet across. A pully system winds up a small cart which acts as an elevator and takes people to the tree house in 15 seconds. It really isn't a tree house but more of a observation deck, as it is just a wooden platform with a guide fence to keep people from falling out. It provides a great view into 4 towns, as the tree and the surrounding area is located on a bluff and has many hills. The observation deck/tree house actaully doesn't exert that much weight onto the tree as a set of wires and poles help support the weight.

Frank Neylon
Chelmsford, MA, USA
20 January 2008

Our tree house, like many others, started as a lighthearted promise to my then 5 year old son Joey in 2004. We were moving to a new house and in order to entice him to make the move I promised that I would build him a tree house at our new house. He didn't forget my promise. I had never built anything significant in my life so I was very nervous going into this and bought a book called "Tree houses you can actually build" by some guy named Stiles if I remember correctly. That was a great resource and got the project started. Over the course of the winter in 2004 Joey and I sat down and drew up the rough plans to build this thing around an old Oak tree that forked into 2 vertical trunks. The following Spring we began construction using the joists and decking I recycled from a deck I had to tear off our new house. What began as a plan for an 8' x 8' TH turned into a 16' x 12' structure since we had some long pieces of used joists left over. The deck on the front was an afterthought but I think it would have looked funny without it.

Phil Mullins
Bannockburn, IL, USA
16 January 2008

Our tree house is based on a Peter Nelson design utilizing a large ash tree and support posts in a wooded area adjacent to our home. We built a 16'x24' deck 12' high and placed a miniature version of our home all in cedar in the center of the deck. The tree house has a ceiling fan, skylight, phone, cable and internet access and an L shaped staircase. It has been a wonderful location for our entire family to have enjoyable activities and relaxation - while serving as a unique conversation piece for our property.