treehouse guide.pdf

This HouseCall took Ron to one of America's most famous cities, Beverly Hills. Located right

in the center of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills is more well known for it's rich and famous

residents than for those parts of the city that have the feel of a quaint, small town

neighborhood where everybody knows everyone else. That's how Andy and Lisa Licht

describe where they live. Ron was asked to come to help Andy and his son Danny and next-

door neighbors Jim and Jason Friedberg with a very special project. These two best friends

would like a meeting place in the tree between their two houses. This sounded like a fun and

rewarding project and Ron didn't want to turn it down!

What You Need To Do This Project

Tools and supplies:

Plumb bob

Stakes

Chalk

Posthole digger

Post level

Clamps

Power drill

Assorted drill bits

Assorted driver bits

Socket wrench

Japanese handsaw

Portable drill press

Channel-locks

Rubber mallets

Portable nail gun

Materials:

2 x 6s (per dimensions) for frame and joists

Gravel

Pressure treated 4 x 4s for posts

Dry mix concrete

2 x 4s for ladder rails

Dowels

Decking planks

½" spacers

Pre-cut exterior sheathing

1. Tree house design and

location:

• Jim and Jason came over

from next door and they

helped Andy and Danny

decide on the exact location

for the tree house. Danny

and Jason chose a tree that

straddled the borderline

between their backyards

and they asked Ron to

design a house that would

be accessible from both

yards with two entrances

and two matching ladders.

In designing the tree house,

Ron took two things into

consideration. He wanted it

to be safe and he wanted to

avoid damaging the tree.

• Ron designed a platform….

• …supported by four legs or

posts.

• One of these posts would

actually be the tree itself.

2. Build platform:

• They began by

positioning the first

frame board in the

crotch of the tree. This

would help them to

determine where to

install the other three

posts.

• They placed the

second frame board in

position and

supported it with a

temporary brace to

hold things firmly in

place.

• They clamped the

frame board and the

temporary brace

together and then

dropped a weighted

line or plumb bob to

the ground below.

This allowed them to

transfer the mark

where they wanted the

post to attach to the

frame straight down to

the ground so they

would know exactly

where to dig their first

postholes.

• Jim drove in a stake to

mark the spot and

Ron circled it with

chalk. Andy used a

posthole digger to dig

the hole.

• They poured three

inches of gravel into

the bottom of the hole

to provide drainage

and then dropped in a

pressure treated 4 x 4

post into the hole.

• They used a post level

and moved the post

gently back and forth

until the bubble rested

exactly between the

lines indicating that

the post was perfectly

vertical.

• Andy clamped the

post to the frame

board to keep it from

moving.

• They used dry mix

concrete, which they

poured directly into

the hole filling it to

about three inches

from the top.

• They added water

directly into the hole.

This rapid setting

concrete required very

little mixing and

hardened in about 20

minutes but Ron

recommended waiting

at least a couple of

hours before putting

any weight on the

post.

• While they were

waiting for the first

post to set, they went

around to Jim's

backyard to set the

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