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Tree House Material
I have committed myself to building a treehouse with and for my 5 yr old grandson who is staying with us for a week. I plan on cutting four trees that are strategicly located at about the 10 ft level and building a platform using the trunks as posts. Notching the top of each to accept a 2" x 10" to use as a rim joist and using joist hangers for joist placement. I'm looking a platform about 7'or 8' by 12'.
My question is what would be the best material to use for the rim joists? I am thinking of either CCA or its current successor or using oak from a neighoring sawmill. Which would be the better of these two materials? Is there a better material to consider? I'm open to suggestions. I'm going to have a platform at the minimum by Friday.
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I'll respond to several posts at once. I have lots of shade, several trees are slated to be cut just to open up the area so I can get the tractor in to pull a trailer or mower. So the trees that I might top for a tree house will mean fewer others that will get cut.
I agree Tom that a treehouse for me also means looking our through the branches, but I don't have any good branching white oaks, etc. to build a tree house in. So I am looking at a compromise at best. There will still be enough trees left to provide a dense shade for the treehouse. Another possibility is to notch the trees for the rim joists and trim branches where the house will be and leave the tops of the trees on. My concern with this is that they are different kinds of trees and one is about 8" dia. while the other four are 15" to 18" dia. I am afraid that the wind will create stress that may be fatal to the house.
I think that I will check with the sawmill, but probably end up using const grade lumber.
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I had not thought of using galvanized brackets. That would work nicely if I end up cutting the tops off the trees. I guess I'm not as far along in the planning stage as I thought I was.
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