Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build

by Stiles, David

• ISBN13: 9781586857806
• ISBN10: 1586857800
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-10
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build shows how average "do-it-yourself" families can easily and affordably bring to life a "Hobbit's Treehouse," a "Pirate's Playhouse," or a "Crow's Nest" in their own backyards! There are a lot of books out there filled with enchanting photos of elaborate treehouses and playhouses built by professionals and costing tens of thousands to build. For the rest of us, there's bit of elbow grease, a lot of imagination, a trip to the hardware store-and Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
About this Book	11	(2)
Basic Building Information	13	(28)
Tools	13	(2)
Tool Tips	15	(1)
Lumber & Materials	16	(1)
Lumber Tips	17	(2)
Joining Logs	19	(1)
Making a Peg 'n Hole Joint	20	(1)
Mini-ties	21	(1)
Bamboo	21	(1)
Joining Bamboo	22	(1)
Decking	23	(1)
Staging or Scaffolding Planks	24	(1)
Spans	24	(1)
Treehouse Span Table	25	(1)
Lumber Delivery	25	(1)
Making a Simple Sawhorse	26	(1)
Sawing Through Lumber	27	(1)
Bolts, Nails & Screws	27	(1)
``Secret'' Glue	28	(1)
Installing Posts	29	(1)
Making Concrete Footings	30	(1)
Rope Railings	31	(1)
Branch Rails	32	(1)
Doors	33	(1)
Easy-to-Make Plexiglas Window	34	(1)
Attaching a Window	35	(1)
Building a Simple Fixed Skylight	36	(1)
Building an Operable Skylight	37	(1)
Building a Loft	38	(1)
Construction Abbreviations	39	(2)
Building a Treehouse	41	(30)
Family Meeting	42	(1)
Planning a Treehouse	42	(1)
Planned Building vs. Building as You Go	43	(1)
Choosing the Right Tree	43	(2)
Tree Expansion & Movement	45	(3)
Installing a Lag Screw	48	(1)
Photo Section No. 1
Threaded Rods	49	(1)
Flexible Connections	49	(5)
Rope	54	(1)
Knots to Know	55	(2)
Chain & Wire Rope	57	(1)
Cables & Turnbuckles	58	(1)
Beams	58	(1)
Beams/Planning	59	(1)
Attaching Beams	60	(1)
Braces	60	(5)
Access to the Treehouse	65	(1)
Building Stairs	65	(3)
Rope Ladder	68	(1)
Permanent Ladder	68	(1)
Flexible Collar	69	(2)
Three Treehouse Designs	71	(22)
Building a Basic Treehouse	72	(9)
Photo Section No. 2
Treeless Treehouse	81	(7)
The Hobbit Treehouse: Our Story	88	(2)
Building the Hobbit House	90	(3)
Four Playhouse Designs	93	(40)
``Pie-Rat'' Ship Playhouse	94	(10)
``Pie-Rat'' Ship Party	104	(1)
Victorian Playhouse	105	(10)
Hobbit Playhouse	115	(5)
Building the Hobbit Playhouse	120	(4)
Shed Playhouse	124	(5)
Building the Shed	129	(3)
Building the Playhouse	132	(1)
Accessories	133	(11)
Ladder Hoist	133	(1)
Tips for Making Swings	134	(1)
Making a Simple Swing	135	(1)
Zip Line	136	(1)
Message Board & Mirror	137	(1)
Trash Box	137	(1)
Bridges	138	(1)
Pulley & Basket	139	(1)
Drawbridge	139	(1)
Hoist	140	(1)
Crow's Nest	141	(1)
Pirate Ship Accessories	142	(1)
Pirate's Cutlass	142	(1)
Jolly Roger	143	(1)
Ship's Wheel	143	(1)
Resources	144