Treehouse Platform

[@johnlucier8572]

You had this one figured all out. Excellent job. Amazing work and craftsmanship. Hats off to you and then to enjoy it with all the hard work you put into it.....

[@ponyrang]

Wow... !!! It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

[@TheTreehouseShop]

Thanks for thks honest and informative content! If anyone is looking for these Tree Bolts in Europe - we are the ones where you will find them😊 Stay safe and see you soon!!!

[@koreanature]

Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

[@eyupaydin4147]

Great detailed video, thank you so much

[@marcodusina1527]

Veramente complimenti!!!!per il lavoro e il filmato di spiegazione!!!!top

[@mikedkc]

Outstanding work, sir. You are a masterful carpenter.

[@dccowboy87]

Step 1. Own $10,000+ of tools. 😂 Love the video.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Step 0: convince wife I need $10,000 worth of tools before I can build her a proper chicken coop (see recent chicken coop tour video), then rally kiddos to petition for epic treehouse. 😉

[@Gokywildcats11]

That looks like deer hunting paradise

[@deanguando1335]

Nice heavy duty construction.

[@davidrose6919]

Really nice precise work... nice tools... and you know how to use them.

[@steitos]

*Excellent work 🤗*

[@laynestaley1020]

Lmao..the prep work to drill a hole with the laser kills me.Your a funny guy.

[@samuelwiltzius]

haha, most important four holes of the entire project!

[@rowdyboudy]

niely done I like the sliders

[@thatguytj1775]

Dude that was really helpful! beautiful treehouse by the way!

[@lesliehilesgardener6959]

Imbankment helps with wind and storms from northwest underground deep enough for winter shelter and storage...I'm still a kid at heart done this before was great fun and great friends help lets party 🥳 🎉 😀 😊 👍 😄 🥳 🎉

[@GoHerd2001]

Great job!

[@richardbudgell2374]

I just wanted to build a tree house ..I didn't realise I would need a huge carpentry workshop

[@samuelwiltzius]

There are many reasons to ‘need’ a bunch of tools… that’s why I built my wife a chicken coop first 😉

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

I think that one of the benefits of the treehouse is that you don’t need to use pt lumber

[@samuelwiltzius]

Yes and no… the floor joists extend under the treehouse and the deck and have to be treated in order to fulfill both tasks. The interior of the treehouse is all rough sawn that I milled and I much preferred the look/smell/feel of non-pressure treated lumber here.

[@maigematthews5620]

Lol! Great video. You should have more videos with cats & commentaries.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! There will be at least two more videos with the cat in this build!

[@JackDogSteve-jr9js]

Im Happy For Yall..

[@matthewlindenmuth3539]

Nice craftsmanship. Now that it has been up for a while do you feel like the 4x4 knee braces are enough? I am looking to build something about 2/3 the size and back and forth between 4x4 and 4x6 for the braces.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! Given the length of the span and the joinery and brackets, 4x4 is plenty strong in my case. Wood is very strong under compression. We get some fierce wind in winter and kids put plenty of stress jumping around the net and I see no warning signs that 4x4 is not enough. Of coarse, if you use different joinery and brackets use your best judgement.

[@matthewlindenmuth3539]

Thanks for the quick response. I am going to have brackets very similar to what you used fabricated. I am pretty solid carpenter, but nowhere near the level of detail you take it to. I really enjoyed watching the video and the level of detail you go do recessing the UHMW sheets and such. Keep up the great work.

[@MaryanBmarian]

Ce dimensiuni are casuța și ce dimensiuni au cornii?? 👍

[@tenchyu1358]

Why didnt you drill thru the tree trunk? Isnt it better to hold the bolt firmly from both ends?

[@samuelwiltzius]

The TAB is specialized for this purpose. I believe by having three concentric holes and the boss of the TAB snugged down it is stronger than going through the tree because the risk of splitting the trunk is lower when stressed by wind or motion.

[@radiowaves88]

What size TAB's did you use?

[@samuelwiltzius]

I used the standard size “Garnier Limb” on the net and the 18” GL for the platform.

[@zkailz]

Great video and awesome treehouse. Can I ask some specifics? Is that a 4x6 that you used the top of your tribeams? Did you use 2x10's for joists? I was thinking of 2x8's but my span look a bit less. And how did you secure the floating side? I notice some angle brackets. Did you just use a few to keep the platform from slipping off? Thanks for any help!!!

[@samuelwiltzius]

Each joist is 16 feet long and made from 1.5” x 9.5” treated pine. The joist is bolted to one tribeam with angle iron that I have cut, drilled, and painted to make brackets. On the opposite tribeam the joist is allowed to move. This will help the longevity of the platform by allowing the trees to move freely while not stressing the platform. The free-floating end is a pretty neat system. 1/2”thick UHMW polyethylene is used to decrease friction and resist wear on the 4x6” support beam. Angle iron is again used, but this time as a guide. There is no wood on wood or metal on wood in this system; only polyethylene rubs against wood or metal. For more pictures I used #wiltziustreehouse on Instagram to tag 100 updates on the build. Hope this helps!

[@gary24752]

Why is one on the inside of the tree and the other on the outside?

[@samuelwiltzius]

This gives me the easiest option for accommodating tree growth - if all is well in 10-20 years and the tree grows I can slide the whole structure a few inches in the same direction without having to change attachment points of the truss to the platform.

[@lloydnelson6920]

That's cool and safe from most animals neet

[@stevegreenwood7837]

what sort of damage does drilling a deep hole... do to a living !!! tree ?

[@samuelwiltzius]

Very little. Only the outside layer of the tree is alive, the inside is in a sort of preserved state, protected by the bark. As long as the tree is not split or cracked and the bolt is tightened appropriately there is no loss of strength to the tree. To get a bit more technical; the boss on the TAB has about a 3" diameter and the tree has about a 45" circumference. If unrolled this is a 45" wide living path up and down thee tree - called the cambium. The TAB only interferes with 6-7% of this path and is well within the ability of the tree to compensate and remain completely unaffected from root to leaf.

[@spicypros]

Great design, I am just starting to build something similar. Was the purpose of the angle brackets to limit the movement of the joists? How many did you put on each joist and on which sides? Would like to know more about that! Thanks and it looks very well constructed.

[@samuelwiltzius]

The angled brackets are to attach the floor joist to one side permanently (one per joist) and on the free-moving side, to keep everything in position while it moves with the breeze I went with one on each side the joist on either side of the tree (2 per joist) and then one on the outside of the outside joists - I used up the metal I had and so far looks good.

[@euginasYT]

TABs allow movement of the platform along them on eachside, why adding free movement of the joists on one side?

[@cacadores3955]

Why do people start drilling with the actual drill bit? Why not use a thinner one first as a guide?

[@marceloorellana2369]

No me quedó claro como fijaste la base al árbol que pernos usaste..??

[@AquariusPonder]

How much did those bolts cost you

[@samuelwiltzius]

Each bolt, 18" Garnier Limb, was $100 a piece (4 used). Additionally, each beam bracket (2 total) was $60 and one half of the double knee brace (4 total) was $80.

[@brianpowell4275]

@@samuelwiltzius Where do you buy? The last bolts I bought were $250 each but they are the biggest out from what I was told. Potential 10,000 lb limit per bolt.

[@samuelwiltzius]

@@brianpowell4275 I purchased mine from www.treehouseparts.com - I also looked at Nelson Treehouse for parts before buying the Garnier Limbs.

[@lym3204]

@@brianpowell4275 Rich man's treehouse. I would make one out of cheap lag bolts and 2x4s if I wasn't actually making a house in a tree.

[@BeeeHonest]

Love your tree house platform, but will that kill the tree?

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! The tree attachment bolts (TABs) are designed to accommodate tree growth and not harm the tree.

[@trehnert]

Every video needs a CAT! Lol 🤣🤣

[@muratbais777]

Omg!!...Daddy!!!

[@emeraldfox7175]

Rest of the build?

[@samuelwiltzius]

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[@jake2008mu]

Appreciate your videos as I get started on my own treehouse. Can I ask how you ensured the tri beams would be parallel to each other? I feel it would be difficult to locate that second bolt after the first one was in, especially since one was on the inside and one on the outside. Thx!

[@samuelwiltzius]

I used a laser for alignment - this allowed me to drill in line with the laser beam (I had a mark - probably not visible in the video - on the back of the drill to mark center of the bit). The inside bolt (between the trees) was easy. For the outside bolt I set up the laser a ways away and set the beam to kiss the left edge of each tree, measured the offset from the inside bolt tree, then repositioned the laser unit that measurement and centered it on the outside bolt tree. The whole process was time consuming and tedious but exact. This is also one of those cases where close enough is OK - only one beam is bolted to the platform and the other moves freely. Level tri-beams are a must, parallel is simply visually pleasing.

[@jake2008mu]

@@samuelwiltzius got it, that makes sense. Appreciate it man!

[@shakeelmohideen7172]

😂 why do have to drill into the tree..could have built.spring loaded bracket around tree.. spring to handle heavy windy conditions.. like similar to trampoline.. maybe 😂.. just and suggestion.. strong spring not too shaky

[@johnnycashh7148]

Any particular reason you didn't put them both on the inside of the trees? That thing looks super strong. 🍻

[@samuelwiltzius]

Actually yes; as the trees grows I can shift the platform to accommodate the growth and keep my beams from being swallowed by the tree.

[@johnnycashh7148]

@@samuelwiltzius awesome...makes perfect sense!!

[@billmclaren4373]

You would think with all those tools and all that palaver it should be level ......................

[@mariadominiqueberry7261]

I love your project, well done!...I want one, where did you order your brackets?

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! I ordered TABs and brackets from www.treehouseparts.com

[@mariadominiqueberry7261]

....thanks for sharing, and again, your approach is simple and very creative!

[@mikecheck8616]

i will buy you a tool belt. nice work.

[@maigematthews5620]

I would your waterproof the treehouse from the weather precipitation running down tree bark?

[@samuelwiltzius]

There is separation between the structure and the trees, future videos will show how this was done... I'm a better wood worker than video editor so thank you for your patience!

[@SalBren]

Mantap bg

[@kevinedwards6093]

It won’t be ‘level’ next year when the trees grow…

[@samuelwiltzius]

I’ve trained these trees to stay level 😉

[@lesliehilesgardener6959]

One or more trees help...simple structure is always better you can add as u Go think it out

[@simon8988]

Putting nails, screws, and staples into your tree can cause a host of problems ranging from increased disease susceptibility to physical damage all of which can lead to the tree's death. Disease and Decay Susceptibility: The outer bark of the tree is there to protect against disease and decay.

[@TheTreehouseShop]

Understand the initial concerns BUT healthy trees cn easily handle this. There are too many long term practical examples of treehouses that provenzalisches this;) best attachment technique for heavy treehouses since 25 years now

[@서비-u4q]

good

[@HernanMendez-k8o]

16:41 😂

[@waseemfarooqi5777]

Between the two trees no this not a good idea, no long lasting in case of strong winds. Single tree 🎄 much better idea n stronger living cabin

[@samuelwiltzius]

It’s now survived three windstorms without issue. Careful design has allowed it to move with the trees - it should last a long time

[@자유인-n3f]

👍👍응원합니다 👍👍🇰🇷

[@MontanaGrizzsky]

Lol way overbuilt but cool

[@luisangulo7329]

La idea es buena, lo malo es dañar el árbol, soy de costa rica

[@muhammadsubhan1707]

hey guys aku orang Indonesia

[@lesliehilesgardener6959]

Other people's trash works freely...I'm cheap and easy

[@anthonybaransky137]

It's a tree house, it's not meant to be perfect

[@harmarka5462]

Tell you what he’s NOT going to give you for putting up the ladder…