Comments on: Every Kid’s Dream Tree House – How to Build It http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-house-how-to/ Tree Health Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MR. Treehttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-house-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3228 MR. Tree Tue, 03 May 2011 06:41:09 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=302#comment-3228 Finally! I have seen so many tree houses where they wrap something around the tree to the point it kills the tree. You won't have a tree house for long when your tree dies. Don't put your kids (and yourself) in danger! leave as much space away from the trunk and branches as fits into your design. It's better to drill a hole than wrap something around! Finally! I have seen so many tree houses where they wrap something around the tree to the point it kills the tree. You won’t have a tree house for long when your tree dies. Don’t put your kids (and yourself) in danger! leave as much space away from the trunk and branches as fits into your design. It’s better to drill a hole than wrap something around!

]]> By: M. D. Vaden Portland Tree and Landscapehttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-house-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 M. D. Vaden Portland Tree and Landscape Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:36:42 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=302#comment-2120 Pretty nice pictorial topic.Sure is an advancement from the way most folks anchor a treehouse to trees. Cheers,M. D. Vaden of Oregon Pretty nice pictorial topic.

Sure is an advancement from the way most folks anchor a treehouse to trees. Cheers,

M. D. Vaden of Oregon

]]> By: Dan Wrighthttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-house-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Dan Wright Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:44:59 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=302#comment-1662 Hello Keith,Looks like a fun project. The turning stairway also serving as a zip line launch is really clever. I'm a little concerned about the bending loads on the all thread rod. It looks like a 1" all thread, and I have seen that bend when used to support loads in shear. It's great for tension loading... There are better fasteners available for similar applications. Check out my tree house blog for more info...I used to install that same zip line kit, too. But after installing dozens of them for people, I stopped using it for several reasons. It was alright, but not great. And it only worksup to about 96'. Hello Keith,

Looks like a fun project. The turning stairway also serving as a zip line launch is really clever. I’m a little concerned about the bending loads on the all thread rod. It looks like a 1″ all thread, and I have seen that bend when used to support loads in shear. It’s great for tension loading… There are better fasteners available for similar applications. Check out my tree house blog for more info…

I used to install that same zip line kit, too. But after installing dozens of them for people, I stopped using it for several reasons. It was alright, but not great. And it only worksup to about 96′.

]]> By: Kara Solurihttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-house-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Kara Soluri Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:12:50 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=302#comment-1114 Hi Keith. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge in this post, and also for the compliment! When this project was underway, Rob came home talking about the "cool tree guy" who was making sure the homeowner's beautiful live oak would not get damaged. I'm glad I finally got to meet you! We've built treehouses in the past, always with an eye toward preserving the tree, but you've taught us several new tricks. We look forward to working with you again. Hi Keith. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge in this post, and also for the compliment! When this project was underway, Rob came home talking about the “cool tree guy” who was making sure the homeowner’s beautiful live oak would not get damaged. I’m glad I finally got to meet you! We’ve built treehouses in the past, always with an eye toward preserving the tree, but you’ve taught us several new tricks. We look forward to working with you again.

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