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Title: Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build
ISBN: 1586857800
Author:
David Stiles
Jeanie Stiles
Publicate Date: 2006-08-10
Publish: 2006-08-10
List Price: $19.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $11.91
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $9.16
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1: Best of the practical tree house books
I looked at about ten books on constructing tree houses (via inter-library loan) and then bought this one, which was the best of the group I looked at. I built a 10x10' tree house for my kids using it as my only reference work. This was my first large carpentry project (larger than a birdhouse, that is!)
Our treehouse is basically "the Hobbit treehouse" but as a platform. The rope lacing pattern is much easier to figure out if you do it with a couple of pieces of string and some sticks first.
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2: A good book to get a view on tree houses
This book is a good one if you want to get visual information and ideas what tree houses could be. Excellent to obtain new ideas.
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3: Great book!
This book is exactly what I was looking for. It has several treehouses to choose from and great step by step directions. It even has extra's that may be added. I love the creativity and great ideas in this book! Also the shipping was fast.
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4: Buy this book...
...if you plan to build a treehouse yourself. If not this one, than any other from same author.
It's that simple.
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5: Perfect for the young builder
This is the latest installment in a long string of wonderful books from David and Jeanie Stiles. Inside you won't find glossy, double page spreads of extravagant treehouses ... this is not a coffee table book. Rather, it is a how-to book, and the best one available for those that want to build their own whimsical play structure. Inside you will find excellent line drawings and readable explanations of intelligent, creative, and well though-out designs.
David starts with the basics: tools. From there you follow a complete and logical progression to completed treehouse. In between you'll get solid building advice. David has built his designs. He knows how to make life easier for you by using common materials and minimizing cuts. The building advice is spot on throughout.
The huge, huge, huge problem with this book is the 20 or so options David gives you for connecting lumber to tree. They are almost all bad. Never girdle a growing limb with rope or cable. Never use nails. This leaves you with only lag bolting. To be sure, there are other ways. But the only safe and tree-friendly way presented in this book (and any of his other works) is to use lags.
This is the by far the best book to give to a young builder and is probably a treasure to any 8 or 9 year old lucky enough to have a copy. It will get their mind working. The crazy schemes they come up with will amaze you.
The ideas inside this book are great. Fun, imaginative, unique. If you know a young boy (or girl) with a tree, get him this book. And when it comes time to actually build their creation, call an arborist and he'll set you straight about properly attaching it to a tree.
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