/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Here is a view of the floor, we're making lots of progress now since we got the floor in and can actually stand up there to work, it's so much easier.

>>682645
Neat! How did you initially start the flooring?

>>682647
We found 4 nice big tall trees to use as the poles or whatever, then we just nailed logs that are about 10cm thick from tree to tree to make an outside square, and then we supported those some more by putting other logs from the ground to those right next to the tree's their nailed into.

>>682651
>>682646
>>682645
Damn OP that is inspiring..

It looks dangerous but it seems you have thought about that and reinforced the beams with support, but I am still not sure that is strong enough, it is just nails afterall.

If you want to get maximal stability you should have bracing all over the place (build a truss) in other words triangles everywhere. You don't want to under-engineer it at all so it is best to go completely overboard to make it look at least super safe. Because you want to make use of the strength of the wood itself in everywhere, not the nails which should just do the job of holding the wood in place.

As for the roof, basically make a pitched roof (like another floor) and put covers onto it so water will run off and not accumulate anywhere.

>>682645
Your other thread is literally three posts doen on page 0, right now. Why start another thread whe the other is sill well and truly around?

>>682645
Your other thread is literally three posts down on page 0, right now. Why start another thread when the other is still well and truly around?

>>682679
I don't think some people realize how slow /diy/ really is.

7/10 if homeless, 3/10 if not. 8/10 if a hippy. Seriously OP, this looks like it will soon appear in crime scene photos.

>>682671

piggybacking on this:

the way to do this would be to get two beams, and then add beams diagonally between them so that the space in-between is cut into triangles. I'd recommend building two, that make and X that goes under what you've already built.

>>682709
Piggyback on that: add some shopping carts and another tarp. Maybe some of that green always faded semi-translucent corrugated fiberglass stuff, a stolen can window sun blocker, and umbrella and a white plastic yard chair.

>nails
Lame. Should have made wooden pegs. Not even hard to do. Might as well have squared off those logs too, only take a bit of extra time.

>>682645
OP I hope you don't die in a windstorm.

>>682812

Do you really? I think it's worth a little risk to see the homeless move up in the world.

>OP I hope you don't die in a windstorm.

>>682671
this.

i'm no engineer, but i learned in middle school and from building model bridges that triangles are the strongest shape, so i recommend putting them everywhere

Back, we worked on it again today, got a bit of roof done, made a little deck to stand on outside the cubby part and also decided that the roof would end about a foot and a half early before the end of the flooring, so we can have another door to a deck with a big hand rail for us to piss off so we don't have to climb down all the time.

Here's a pic for reference of how big it is.

Seems a bit much just so two guys can gay sex it up in the woods.

>>683123

Its not gay if its in a tree dude.

>>683123
>>683129
I'd gay it up up there man.

Are you me?
We started as a simple deck where we could smoke and drink. Since then our ambitions as well as building skill allowed for greater improvements.
This image is from august 2012, and today we have a fully insulated cabin with a second level.

Keep building, keep improving and don't loose motivation. Having a cabin made me understand a little better why some people desire a hangout.

>>683141
Do you have any pics of the cabin?
I'm keen to see it!
Your floorboards look a little bit better placed than ours haha.
Looks awesome man!

>>683141
That looks awesome. More pics?

>>683143
>>683144
Thanks anon, shit like this makes my day :)

Despite having a pentax K-5 with 4 different lenses and considering myself an enthusiast photographer, I am shit at actually bringing the camera with me. Going to see if i can't find where google stores my phones images.

Supports are important. I stressed their finish rather then interior finishing and furniture. This is because the cabin is heavier than ever and large storms happen every single winter.

>>683155
That's a great cubby man!
Is it on your land or the property of a friend or something?
Ours is just on government forestry, about a 10 minute walk off of a normal road, I doubt anyone will ever find it, it has a cool view too, didn't get any photos of it but we will.

We were wondering how we'd do windows, we're still not sure.

>>683165
god, it looks so unsafe, the planks looks like they will slip any moment, the beams looks like they are gonna roll any moment, the roof looks like they are gonna fall of once it rains and water pools in the middle... but that's just me. also the horizontal beams just holding with nails... that is going to fall any second.

>>683168
It's all nailed in place, nothing rolls about haha,
all the "important" parts that are carrying lots of weight are nailed into the trees with 12 inch long nails, that are like almost a cm thick.
It's all supported to hell and back, there are pics of the supports in this neat little collage thing I just made in the spirit of this post - >>683164 which is making me incredibly jealous right now.

>>683165
The dad of one of the builders is a farmer and owns the land. But it is placed in ''utmark'' or ''protected, public forest not intended for development and motorized vehicles''. Norwegian laws are strange on this subject, but if the government fins out someone is going to pay dearly.

As for windows, got for it, all of them. Every single window gives so much by letting light in. The important thing here is making sure water is not getting in. Just imagine how the water would flow down the side, and make sure there is no real possibility of it getting behind the wall material. Seriously, you are not going to regret any windows you place. If anything you are going to regret NOT having windows, because it's more work to install after a wall is done.

>>683173
>>683173
Holy shit that fucking view

>>683173
We're thinking of just making all the walls and roof out of tarps, then putting sticks on the inside and outside of the tarps just jammed into place, so that wind wont really blow them like a huge sail, just small parts, it seems to be working on the small part of wall we've got up already.
For windows we were thinking of just making tent-like window things, maybe with fly screen from a cheap 10 dollar tent I've got in my car.

That is a fucking awesome view though man, do you get drunk/stoned in the cubby much? haha

>>683176
Oh and we've layered the tarps overlapping so that water won't come in (hopefully)
We're then going to put a big tarp on the floor which will go up and overlap the bottom of the walls, then put a big old carpet from the rubbish tip on that.

>>683174
Thanks, total cost for the windows were about USD 50. It did however mean we had to buy them right away. And the one on the left is punctured. Still acceptable considering price.

We have tried to scavenge as far as possible. All the outside walls, inside walls, flooring, walls, doors and insulation was free. Have some luck with the people you know and put some feelers out, and lots of free stuff can suddenly appear. Also: dumpster diving hardware shops. It's insane to me how much is just thrown away because an edge or similar is slightly damaged. We have probably saved $2-3k at least from these ''damaged'' materials.

It is not completely free however. 2x4'' planks, screws, nails, other fastening, power generator, tools, paints and filling masses are not generally given/thrown away. We have spent ~$3000 equivalent so far.

>>683141
>you will never had large forests near you to build tree houses for drinking
>you will never have friends who are into this stuff anyway

>>683178
And probably costed a lot of man hours as well.

Fucking sweet though
10/10 would drink beer and philosophize in

>>683177
Could work. It's basically what we have done, only with a different material. As for the roof, I would urge you to choose corrugated metal or some other dedicated roofing material.

>>683176
>>683180
Aye! Having no digital entertainment means we have to make things interesting ourselves. Combine that with certain drugs and we've had some deep fucking conversations, man.


>>683179
Sorry to hear that, there is no way I could have done this alone.

>>683184
I guess we could look into corrugated iron sheeting or something, but we're pretty poor these days, no money, thus the cheapness of this whole project, we only had wood because my mate had some under his house.

>>683184
Can i come live there?

>>683190
I see. Well we used a tarp as roof for over 6 months until we found some free metal roof.
Some leaks here and there, but it worked reasonably well.

If several people are involved, make sure someone keeps track of costs. Over 95% (estimate) of the money used on our cabin is recorded, and that means that every owner is an equal part owner in the material worth of the cabin.


>>683191
Yes you can! It's in middle norway if you are interested.

>>682645
Any progress OP?

you need to set up a zipline from this place !

Here's a project i did with my dad when i was 16... was supposed to be a hunting cache but we never used it. Still standing strong after 8 years!

>>683265
Pics of inside?

>>683171
I know you're convinced it won't break down, but can you promise me that when it does, you'll at least clean up the mess you made?

>>683178
>>683173
>>683155
I am mad jelly motherfucker

Whose peoperty is this ? How dis you cet aller thé marerials there ?

>>683281

Working on it, this is the only picture i have of it myself, I'll try and find out if my dad has any.

>>683244
I've gotta go to work tonight, the soonest we'll be working on it again is wednesday (day after tomorrow here, Australia)
I did find some new materials though, I found a big roll of lino flooring, some wire stuff (could use it for something, I dunno) a big green cushion seat and some bars.

Down the back of my house there is a fair bit of bush, and down there are some tiny old chicken sheads and shit, which are mostly made out of corrugated iron, so I might spend a couple of hours smashing those appart and take the iron from those for the roof.

>>682645
will be lurkan
now i have to go find the old thread in the archives somewhere
im looking to do something similar though not necessarily in trees ( it may be) near a fishing spot of mine

>>683518
Dude.. Australia? Perhaps you should reconsider any activity outside developed urban activities? Or maybe I'm thinking wrong. You probably will not be killed by a spider or snake, for sure.

Vinyl floor? Yes, brilliant, that is easy to clean.
Just be careful when going to this ''bush'' behind your house.

>>683667
The treehouse isn't in the bush behind my house, only the iron is.
We built it inbetween my house and my friends house, its in the middle of nowhere.

We made some great progress today though, it's basically finished.

>>684356
And here is an outside pic.

>>684356
oh good, you've laid some bedding to catch your human waste wherever it falls

>>683179
Fuck that, in my country the police get called when kids build treehouses instead of playing on their fucking ipads :(

>>683173
I want to live there

Please more treehouse building pics

>>683178
Do you ever take a grill up there and stick ur penis in her

>>684372
hahaa ur a naughty man :P

>>684356
What type of floor is that?
Also, I am jelly that you can just sit there, in an un-insulated cabin in T and shorts.

>>684357
Have you tested the roof yet?


>>684365
Building is fun. But we are not done yet. It's being built in batches when we find time to do so. It will probably take several months still before I find time to leave the university.

It would probably make sense to create a new thread when we are done.

>>684362
Here too :(

>>682651
looks good,

but youd wanna add more support to that floor those logs only seem to hold a small area of the floor

>>683198
kalla fylke eller kommune?

>>684442
The floor is just old Lino we ripped up from the kitchen a couple of years ago and replaced with tiles, it was just in the garage we used that to seal the ground on the inside from the floor to the bottom of the wall-tarps.

We haven't tested the roof yet, but we've layerd the tarps so hopefully if (when) water pools in them if we push up from underneath the water should just wash off onto the next tarp without any getting inside.

>>684463
For the love of god post everything youve got

>>684468
I wish I could make a treehouse somewhere

If you're going to build a permanent tree house, how do you deal with the tree trunks growing?

>>684471
You're so witty, do you have a degree in treeology.

>>684468

>>684468
OP's friend here btw, I'll post some of mein

>>684468
the pissing deck/smokers area hnggg

>>684468

>>684468
you can fold up 2 sides and ave a nice view and let a nice breeze in. hnng.

>>684472
I asked it as a genuine question.

>>683178
That is some big fucking glass.

Is it toughened, laminated, both? How heavy was it, I saw your crane set up but it cant have been easy to move around.

>>684525
Just design it so it grows more shut instead of growing so it can push out screws etc

>>683171
>12 inch long nails

That looks a lot like blue gum so I've got to ask. How the fuck did you get 12 inch nails into it? You got some kind of jackhammer in your $10 budget.

And if it is blue gum everyone can stop bitching about supports. As long as they are fixed at the end those logs can span that distance easily.

>>684544
12inches. Thats 30 cm. Impressive. I struggle not bending 10cm nails. Probably safe then.

>>684526
3 people and some elbow grease. But no, if we could carry it 20 meters in a go, we did good. Pick up, move, set down. Rinse and repeat until done. The worst part was moving them between two close trees. Had to put them sideways, and grip was limited. But now it's done, and it was well worth it.

>>682645
>>683141
>>683184

As a structural engineer this stuff is a bit concerning to me. I mean you guys have probably overbuilt it, so you'll *probably* be fine. But, did you even look at standard house construction first? In some of these photos you've used actual planks, but they're the wrong way (flat instead of standing up) to support load more efficiently.

Building codes may be boring, but they exist so that people who don't actually do the engineering can build something that won't fall down and kill themselves or someone else.

I'd be concerned when those wood logs start drying out that you'll crack it someplace and everything will come crashing down.

https://www.google.com/search?q=floor+joists&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=i7v2U86UHZegyATWqYCwBA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1600&bih=775

>>685272
I can't speak for OP, but we opted to add another 2x4 under the ones already there, and gluing them. Sort of making it a 2x8''. see >>683141

As for building codes, our attitude was ''uhh, wats dat?''. None of us had any building experience to begin with, so everything was learned along the way. But we use intuition and ''common sense'', so it's sort of engineering, anno middle ages.

Is this dumb? Possibly, but it's not stopping anyone.

Love this thread guise. Good work

Anything new op?

>>683131
> It's goin down, I'm yellin timber!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo

>>683179
>you will never have friends who are into this stuff anyway
I feel you. Got so many ideas for everything but everyone's "sounds like I'd have to do something, I'll play computer games instead".

>>687521

i showed my friend a pic of the 2nd (nicer) tree house and how we should plan for next summer on building one and they seemed excited but im pretty sure they arent going to go through with it.

>>687552
basically what you said.

ITT: Deathtraps

>>687554
You're right, you'd better stay indoors.. We're gonna need you alive!

>>687554
Amen! I avoid risks so I can die safely.

>>683171
you forgot to block out your homosex friends face

>>687707
dat dick lol

>>684356
are you near townsville bro?

would love to come help out!

>>686897
topkek

>>688004
Nah man we're up in ulverstone area, is there even a townsville in tassie?

>>684357
live a little larger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCGnUnG9Ak#t=64

maybe you could find this girl and ask her about tree house building. she lived in one for a year.

for inspiration watch these:
http://delishows.co/?s=treehouse

>>688581
uwotm9