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In this second part of the treehouse build, we are adding some safety railing, and other cool elements that make it a functional and fun treehouse! Thank you to Lowe's for sponsoring this project, check out the items we used in the video below. How to Make a Treehouse Part 1:    • How to Make a Treehouse Part 1 | I Like To...   Special Projects we did for Lowe's Channel: http://bit.ly/2ZUKJnI TOOLS & SUPPLIES (affiliate links): Deck Railing Sections: https://low.es/31VXQ9V Aluminum Flashing: https://low.es/2IRIV9e 4x4 to Concrete Post: https://low.es/2FC17kW Lowe's Residential Bucket: https://low.es/2FBqALF Rope: https://low.es/2Xaz1na Pulley: https://low.es/2xfstcf Cleat: https://low.es/2Yh7Ic2 Portfolio Hanging Lights: https://low.es/2YmTB5a Steel Pipe: https://low.es/2JdjDkI https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/my-wo... https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/shop-... MUSIC: http://share.epidemicsound.com/iltms In the second part of the Treehouse bu …...more
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How to Make a Treehouse Part 2 | I Like To Make Stuff
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In this second part of the treehouse build, we are adding some safety railing, and other cool elements that make it a functional and fun treehouse! Thank you to Lowe's for sponsoring this project, check out the items we used in the video below. How to Make a Treehouse Part 1:    • How to Make a Treehouse Part 1 | I Like To...   Special Projects we did for Lowe's Channel: http://bit.ly/2ZUKJnI TOOLS & SUPPLIES (affiliate links): Deck Railing Sections: https://low.es/31VXQ9V Aluminum Flashing: https://low.es/2IRIV9e 4x4 to Concrete Post: https://low.es/2FC17kW Lowe's Residential Bucket: https://low.es/2FBqALF Rope: https://low.es/2Xaz1na Pulley: https://low.es/2xfstcf Cleat: https://low.es/2Yh7Ic2 Portfolio Hanging Lights: https://low.es/2YmTB5a Steel Pipe: https://low.es/2JdjDkI https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/my-wo... https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/shop-... MUSIC: http://share.epidemicsound.com/iltms In the second part of the Treehouse build, we will be finishing it up by adding a safety railing, a ladder, a slide, and a pulley system! Come check out the finished product in part 2 of the How to Build a Treehouse series! There are many ways that the kids could get up into the treehouse. We brainstormed tons of options like a trap door, a rope ladder, even a prefabbed attic ladder that could fold up into the deck from underneath. The most accessible and most practical would be a simple wooden framed ladder with some steel pipe captured inside of it. To do this, I cut some 4x4 posts so that they would be flush with the top platform and drilled some holes on the inside faces so that we can insert some 1 inch steel pipes. This ladder was positioned on the front face of the treehouse which was structurally great because there were a lot of attachment points, but it did leave some spaces that your foot would hit the platform. We could have moved the ladder to the side of the platform and this wouldn't have been such an issue and grown-ups could climb the ladder more comfortably. To keep the kids from randomly falling off the treehouse platform, I went to Lowe's (who is sponsoring this project) and found some pre-built sections of deck balusters. This was an awesome solution because there were already made and the vertical posts were spaced to code. Josh and I attached some more 4x4 upright posts to the deck platform and hung the railing sections between them.  Some sections of the railing had to be disassembled and modified so that we could fit them around some of the existing tree limbs. We didn't want to arbitrarily cut off healthy tree limbs, so we made some slight adjustments to the railings to fit around them. I think it really solidifies the treehouse feel by wrapping the structure around the elements of the tree.  To get supplies, toys, or anything else up into the tree, we devised a simple pulley system that the kids could use. To do this, I tied a small pulley to one of the branches at the rear of the treehouse above the platform. Then we clipped a bucket to the end of the rope using a caribeener. On the railing, we attached a small cleat so the the kids could tied off the rope when the bucket was pulled to the top. My kids love reading books up in our backyard trees, so I know they will use this feature a lot. The last element of the treehouse was a slide. I went on Lowes.com and found a lot of playground equipment, but non would fit our platform height. So as we do, I decided to make a slide from materials I could easily find at our local Lowe's. The side rails would be made out of 2x10s with some extra 2x material pocket holed between them. On top of these supports, we laid down a piece of pressure treated plywood on which we put some aluminum flashing. To ensure that the edges of the metal flashing wouldn't come in contact with anyone sliding, we cut grooves in the side rails so that the ends would fit inside those grooves. We also nailed the flashing to the plywood and hid those nails with some PVC corner molding to ensure that no one would come in contact with the metal edges. I have been dreaming about this project for a while and I know my kids are super excited. Again, thank you to Lowe's for sponsoring this project and helping us make this treehouse a reality Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ILikeToMakestuffSubscribe Check out my TopVideos!: http://bit.ly/ILikeToMakeStuffTopVideos Learn 3d modeling, get digital plans, and cool merch at https://iliketomakestuff.com Want to support ILTMS? Get exclusive content and more... http://www.iliketomakestuff.com/patreon FOLLOW:   / iliketomakestuff     / iliketomakestuff     / iltms   #ILikeToMakeStuff How to Make a Treehouse Part 2 | I Like To Make Stuff    • How to Make a Treehouse Part 2 | I Like To...   I Like To Make Stuff    / iliketomakestuff  

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