How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts
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A treehouse is a wonderful idea, but how in the name of creation do you actually build one? In this delightfully illustrated handbook, David Stiles, the unofficial world grandmaster of the treehouse, shows how. Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics: how to nail, how to buy wood, what kind of screws and nails to use. Then it's on to an A-frame design so simple that it can be built in a weekend out of four sheets of plywood, followed by lean-tos, a tree hut, and a Tarzan-style jungle hideaway. There are also forts of every description, including a 21-foot-tall lookout tower modeled on one George Washington built to keep an eye on the redcoats. Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon. Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles's TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer's handbook, offering practical results. Review: Good Illustrations - Great book. Lots of neat ideas! I wish it had more treehouses and treehouse info, but whatever. It’s still good! Now if I just had a tree I could build in... Review: This is a Great Book! - We have used this book time and again! The illustrations are wonderful and the details are very workable. The plans are very interesting and full of great information and suggestions. I am genuinely thankful for this book!
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 222 Reviews |
T**Y
Good Illustrations
Great book. Lots of neat ideas! I wish it had more treehouses and treehouse info, but whatever. It’s still good! Now if I just had a tree I could build in...
A**R
This is a Great Book!
We have used this book time and again! The illustrations are wonderful and the details are very workable. The plans are very interesting and full of great information and suggestions. I am genuinely thankful for this book!
N**E
long on ideas, a tad short on some details.
My kids are desparate for a tree house or fort in the back yard. After pricing commercially available options, I decided that I could build one for a fraction of what a Play Nation solution would cost. So, I started looking for plans. I saw these Stiles publications (Treehouses and other Cool Stuff and Tree Houses, Huts and Forts.)at Amazon, and thought they looked promising. Well, "promising" just about describes it. There plan for Fort Bravo in this book fits the bill for my kids, and these come with material lists, but the detail - especially for building the roof - is simply inadequate. I've never built a house, so am unfamiliar with construction techniques for building a roof. Additional research will be required to build either fort.
U**D
Lots of helpful information
This book provides lots of helpful information and I look forward to using that information in the future.
G**A
ok, but...
nice book, but too technical for anyone but an adult.
R**Y
Treehouses, Huts & Forts
This educator & now novelist, as an adventure-lovin' boy, lived in the country and LOVED building forts, huts and especially TREEHOUSES! When I discovered this paperbound booklet of drawings, in color, I beat a path to Amazon to order it, YES! It sits proudly out front on one of my special shelves, in case I get a hankering to browse thru it over and over, now, as one of those adults!!! BUT, WAIT....this Yogi Bare, deep inside, IS proud of being a "secret treehouse boy." Never losing my sense of adventure and imagination!!!
T**Y
nice book for child
Bought this book for a Christmas gift for a child that has a dream of building a tree house. Nice book and easy for him to understand and relate to for the age of 10-12
M**N
Great book!
Our son enjoyed this book years ago from the library, but he still requested his own copy for his birthday. He's read other similar books, but this is his favorite.
P**E
Awesome - buy this if you are an amateur
I cannot tell you how happy I am with this book. I am a total amateur, and this helped me design and erect a moderately sized treehouse for my daughter. She was delighted. It's great it gives you advice on timber lengths and thickness for stress bearing. also tells you key tools and materials you need, as well as the cutting lengths. Cannot recommend this book enough for a "have a go" amateur.
U**6
... sure my 9 year old nephew is going to love it and I think with the instructions and diagrams ...
I am sure my 9 year old nephew is going to love it and I think with the instructions and diagrams he will be able to do a lot by himself. It has even more in it than I expected. It is a Christmas gift to go along with a toolbox and gear so it will give him time to plan for spring. There is even a snow fort section to hold his interest for the winter season. Overall, I was really impressed with the book.
J**.
Great for ideas, inspiration and help
Great for ideas, inspiration and help
G**M
delivery and quality very good.
granddaughter loved it
N**L
Would have liked more variety, but enough to get you off the ground 😁
A few good build ideas, and fundamentals are explained well. Lots of nice drawings. Not much variety - could have included many more treehouse ideas. Several are not even tree houses but things like snow forts and igloos. North American in context, but most of it is still useful.
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