How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts

Name: How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts
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ISBN: 9781592281923

ISBN-10: 1592281923

ISBN-13: 9781592281923

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Stiles

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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. …

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 11/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Introduction


A Note to Your Parents


A Word for the Kids


Carpentry Tips


Treehouses


Treehouse Tips


Finding the Right Tree


Platform Framing


Floor Framing


Easy-to-Build Treehouse


Tree Hut


Secret Escape Hatch


Tarzan Treehouse


Huts & Forts


Lookout Tower


Junk Hut


Mountain Stream Hut


Lean-to


Fort Bravo


Outfitting


Camping out Overnight


Other Cool Stuff


Catapult


Treasure Chest


Cannon


Snow Forts


Snowball Fort


City Snow Fort


Eskimo Snow House


Snow Block Fort