Swiss Family Tiki Treehouse - Home Tiki Bars

N nctrader Member San Francisco / Charlotte, NC Joined: Jan 02, 2011 Posts: 21	N nctrader Posted posted on Fri, Apr 3, 2015 11:57 AM Thanks everyone, for the kind notes and encouragement! I'm going to start digging deeper in the boards for some resources that aren't in Florida for some items I'm having trouble sourcing in North Carolina. EUCALYPTUS STAIR SPINDLES If anyone has a bead on eucalyptus poles in the Greater Charlotte region, I'd be in your debt! These will be mixed in with some bamboo sticks for the stair spindles. I've got 19 steps with two spindles a piece and three 3 x 3' landings to cover. So, I need roughly 85 3' (x 3/4" - 1.5" dia) sticks. Amazulu in Florida has been very nice and the cost per cut spindle is about $3.65 + freight. Still, the freight from Florida is significant. BAMBOO I'm going to comingle the same diameter bamboo poles among the eucalyptus - with the bamboo 1:10 or so against the number of eucalyptus poles. Luckily, I have a grove of bamboo (don't know the variety, but will post pics) at my disposal. The stuff is live and must be cured prior to I build with it. Smaller stuff I'm sourcing locally. THATCH We simply don't have the money for 130 square feet of synthetic, so I'm thinking of using the standard Mexican Cape, which I've had quoted on a roll and in 42" square mats. Ideas here? I have access to fire retardant, or may just pay the nominal upcharge to get the "outdoor retardant" version. WOVEN BAMBOO PLYWOOD This will make up the lower section of my walls, which will be made up of these laminated onto ACX ply, captured on the sides with mitered bamboo framing. Anyone seen these in North Carolina?

Thanks everyone, for the kind notes and encouragement! I'm going to start digging deeper in the boards for some resources that aren't in Florida for some items I'm having trouble sourcing in North Carolina.

EUCALYPTUS STAIR SPINDLES

If anyone has a bead on eucalyptus poles in the Greater Charlotte region, I'd be in your debt! These will be mixed in with some bamboo sticks for the stair spindles. I've got 19 steps with two spindles a piece and three 3 x 3' landings to cover. So, I need roughly 85 3' (x 3/4" - 1.5" dia) sticks. Amazulu in Florida has been very nice and the cost per cut spindle is about $3.65 + freight. Still, the freight from Florida is significant.

BAMBOO

I'm going to comingle the same diameter bamboo poles among the eucalyptus - with the bamboo 1:10 or so against the number of eucalyptus poles. Luckily, I have a grove of bamboo (don't know the variety, but will post pics) at my disposal. The stuff is live and must be cured prior to I build with it. Smaller stuff I'm sourcing locally.

THATCH

We simply don't have the money for 130 square feet of synthetic, so I'm thinking of using the standard Mexican Cape, which I've had quoted on a roll and in 42" square mats. Ideas here? I have access to fire retardant, or may just pay the nominal upcharge to get the "outdoor retardant" version.

WOVEN BAMBOO PLYWOOD

This will make up the lower section of my walls, which will be made up of these laminated onto ACX ply, captured on the sides with mitered bamboo framing. Anyone seen these in North Carolina?

Post #740658 by nctrader on Fri, Apr 3, 2015 11:57 AM