Post #740787 by nctrader on Mon, Apr 6, 2015 6:11 AM

I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing, fulfilling Easter / Passover weekend! We were busy on the treehouse, working on taking the platform vertical, with the pony wall studs all in place now. These tip out an inch-per-foot, so the treehouse will have a width of almost 10' at the top, and 8' at the deck. Boy, carriage bolts are expensive!!!

Detail shot of the birdsmouth notch cut, sitting over the rim joist.

Corner blocks allow 5" bamboo corner posts to seat securely under the deck. The studs all lean out from the deck, but are otherwise perpendicular, so it will be easy to frame the wall materials.

Less sexy (but long overdue), work happened under the magnolia as we cleaned up a few years of yard refuse that had accumulated there. Infested with ivy, it was stupid, backbreaking work, but the area is now clean. We're going bury a little precast edging, mulch the bed and plant shade tolerant stuff like ginger and cana and, of course a few tiki props.