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dan_trachtman

Least harmful tree house

5 years ago

I am building a tree house and can't decide which solution is least harmful to the tree. I can either have TWO support beams in the ground as shown in my model (the third in the back was already there to hold up the deck), or I can have zero support beams in the ground but have at least four bolts screwed into the tree to hold the tree house up. The first beam below is 4ft from the tree and the second is 7ft. There are no other beams touching the tree in this solution.


I was leaning towards the first solution but as I dug I (not surprisingly) hit some very thick structural roots and am now nervous about cutting even one of them. The holes would be 12" in diameter and maybe 20" deep.


thanks for your thoughts,

Dan




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