peacemakertreehouses
Saving face
Little choices mean a lot when it comes to building safety into a treehouse. Here, I borrowed a detail from my friends in the timber-framing business and added cast-metal structural washers to the half-inch bolts that anchor the rail posts. With a 3-inch wide face, there's no chance a sudden, excessive force pushing out on those posts can pull the wood out over the bolt heads. As a bonus, they look pretty cool, too.
Saving face
Little choices mean a lot when it comes to building safety into a treehouse. Here, I borrowed a detail from my friends in the timber-framing business and added cast-metal structural washers to the half-inch bolts that anchor the rail posts. With a 3-inch wide face, there's no chance a sudden, excessive force pushing out on those posts can pull the wood out over the bolt heads. As a bonus, they look pretty cool, too.