How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts | 
| Author: David Stiles
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 357749
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 1592281923
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9781592281923
ASIN: 1592281923
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Product Description
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.
Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon.
Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles's TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer's handbook, offering practical results.
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 Back to basics January 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have not got the chance to use it but it help me realize the difference between building with studs and live trees. It stress safety which is always good.
 Great book for a kid with an adult helper November 5, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a person who lived in a treehouse for 3 years, and was looking for a basic how-to book for a friend, I was disappointed--this is how-to down to how to buy 2x4s and pull nails. Not good for a skilled (or even somewhat skilled) adult, but this book is EXACTLY the sort of thing I would have wanted as a kid: all the basics, lots of advice, and would have been great for a mom- and/or dad-and-me project.
 One of the best books ever February 6, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is extremely awesome and has a special section on stuff to build like snowforts, catapults, and cannons. The forts are really awesome. Great buy.
How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts January 26, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Great book if you want to build a treehouse or fort with your son (or sons) or if you just want to build one for your son (or sons) so he can have fun. Love this book and I HIGHLY recommend it.
 A READER July 9, 2005
17 out of 33 found this review helpful
Please don't buy this book unless you are comfortable reading vague plans and are an experienced carpenter. For all the other "Weekenders" like me who appreciate step-by-step instruction with diagrams/pictures, detailed information on techniques for their projects, discussion regarding suitable materials and tips on finishing the project (i.e. painting, etc.) PLEASE choose a book more suited to your skill level. ... I sense impending doom if I attempt to build his cover playhouse which, by the way, seems rather small at only 6'x6'. I think I will join the ranks and order Norm Abrams plans and video as well. DONT BUY THIS BOOK
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