Tree House Tribe Panama

The center post must be cut and trimmed to ensure a perfect fit. After the joists were installed, we were able to lengthened the center post with a piece of six inch, thick wall steel pipe. This allowed the welding of the carreola rafters at the apex of the roof.  As the carreolas are welded to the center post, the house begins to take shape. Double checking to make sure that everything is "spot on"!                    

This particular tree house will be a blend of a traditional approach ie,  wood and current building practices ie, C-channel and styrofoam. The use of these two different traditions will give us a finished product that is extremely light and strong but with a rustic charm of a “bygone era”.  First comes the perimeter Now the upright carreolas are welded to the perimeter.

Before The farm flourished under 12 years of permaculture planting and had grown verdant. As with all things there is a positive and a negative side. Beautiful lush green foliage but not enough light. Remedy , some trees must be removed.  The Plan The Staircase The construction of the staircase made from caña india. This material "Caña india" is often used here in Latinamerica and is in the bamboo family. Foundation All of the supporting sub-structure is made of Macano. This wood is extremely dense and imprevious to insect damage. Another incredible feature of Macano, is after it has been planted in the soil it will produce roots and continue to live. But most importantly, it will only grow from where it was cut. This allows a super strong foundation and the critical measurements of the Y will remain unchanged.   “Orangutan” crawling down a 25 ft. Macano post. Orangután and Buenropas cutting and setting a ce...

Chapter. I The Seed is Planted Six decades ago, a skinny ten-year-old boy, the youngest of an older group of guys, decided  that a "club house"was needed..There was talk of an underground fort and of course a tree house. A vote was taken and  the tree house was the overwhelming choice. So the group sets out collecting scraps of wood and other necessary items. In a couple of days of: splinters, bent nails and smashed thumbs a tree house takes shape.All were pleased but the youngest boy was particularly pleased , he had just watched Tarzan of the Apes.Of course, it was  in "black-and-white" as there was no color T.V. in 1957. Fast forward a couple of years and that same boy (a little less skinny) , is  front rowcenter at the Studio theater in San Bernardino California. Every seat is taken ,all are anxiously awaiting Walt Disney's new release, Swiss Family Robinson. At the conclusion of  a standing ovation, the lights slowly return . At that mo...