7/12/15
Great progress today! I was fortunate enough to have my strong and beautiful wife help me load up and haul all of my joists. That's 6 16' 2X10s. It was a bit precarious assembling them all around the Expy, but we made it home safe without incident. I proceeded to cut them all to length and haul them individually to their positions between the joist hangers already assembled within the tree house frame. Notice the hard plastic plates placed on the support beam between the trees. This is the "floating" side of the frame. These plates assist the frame in moving freely as the trees and beam sway beneath them.
All joists fell into place without incident. However, some needed immediate hurricane tying to straighten them up along their run. Also, I had some gaps between joists and support beams along the run. I cut shims and glued them in place. The whole deck frame and all joists are now true, square, level and flush up against their supporting members. Not sure if I'll move on to stairs, or knee bracing all around next (for cantilever and stabilization of the the post to frame connections, i.e. anti-sway measures)...?
Looking more and more like a tree house. That's what I call a productive Sunday ;)
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