Now we're putting holes back in it

We’ve resumed treehouse construction as of yesterday!

Yesterday we pulled some floor boards out of the barn and I gave them a quick blast with the power washer. We also put a bit of effort into shoring up the shims on the hyperbolts to ensure the deck weight is actually getting distributed reasonably evenly across the wooden beams. There were a few days with very gusty wind and that caused the treehouse to shift a bit.

Today we put up some simple scaffolding up on the outside deck to facilitate installation of the triple-wide window into the loft area. We’re about 18-feet off the ground, it feels pretty high.

Dad cut up sections of floor and handed them up to me where I placed them on the loft rafters. The wood is very nice, it’s unfortunate we didn’t have enough of the pretty antique 2x4s for all the rafters, but I think it looks really nice regardless.

After checking and re-checking our measurements a few times, dad used the circular saw to slice a big window sized hole into the loft (taking up nearly the entire southwest loft wall). We then removed the studs.

Next is to figure out how we’re going to lift a 200lb triple-window ~20 feet up and put it in there without dropping or breaking it. Hopefully it can be partially disassembled.