Maintenance of Treehouses

Edifice in a living and growing foundation presents several maintenance challenges not present in traditional structures. We build our treehouses with future maintenance in mind because most people want their treehouses to last 10-twenty years or more. Even if your kids move out when they abound upwardly, they might bring your grandkids dorsum to savour the treehouse. Memories can last for generations. The well built treehouse will be gear up for them with some attention to maintenance at regular intervals.

Common Maintenance Issues:

Wood Protection: All woods is susceptible to weathering from sun, wind, and water/ice. Insects and disuse can farther break down wood left untreated. Some species of woods practice ameliorate on their ain than others, but applying wood sealers and protective stains every three-8 years can prolong the life of the wood.

Tree Growth: About mature trees in Due north America have relatively slow growth rates, adding merely effectually 1/eight″ to i/2″ per twelvemonth. Every bit the tree grows, it will eventually contact forest (beams, joists, flooring, rooflines) which will inhibit future growth and cause rubbing when the wind blows. The well built treehouse volition take future growth into consideration and so the beginning couple services should get you through the outset decade or more without major maintenance. At some point, however, the primary beams of the house need to exist moved and that tin can exist a fairly big projection.

Tempest Damage: Treehouses hold upwardly remarkably well through storms. Keep in listen that they practice not overflowing very often. When Hurricane Sandy blew through the East Coast, we heard reports of damaged treehouses all over. Only 2 of them were our projects, and both were repaired with less than a solar day's work. The blazon and extend of damage and repairs needed can vary. Telephone call us for an inspection, or if we are far away, and then yous can email photos to us or have a local carpenter await at information technology.

Animate being Impairment: This is usually not a big trouble, but sometimes squirrels or birds notice means to nest in treehouses and diverse types of damage tin occur as a result. Chewwed forest, piles of basics, or stains are signs that somebody has moved in. Replacing damaged materials and blocking up access areas is the way to care for this trouble. Occasionally bees can be a problem and there are a host of over the counter methods of killing them or discouraging them from nesting on your treehouse. Or, you can always phone call a local pest control or exterminator.

Roof Issues: If copse pass through the roof, you should expect to re-waterproof the area at least every few years. It could exist equally uncomplicated as recaulking as the tree grows new layers of bark. We always employ the best, most flexible caulk to extend the life of our work as much as possible. Even so, when large current of air storms make trees whip around, in that location is only and then much that tin be done to go on it 100% dry. If a treehouse must e'er stay 100% dry, then it can't have a living tree inside of information technology.