Our "Quandry" Explained...

Okay, so our quandry didn't rank very high on the Quandry Scale, but it was a quandry none the less. Due to the manner in which our tree house's main fraim or "skeleton" is constructed, our tree house plans call for some non-conventional framing techniques to be used in the front and rear walls. It sort of flies in the face of conventional framing technique, so some of us found it hard to get past at first when it came time to commence with framing.






Here is a shot of one of the tree house's side walls utilizing what one would call conventional framing technique... with a 2" x 4" sill attatched to the floor and 2" x 4" studs toe nailed into that.

These two pictures show the front wall and it's more non-conventional "sandwich" like framing technique. The cross members of the main frame or skeleton create a gap at the points where both the front and rear walls should be anchored- at the top and bottom. This gap is the same width as a 2" x 4".

The plans indicate that this method of framing ties in the floors and walls in such a way as to provide greater strength in this tree house.

The down side is that the bottom of the these walls are open, giving access to the elements...not to mention pests! We agreed that capping off these openings from below with 1" x 6" decking would take care of those concerns and provide a base for insulation should we choose to go that route.

Quandry solved!