David Parfitt
How to Build a Treehouse
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David Parfitt teaches you how to build a treehouse - from designs to site (or tree) selection and practical building techniques.
The course covers the planning, technology and simple principles needed to design a treehouse that meets your needs, along with ideas and practical skills that will enable you to build it. During this course David will teach you the skills to make a basic treehouse, one that will be adaptable enough for your tree to make its own, and for you to elaborate on to make a glorious treehouse. You will also be shown ways to tackle most of the situations that you are likely to meet.
You'll look at creative ways to customise your treehouse, and cover design considerations, making platforms for different tree types, materials, fastenings and safety issues.
As you learn you'll be designing your own treehouse, including selecting a tree trunk or multiple tree trunks, planing the platform and support beams and adding access ladders and entry points.
You'll learn:
- how to choose a suitable tree for your treehouse
- sketching design plans
- planning your platform
- using beams, joists and access points for safety and functionality
- how to create a treehouse that spans multiple trees
The course includes:
- 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by David Parfitt
- lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical treehouse design projects (with tutor feedback available)
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the how to build a treehouse course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 9 hours 15 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 1 hour 15 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your planting design projects: at least 1 hour per lesson
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
You'll need:
You'll be creating your own treehouse designs throughout the course, so you'll be choosing a tree as the base, sketching your treehouse platform and design features and working out how to secure your treehouse.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from David on your treehouse.
If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout.
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Lessons
What You’ll Learn
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In the first week, we'll understand how to choose a suitable tree, the principles of attaching structures to trees, and ways to approach designing a treehouse, the creative process, understanding safety, how to design and beginning the construction process for building the perfect treehouse.
Building your platform (working through a single-trunked platform example). This time we will get more specific and begin to run through the process of constructing a treehouse starting with the platform.
Beams & Joists, and spanning multiple trees. It's time to take care of the platforms width and add some joists.
The superstructure, entry point, hatches and doors, the ladder, and keeping it safe.
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David Parfitt
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Our online classroom is designed to help you learn from experts in a collaborative, social environment alongside a small group of learners.
Each lesson combines expert-led videos with optional assignments, giving you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and share your work with others. You can take part in ongoing discussions, ask questions, exchange feedback, and learn from a community of like-minded people from around the world.
By learning together in a small, supportive group, you benefit not only from expert guidance but also from shared ideas, perspectives, and experiences—helping you stay engaged and retain what you learn.
You can start your course at any time within 12 months of purchase. Once you begin, you’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit lesson videos and notes whenever you like.
Courses are designed to fit around your schedule, allowing you to learn at your own pace. Each lesson video is typically 30–40 minutes, and we recommend around an hour for each assignment.
Both Peer and Expert options give you full access to the course content, including lesson videos, downloadable notes, assignments, and a collaborative online classroom with up to 20 learners. You’ll also have lifetime access to revisit the material at any time.
The Expert option includes everything in Peer, plus personalised assignment feedback, direct messaging with your expert tutor, and a certificate of completion.
With the Expert option, you can interact directly with your tutor throughout the course. You’ll typically have one week per lesson to ask questions and receive feedback on your assignments, with as much interaction as you need during that time.
Your tutor access begins when you enter the classroom and follows the course schedule (for example, a four-lesson course usually runs over four weeks). If you need more time or support, our team is here to help.
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