David Parfitt

How to Build a Treehouse

£49.50
£49.50
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David Parfitt teaches you everything you need to design and build your own treehouse — from choosing the right tree and sketching your plans to constructing a safe, adaptable platform you can make entirely your own.

The course covers design principles, platform planning for different tree types, materials, fastenings, beams and joists, access ladders and entry points, and how to build a treehouse that spans multiple trees. You'll be designing your own treehouse throughout, with practical projects at every stage.

Includes 4 on-demand video lessons, lifetime access, downloadable notes, practical treehouse design projects with optional tutor feedback, and a small interactive online classroom.

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.

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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.
COURSE TUTOR

David Parfitt

David Parfitt Portrait

I'm a visual artist who specialises in site-specific sculpture and public art projects.

Based in Sussex, UK, my activities include the design, production and project management of a range of forms unlimited by materials, but considerate of place.

I enjoy emphasising the social and collaborative aspects of contemporary visual arts practise, and am a consultant, lead artist or initiator on a wide variety of projects with clients such as; multi-national corporations, local authorities, community groups and individuals.

You're probably here to take my treehouse course. They are just beautiful things aren't they? And I look forward to taking you through the process and working with you on your project.

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