In this series I build an off grid treehouse cabin in the forest. I build in a sustainable and ecological way in the wilderness and nature.

I’m Ruud. I am a designer and filmmaker from The Netherlands. I build and make things. This is the first episode of The Treehouse Experiment on my channel Building in Nature.

The treehouse is built in a big beautiful oak tree. In this episode I also make the tree connection. I feel the available solutions are expensive so I designed an affordable solution for a DIY treehouse TAB (Treehouse Attachment Bolt) and install it in the tree. This design has no negative impact on the health of the tree.

I hope you enjoy the building process! Have a nice day!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:23 The Treehouse Experiment: The Tree connection
00:37 Experiment 1
05:02 Drilling the hole in the tree
06:00 Installing the Treehouse Attachment Bolt (TAB)
08:43 The Metal Shed: Manufacturing the metal brackets
10:40 Intermezzo (Guitar playing in the forest)
11:50 Installing the brackets
14:05 Chiseling, cutting and installing the wooden beam structure
18:32 Experiment 2: The Adjustable Strut
21:05 Installing the adjustable strut

If you like the guitar table from the intermezzo chapter you can buy it in my webshop (it is made by me):
https://www.ruwdesign.nl

Camera gear used:

Camera: Canon EOS R7
Main lens: Tokina 28-70mm ATX-Pro F2.6-2.8
Wide Angle lens: Tokina 14-20mm F2 PRO-DX
Zoom lens: Canon 100-300mm F4.5-5.6 USM

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