Thursday, March 23, 2017

"Most Cutting Edge Treehouse"

Received word from our 3rd Plan Submital and although we still have 3 corrections to go (started with over 30 corrections) the Architectural and Engineer plans have been approved! 

I knew I was getting into a big project when I started the Lovers Treehouse project but it wasn't until the other day that my architect (the architect for Treehouse Masters and The Treehouse Guys) said 


         - "Your project is as cutting edge as any that have been done"


So what does it mean when I say the architectural and engineer plans have been approved, it means we'll have the advantage of the following elements:


1. Having trees live throughout the house without having window's or doors covering them!  This means, you'll be able to live in the home, while living with the tree (touchable)


2. Able to have a structure completely supported by a tree without any ground supports! 


3. Able to build a smaller sqft home by adding a bridge to calculate the sqft and keep true to the treehouse feel


4. Our years of work have pushed the county to create a treehouse building system.  This means building tree houses in the county of San Bernardino will be much easier from this point forward.  Moving the Treehouse Movement forward ;)




We still have 3 corrections, one of them being that the tree's be tested by an instrument and technology called Picus Sonic Tomography.  This test is a non-invasive one that uses sound to detect interior tree decay.  

So we're not quite in the clear, until we can prove that the inside of our tree's are in fact healthy...  


We've made big strides up to this point, and the Picus Sonic test will be a biggy for us (fingers crossed)


1 comment:

  1. Came across your blog in my research on the idea of building a livable treehouse. We're considering building one in San Bernardino County. Do you have any advice on who to talk to at the County/where to start? I'd love to be connected to the folks there that already know what they're doing!! Thanks.

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