03-04-2006, 10:10 AM
Lee, Thanks for that post, We can't wait to see them up close and personal. On our last trip there we were spellbound by the beauty of so many flowering things, Your trip up the Ohia tree in the back of your property made me think of this. www.ohiatreehouses.shutterfly.com The rest of the paragraph reads
"The work took 4 months using standard framing techiques. They anchored each to the trunks of tall Ohia trees with 20 to 25 foot posts resting on the ground. To allow for movement of the tree, they left a 10" inch gap between the the roof and the trunk. The gap is covered by an expandable cone-shaped piece of flashing that is attached to the trunk and overhangs the roof opening by 6 inches.
The houses are built in typical Hawaiian cottage style with wraparound lanais, and they are the best furnished treehouses I have ever seen, with iron clawfoot bathtubs, high-tank toilets, hot and cold running water, centrally plumbed gas lanterns, and queen size bunk beds. Each has a stove and refrigerator until the building department ordered them removed for fear that someone might move into the houses permanently."
If I were 20 years younger or my grandsons were 20 years older we would be building one. I pray my grandsons come one day and fulfill this dream how awesome this would be to look out over the rainforest to the ocean. Thanks Lee once again for reminding me of this picture.
Pretty cool that it is actually on The Big Island has anyone ever seen them on the slopes of Hualalai?
HADave
PS Anyone interested in this book the title is Treehouses, the art of living out on a limb by Peter Nelson there are others from Hawaii in the book.
Edited by - HADave on 03/04/2006 14:30:04
"The work took 4 months using standard framing techiques. They anchored each to the trunks of tall Ohia trees with 20 to 25 foot posts resting on the ground. To allow for movement of the tree, they left a 10" inch gap between the the roof and the trunk. The gap is covered by an expandable cone-shaped piece of flashing that is attached to the trunk and overhangs the roof opening by 6 inches.
The houses are built in typical Hawaiian cottage style with wraparound lanais, and they are the best furnished treehouses I have ever seen, with iron clawfoot bathtubs, high-tank toilets, hot and cold running water, centrally plumbed gas lanterns, and queen size bunk beds. Each has a stove and refrigerator until the building department ordered them removed for fear that someone might move into the houses permanently."
If I were 20 years younger or my grandsons were 20 years older we would be building one. I pray my grandsons come one day and fulfill this dream how awesome this would be to look out over the rainforest to the ocean. Thanks Lee once again for reminding me of this picture.
Pretty cool that it is actually on The Big Island has anyone ever seen them on the slopes of Hualalai?
HADave
PS Anyone interested in this book the title is Treehouses, the art of living out on a limb by Peter Nelson there are others from Hawaii in the book.
Edited by - HADave on 03/04/2006 14:30:04
Aloha HADave & Mz P
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The best things in life are free.... or have no interest or payments for one full year.