Dickie Came to Visit

Our home air conditioner started acting up and not working right. So we called our friend Dicki, who is a pro at fixing A/Cs. He hadn't seen the treehouse in a while so he just had to take a look.

More Felt

We finished the felt paper all around the top today. It was really hard to get it nailed in some places. We should have thought about under the dormer in the front better before we actually put up the dormer. So far we've had trouble nailing the shingles on the top of the front dormer and now getting the felt on the wall between the top of the former and the roof. I guess you know what they say about hind sight.

It looks pretty good if I say so myself.

Saturday Visit

Stephaney, Taylor, & Rod moved over to the east coast a few months ago. Rod got his cop job in near Palm Coast, so they moved.

So Stephaney, Taylor, Misti, & Nick drove over on Saturday to see all our latest progress on our treehouse.

Waterproofing the Treehouse Walls

Today we started putting up felt on the outside treehouse walls. This helps keep moisture from seeping inside.

I measured the length and Royce cut the felt pieces so I could nail them in place

Each window had to be removed so the felt could go under the window's metal overlap and then replaced. The felt looked neatly tucked into place when we finished.

It took me all day to get completely around the bottom of the treehouse. While I was nailing the felt on the walls, Royce was busy working on cutting a hole in the south side of the the upper level for our air conditioner.

He cut a hole to high up the first time so he had to lower the air conditioner down about 4 or 5 inches. Then he framed around the unit with two by fours to secure it into place. I finished the felt about the same time he finished the installation.

The top half of the treehouse still needs to have felt nailed around it but it's getting late so that will have to wait until next weekend.

A Full View

Well it's the end of the day and I just thought I would take a few pictures to show just what the treehouse looks like with our newly installed windows.

Treehouse Windows

Last Sunday Royce & I didn't work on the treehouse. Instead we went to buy treehouse windows. It took us a while trying to find sizes that wouldn't be too big . . . and we finally found them. After careful measurement, Royce cut out a section of the wall just big enough for our loft window.

Then he slides it into place and secures it with window screws.

I think that does it. Looks perfect to me. Hey don't forget to take off the window stickers.

All the window openings had to be framed on the inside of the wall before the windows could be installed.

Now sunlight can shine into our treehouse and we can look out at the beautiful trees.

There's a nice breeze blowing into the treehouse. However, along with the windows, we also bought an air conditioner for those hot days.