Got to spend some time (and money and sweat) on the treehouse project this weekend. I was able to get the parts ($40) and labor together to get the stairway built. I got it built, and mounted, and the hinges put on the trap door. Now, one can ascend the ladder to push up to open the trap door and be atop the platform that someday will be the floor of a grand tree home!

Notice now the new front right corner support that was refactored and re-added NOT to go THROUGH the ladder this time.

THIMK. Pla
n. Ahead.

Many hours of sweat and two mosquito bites later, we have a completed ladder and door. Now, on to something more substantial like WALLS...

Here is a shot of me and my son drilling the holes in the 2x6's we used for the ladder.