World's largest treehouse? 7 trees support 1800 sq ft home

Michael Garnier has helped pioneer the craft of modern treehouse construction. His Garnier limb -invented in collaboration with other enthusiasts as an open source project- holds up to 8,000 pounds and allows treehouse builders to create stronger, more durable dwellings in the trees.

When Garnier, who owns a treehouse resort with 9 elevated dwellings, decided to build his own home for himself and his wife Peggy, it had to also be nestled in the branches.

While his B&B cabins in the air are closer to 100 square feet, for his own home he decided to go big. His home is 1800 square feet on three floors. He calls it the world's largest treehouse (not a fact, though he challenges anyone to prove him wrong).

He selected a spot in the middle of a grove of White Oak trees and used 7 trees to support the weight of his home (the largest one in the middle of the home is no longer living, but he manufactured a root system for it so it would still support the weight of a living tree).

In this video, Garnier takes us for a tour of his "trees house" and explains how a home like his does less damage to the grove of trees than if he'd built a conventional house there.

Original story: http://www.faircompanies.com/videos/view/worlds-largest-treehouse-7-trees-sup...

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[signalfire6]

Far more information here; the tree resort is in Southern Oregon near Cave Junction if anyone is interested, I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned in the video:

Can't post web links, search 'fair companies treehouse inventor ewok world' to find it.

[kirstendirksen]

@signalfire6 Thanks for bringing it up. He does run the treehouse resort just down the road from his home (he can see it from his porch). I just added the other video in the video response section here ("DIY treehouse inventor creates Ewok world in rural Oregon").

[sok8888]

Who in the world will classify this as a tree house? It is obviously supported by 10 pillars. The trees did not support the house.

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[freestuffgood]

thease people never grew up i love it:D

[foresakenlion]

Tree roots are strong enough to keep them standing from the shockwave of an Atom bomb, no doubting their strength.

[solunasunrise]

aw come on .. thats not really a treehouse any more ... its an occupation of a tree !!!

[toxicsumo]

its a awesome tree house alright

thats what you call a big tree house

having a big tree house at 10 meter with one supporting tree

is impracticle

cool tree house

[MrGrimmSir]

Hi there, i'm from Crossville Tennessee. Here in Crossville we have a tree house built by Horess Burgess. The Treehouse is between 8,000 and 10,000 square feet. Google it!

[dwitherell88]

@serialcomplexity its a dead tree with an artificial root system that he created

[Harzburgitic]

Well its an absolutely beautiful little home but its not a treehouse in my book.

[leloodallasmultipass]

@sok8888 thank god there are people like you out there to clarify these critical matters. The treehouse guild is normally silent on these concerns but it is time to start legally defining these important distinctions.

[monsercoq1]

When he was under it I kept cringing cus I felt like it was going to fall down and smash him like a bug.

[Monkeybabysitter]

Where is the plumbing?