How To Roof A Treehouse

Allow a two inch gap around the tree if it passes through the floor and a three inch gap if it passes through the roof see photo.

How to roof a treehouse.

This roof is made from a simple tarp although you can also get more elaborate in designing and constructing your roof. You should never use a flat roof for a treehouse. Building the roof was one of the most challenging parts of this treehouse build. The first decision we made when it came to the roof was how tall you want your treehouse.

Remember our walls are at 5 feet so we have a 2 rise a 6 12 pitch will give us a 26 5 degree slope on our roof. In other words our roof rises 6 inches for every 12 inches of run. For our hideaway we went simple and used a 6 12 pitch. The ideal roof is impervious to water but also needs to rapidly shed water so there is no chance of pools or damp patches building up.

I have worked with tar and gravel shingles before but never wood. Drive one hook into both trunks about 8 feet 2 4 m above the bottom of the platform. To keep a large tree house stable center the load over the trunk and spread the weight among several branches. How to level a treehouse floor.

This was quite challenging because i had to figure out how to properly attach them as well as work from a high and dangerous height. Which would put the center of our roof right at 7 feet. A properly sloped or pitched roof is much superior. Roof pitch can be a bit confusing but i will tell you how we did it and please know that you can modify to what suits your treehouse best.

Add a simple roof to your treehouse. I used shingles cut in half to seal around the tree and shingled the rest of the roof like normal.