Building the treehouses

We’ve taken great care in sourcing much of our timber locally. All the timber used in our frames is cut and sawn from sustainable timber grown less than 30 miles away. The round wood posts are Larch. The rest of the frames are Douglas Fir.

The timber was delivered to Wolf Wood either as tree logs (with bark on) or rough sawn. All the framing was carried out in the barn at the top of the hill.

The framing was a family affair – even the kids mucked in with the stripping of the bark. But we were all under the supervision of the incredibly talented timber framer, Henry. 

We were determined to tread lightly when raising each frame, so rather than bring in heavy lifting equipment; we used traditional ropes and pulleys, and a wonderful group of talented friends!

So like giant Meccano, after just a few days, our frames rose from the ground and into the treetops.