An unusual challenge for this forum?
Any help very gratefully received.
It comes down to this: how would you go about fixing a scaffolding pole to a tree, to get a permanent fix?
I am building a tree house in a tree which overhangs a pond. Yes yes, it's folly, but please bear with me.
I need to add some support to the relevant branch, and thus to the tree-house base. This will have to involve sitting some structural uprights on the bottom of the pond, then fixing them to the branch higher up.
Timber will rot (or, if treated, kill all the fish), so I plan to use (quite a few) scaffolding tubes instead.
They could stand on base plates on the bottom of the pond.
I would then fix them to a diagonal branch about 6 feet above the water.
The question is, what is the best way to fix the tubes to the branch. it needs to be a basically permanent, structurally sound fix.
The relevant branch is big (about 1m radius), and can very easily take very long screws/bolts.
Is there a scaffolding fitting which can be fixed to the tubes and also screwed into the branch, for a strong, permanent fix?
Or can you think of a better way of doing this ?
So there's the challenge!
What do you reckon ?
Cheers
Any help very gratefully received.
It comes down to this: how would you go about fixing a scaffolding pole to a tree, to get a permanent fix?
I am building a tree house in a tree which overhangs a pond. Yes yes, it's folly, but please bear with me.
I need to add some support to the relevant branch, and thus to the tree-house base. This will have to involve sitting some structural uprights on the bottom of the pond, then fixing them to the branch higher up.
Timber will rot (or, if treated, kill all the fish), so I plan to use (quite a few) scaffolding tubes instead.
They could stand on base plates on the bottom of the pond.
I would then fix them to a diagonal branch about 6 feet above the water.
The question is, what is the best way to fix the tubes to the branch. it needs to be a basically permanent, structurally sound fix.
The relevant branch is big (about 1m radius), and can very easily take very long screws/bolts.
Is there a scaffolding fitting which can be fixed to the tubes and also screwed into the branch, for a strong, permanent fix?
Or can you think of a better way of doing this ?
So there's the challenge!
What do you reckon ?
Cheers