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Always Ask for a Professional: Building a 55-ton Tree House Masterpiece

18 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Mark Simpson built a 55-ton treehouse in the UK with an architect and professional treehouse builder. The project moved 100 tons of materials to site and required full compliance with building regulations, including underfloor heating and on-grid utilities. This wasn't a DIY weekend project.

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55 tons.

About 100 tons of materials.

United Kingdom (modern UK building regulations).

Yes — it includes underfloor heating (part of full utilities).

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No, we're definitely not. We're not Even very good DIYers, actually, and doer uppers. So it was a bit of an ambitious. We did work with a professional company to help us, both an architect, and also with other industry experts. And the treehouse builder. The treehouse weighs 55 tons and we had about 100 tons worth of materials to get down to the site. So it's definitely not something that probably most amateur builders would be able to have a go at. And also it has to comply with all of the modern UK building regulations for a new build house. So it's quite a complex structure to put together and it's got full utilities in terms of, you know, underfloor heating, you know, lighting. It's a very cozy sort of on. On grid rather than off grid space. So it's definitely not an easy build.