Author Topic: Can we build it? Yes I can. (Read 4533 times)

Brehvolution · « **on:** July 08, 2009, 10:02:39 PM »

I've spent almost 2 weeks building a playhouse for my kids. Dimensions are 8Wx12Lx6H. The cross beams are just temporary for support.

I'll follow up with the finished product but that is a ways off.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:05:04 PM »

you're an awesome dad!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:11:26 PM »

Any dad who would build something like this is fucking awesome.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:13:36 PM »

By time it's done I plan on having a shingled roof and storm windows. To the right of the front door is going to be the screened in "porch" area which faces the deck of the pool.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:21:07 PM »

I got you one better. When I was a kid, our stepfather built us the same thing, escept it was elevated, had a balcony and the bottom level was a sandbox. You could climb a ladder to the balcony and get inside, and take a slide out of it. Attached to the other side were swing sets. Most badass tree house ever.

muckhole · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:24:08 PM »

I had a delightful cardboard box. As many windows as I could cut out, mothafukka!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:26:11 PM »

Quote from: Willco on July 08, 2009, 10:21:07 PM

I got you one better. When I was a kid, our stepfather built us the same thing, escept it was elevated, had a balcony and the bottom level was a sandbox. You could climb a ladder to the balcony and get inside, and take a slide out of it. Attached to the other side were swing sets. Most badass tree house ever.

My dad built us a fort that was similar to that. There were two levels: the bottom was a sandbox, and the top was a lookout fort with a railing that ran all the way around. You climbed up to the top using a ladder attached to the front.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:26:56 PM »

holy shit, most Japanese families would happily live in that. you are amazing.

chronovore · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:12:54 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on July 08, 2009, 10:26:56 PM

holy shit, most Japanese families would happily live in that. you are amazing.

LOLtokyo. Kansai is like GREEN ACRES, bitches!

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:25:32 PM »

Do kids still watch Bob the Builder? I thought the watch that magic forest thing now.

Akala · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:36:40 PM »

You need to throw a window unit on there Zero.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2009, 12:00:14 AM »

Quote from: Akala on July 08, 2009, 11:36:40 PM

You need to throw a window unit on there Zero.

Lights too. And minifridge.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2009, 12:19:42 AM »

liar. you're just building a shed and calling it a playhouse.

here kids, go play with the shovels in your new playhouse.

Akala · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:01:20 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on July 09, 2009, 12:19:42 AM

liar. you're just building a shed and calling it a playhouse.

here kids, go play with the shovels in your new playhouse.

I see nothing wrong with that.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:03:20 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 09, 2009, 12:00:14 AM

Quote from: Akala on July 08, 2009, 11:36:40 PM
You need to throw a window unit on there Zero.

Lights too. And minifridge.

7.1 Surround too. Kids'll be bumpin some music. It'll probably be the first playhouse to be broken into, though.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:08:24 AM »

that's pretty cool

Bildi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:53:54 AM »

Jesus christ.

That is WAY too good for your kids. You should move into it.

Bocsius · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2009, 02:01:27 AM »

Quote from: Bildi on July 09, 2009, 01:53:54 AM

That is WAY too good for your kids. You should move into it.

Can't. He's 6'1".

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2009, 02:33:04 AM »

Quote from: Willco on July 08, 2009, 10:21:07 PM

I got you one better. When I was a kid, our stepfather built us the same thing, escept it was elevated, had a balcony and the bottom level was a sandbox. You could climb a ladder to the balcony and get inside, and take a slide out of it. Attached to the other side were swing sets. Most badass tree house ever.

It's not a treehouse without a tree. My tree house had a fucking tv in it!

chronovore · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2009, 03:50:07 AM »

All I had is some cardboard boxes and steak knives, and an irrational amount of luck which led to me keeping ALL of my fingers and both eyes largely intact. Don't let these tree and TV fetishists take away from what you've accomplished. That is one bad-ass club house.

Diunx · « **Reply #20 on:** July 10, 2009, 06:26:11 PM »

now your kids have a place to smoke weed and fornicate when they turn 15.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #21 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:50:08 PM »

This is like Patel's LEGO thread for grown-ups.

lennedsay · « **Reply #22 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:59:27 PM »

Coolest thing my dad ever made... He took the plastic parts from one of this shitty tents (I think it was one of those over-the-bed tents with California Raisins on it), and made this long tube that perfectly fit a cigarette so he could smoke in bed with the cigarette out the window and my mom never knew.

I thought it was bomb and I couldn't even use it.

Well, he dug out our crawlspace and made a huge extra room & bathroom with tons of closet space. And he didn't want to make stairs down to it, so he just put in an elevator where a closet was. That I could use and it's awesome.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #23 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:05:39 PM »

Thanks for the kind words.

It would be a bitch to get electric out there so I'm looking into a solar solution for the ~~kegerator~~lighting and stuff.

Yeti · « **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2009, 12:10:56 PM »

I was feeling all handy for building shelves, this really takes the cake though.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #25 on:** October 22, 2009, 11:09:38 AM »

Progress. Weather permitting, I'll have the shingles on the roof by the end of the weekend.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #26 on:** October 22, 2009, 11:19:17 AM »

Damn Zero, that's bad ass. My dad built us a pirate ship looking playhouse complete with a mast to raise up the Joly Roger on when we were about 8 or 9, but it was kind of open to the elements with no windows and it was freaking Georgia so it was kind of unpleasant to play in during the summer.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #27 on:** October 22, 2009, 11:59:02 AM »

Quote from: Jinfash on October 22, 2009, 11:32:44 AM

Damn. Nice job Zero! That already looks bigger and better than my place. How long before you complete it?

Probably won't happen til next spring. We are more concerned about getting the outside done to handle the winter. I want to put laminate flooring in and paneling on the walls on the inside but I won't have time til next spring.
I'll also have to dig a trench from my house to the playhouse(probably 120 feet) to get electric in there. Hopefully I can find a way to use solar power instead.

cool breeze · « **Reply #28 on:** October 22, 2009, 12:03:14 PM »

Zero Hero is the manliest man on this forum

twerd · « **Reply #29 on:** October 22, 2009, 12:07:45 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on July 10, 2009, 06:26:11 PM

now your kids have a place to smoke weed and fornicate when they turn 15.

and he has a place to smoke weed and fornicate when they leave

Bebpo · « **Reply #30 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:04:50 PM »

Looks really cool.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:07:24 PM »

If that was in a tree it would be the coolest shit ever.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:21:28 PM »

The cool thing about the playhouse too is that when one of your kids is still living with you past the age of 30, you have the ability to give them an ultimatum of finding their own place or moving out to the playhouse.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #33 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:47:24 PM »

Didn't think about that.

Robo · « **Reply #34 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:55:06 PM »

Zero Hero

Quote from: Willco on July 08, 2009, 10:21:07 PM

I got you one better. When I was a kid, our stepfather built us the same thing, escept it was elevated, had a balcony and the bottom level was a sandbox. You could climb a ladder to the balcony and get inside, and take a slide out of it. Attached to the other side were swing sets. Most badass tree house ever.

My dad built a very similar elevated tree-less tree house, except without the slide or the swingset, but he did paint a nearly perfect rendition of the Ghostbusters logo on the front door, which was about the coolest thing ever. It was over 12 feet high, as I recall, and the indoors were too cramped for any more than two small kids. Jesus, now that I'm thinking about it, my friends and I used to push each other off that fucking thing. I think we're probably lucky to have never been seriously hurt or worse.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #35 on:** October 22, 2009, 05:51:21 PM »

It's getting cold up in NY, man.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #36 on:** October 22, 2009, 05:52:45 PM »

colder than the D?

Robo · « **Reply #37 on:** October 22, 2009, 08:24:20 PM »

I'd live in Zero Hero's rape shed.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #38 on:** October 22, 2009, 08:26:54 PM »

Green man does not put the lotion on the skin, he gon' open up those buttcheeks and let me in

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #39 on:** October 22, 2009, 08:51:46 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 22, 2009, 08:50:31 PM

it's only rape if I say no.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #40 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:19:36 PM »

Finished up the outside a couple of weeks ago.

The inside is all wired up and insulated. I just have to put the walls up. I probably won't get to do anything til the new year.
Don't know what backwards place my father in law got some of the windows from... they only open from the outside.

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No, they are not in backwards.

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BlueTsunami · « **Reply #41 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:27:55 PM »

archie4208 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:35:33 PM »

Father of the year.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #43 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:37:34 PM »

Next thing you should build is a mini electric fireplace (for safety) and give your son a Jr. Bubble Pipe, satin robe and cravat.

Bebpo · « **Reply #44 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:55:26 PM »

I dig the style of the wood and green coloring

Ganhyun · « **Reply #45 on:** December 07, 2009, 04:10:10 PM »

Good Job Zero.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #46 on:** December 07, 2009, 04:11:57 PM »

That is an amazing place. It reminds me of when I was a small child we would venture into the wilderness of northern NH and find old men living in campers in the middle of the woods. One day, your kids will enjoy it.

Himu · « **Reply #47 on:** December 07, 2009, 04:15:24 PM »

ZERO HERO

chronovore · « **Reply #48 on:** December 07, 2009, 05:05:46 PM »

In 1999 that would have been US$1100/month rental in California.

Bildi · « **Reply #49 on:** December 07, 2009, 05:59:21 PM »

Dude, that's not your house? Holy mother of god.

Windows that only open from the outside is a bitchin' conversation starter - nice job.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #50 on:** December 07, 2009, 06:11:32 PM »

Zero Hero

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #51 on:** December 07, 2009, 07:38:56 PM »

that's sharp. Good work mang

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #52 on:** December 07, 2009, 07:42:05 PM »

that's better than my apartment

muckhole · « **Reply #53 on:** December 09, 2009, 03:18:49 PM »

Holy crap, Zero. What's next, a jacuzzi?

chronovore · « **Reply #54 on:** December 14, 2009, 06:22:50 PM »

Only found one guy who's got you beat, duder:
http://epicwinftw.com/2009/11/27/this-is-the-treehouse-we-all-wanted-our-dads-to-build/

Brehvolution · « **Reply #55 on:** December 15, 2009, 09:26:31 AM »

that is amazing.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #56 on:** December 15, 2009, 09:52:01 AM »

you realize you're supposed to play on the inside of the shed, right?

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Author Topic: Can we build it? Yes I can. (Read 4533 times)