The New Firepole and Stairway

 I finally got around to putting in the new firepole on the treehouse.  I have cut the railing and inserted the top end of the mechanism high up.  Unfortunately, the firepole is so high up that the bottom is about six feet from the ground.  I have to go buy some additional pipe to add to the firepole so that it reaches the ground.  I am going to pour a substantial concrete base so that the pole also serves as yet one more support for the treehouse deck up above. A picture will appear here when I get the additional pipe in place.

New Ladder and Fire Pole for the Tree House

 

I found this combination ladder and firepole that someone was decommissioning from their treehouse in the local free recycling listing.  The picture above is at the treehouse that was being decommissioned.  My treehouse has developed somewhat of a tilt this year, so I decided to fix the tilt and make sure that it doesn't happen again.  The current treehouse has three supports keeping it up in the tree.  The first support is the trunk of the tree itself.  The other two points of support are two large branches.  Each of those branches is further supported by beams going all the way to the ground.  I took the opportunity to add the new ladder and firepole to the weakest of the two beams, figuring that the steel ladder was stronger, especially with the concrete pad that I am installing at its base.  

I will take a picture of the newly installed ladder and firepole as I complete the job.  I have already jacked up the two existing beams about three inches to level off the treehouse.