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It’s so messed up that i spend my week building and creating……only to spend my days off watching building and creating 🤣 both of my kids are grown, i have absolutely no need for a fort but damnit i wanna build me a treehouse now. Love this series brother.
I know what you mean I always wanted a tree house when I was a kid (now 70). Tomboy climbed all the trees to the top. Would love to have this treeless tree-house. But I do want electric installed so I can do all my crafts that require electricity.
Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ru-vid.comUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
Humor is a big part of the entertainment value of this channel. But this was the best damn how to video for installing a window properly I have ever seen. Simple, easy to follow, and every person who watches this video is now a Journeyman window installer. Bourbon Moth for the win!
I’ve installed alot of LP lap. We always overlap 2” and put the nail as close to the 2” mark as possible. It makes the lap a great deal stronger and less likely to flap or lift. I believe LP spec says to be at 2”, but I would have to verify that. The gecko gauge install tool is a lifesaver. I use them as a helping hand more than a spacer. I do what you did and make my own jigs for spacing, but the gecko’s provide another set of hands when you’re siding alone. I have noticed the laps I nailed too high tend to lift up very easily. Also, your door screws I noticed are like mine. You can see them. A trick I eventually learned is to fold the gasket back and install the screw and then let the gasket cover them. Simple, yet, it took me years to figure that out ha! Good videos…
Looks great! Really enjoyed watching the progress on this series. That front stoop feels like it needs a fireman’s pole to make it easy for the foreman to get down.
as someone who has done this for a while, you did almost everything right. it’s a little late now, but normally we put the flashing tape over the flashing on top of the window before putting the siding over it.
Hi, planning to build a tiny house for my disabled son who will always live with us, can you clarify what you mean because they did put flashing tape over the windows and rhen the tyvek seams. Are you saying that they should have put another layer of tape over the tyvek?
@@inmyimage1081this was in reference to the metal flashing over the top of the trim, the trim should be installed over the window tape, then the metal flashing on top of the trim, then fold the tyvek down and trim / tape it onto the metal flashing
@@inmyimage1081if you notice at 20:37 there is no tape on the metal piece as he installs the siding over it, over time this will cause leakage into the top of the trim from behind the siding
First off, I have followed you for years and absolutely love your videos! Secondly, and I have this thought every Saturday, but as a kid I loved Saturday morning cartoons and your videos are my adult version of that! I literally look forward to them through the week and watch them with my morning coffee! I did not have the coffee as a kid. Lastly, I am married and we have 3 teenage boys and we all watch as a family, which makes it even more special! Thank you for all you have taught me… for the laughs… and for giving me very special Saturday morning family time! You rock!!
Its looking better and better with every episode. Funny story, my son asked me what I was watching. I told him watching this guy build a tree house but without the tree. He asked me why didn't I just say a house.
The narration of this video is So Entertaining 😂😂! Thanks for sharing!! Going to help my cousins with the Siding on their new construction! You made it look easy! I can’t wait!
It’s looking really great! Siding creates immediate gratification. Now all you need is insulation and drywall and you’ll not only have an over the top treeless treehouse, but a dog house and a great guest suite. Of course you’d probably want to add electricity, heating and a honey bucket in the corner.
When doing the window trims and siding it's good to leave a bit of gap for both caulk to go into and expansion. The width of a framing nail works good as a spacer. See the Perkins Brothers RU-vid for good discussion of this.
I've been waiting for the siding. It looks really nice! I just redid the entire siding on my house. We went with board and batten siding and I had to calk all the battens and I feel your pain. I'm happy to see that we both ended up on the same techniques - makes me feel like I did it right. Im really loving the build videos and watching the treehouse progress. Thanks for sharing.
Jason.... I haven't watched the video yet... but I just really enjoy your content. I literally said "yay" like a little girl when I saw that you had posted a new video. then I caught myself and reminded myself that I'm a grown man. Anyways... love what you do you taught me a lot and also made me spend a lot of money on tools.
For future reference, that particular siding requires painting all cut edges, and flash all joints. I know you don't have any joints, but just remember for future projects. It's just that I have installed many many miles of that stuff. Lol
Watching from northern europe here.. don't you guys add a ventilation channel between moisture/wind barrier and siding? eg an 2-5cm vertical spacer slats and then attach siding to it?
@@Pinkpalmpufffan-k7z Really interesting. In here the wood carcass wall would be (from inside out): 1) drywall 2) MDF 3) 45mm/2inch wood carcass with 50mm rockwool for (mostly) soundproofing and leaving room for electrical etc 4) moisture barrier 5) 20-25 cm / 12inch wood carcass with insulation wool 6) windstopper plate 7) 22mm/1inch wood carcass for ventilation 8) siding Probably overkill for treehouse tho, but keeping siding ventilated and able to dry from all sides is considered non-negotiable pretty much.
@@Rabarebane It depends... go see Matt Risinger's "The Build Show" for how the high end houses are done... and remember, this is a kid's play house, built by a woodworker, not a construction professional. Where I live, I wouldn't even be able to build this thing because it's too tall.
Absolutely love this series of videos…Iver is one incredibly lucky kid!! And though it doesn’t really matter, I can’t stop myself from saying, it’s pronounced: kawk. 😊
I’m excited you’re using lp siding. My wife and I are planning to use it on our addition in the spring. So it was cool to see you putting it up and the process. Thanks!!
Nicely done! Awesome job on the building! Glad to hear it was your idea your wife concentrating on being mom. If it was the neighbors idea I would be curious!
Bet the Foreman is getting pretty excited! Would be nice to open Christmas presents up there in the tree house on top of thick sleeping bags with some lights and a baby Christmas tree, a heater and some hot chocolate, finished or not!
It really is starting to look like you are building a house on the side for a sleepover lol. Really good job so far, i love it. Problem is, now i want to build one too 😂🤣
Not sure if it’s been said already, but if you’re doing lap siding in as a team, the easiest and most uniform way to do it is to use a speed square to hook the bottom of the last piece, then sit the next piece on top. If your going solo, I highly recommend Gecko Siding Gauges. Question, how did you like using the LP Smart Siding? I’ve been interested in it since I saw it at a trade show.
Finally we learn the inspiration for the tree house. Jason watches builders building his addition and thinks “ I bet i could do that” then dreams up this project.
You really only need the moisture barrier on heated spaces. Even if it won't be heated initially, it's best to put it on in case you decide to heat it later. Good work.
Agree. I did my siding w/o any moisture barrier for my garage and it was fine. How do I know? I had to take off the sidings and put them back on like 3x for fixing stuff and the wood behind it was like the day I put it on. Just as crappy then as it was now.
I used to love my Ryobi caulking gun. The only problem I ever had with it was when I first got it and set it to it's max setting. Apparently, the faster the caulk comes out the greater the pressure of the caulk, which hydraulically lifted the trim up. But a few more screws took care of that. But not for the ones that already lifted. I had to take those off and redo them cause I couldn't sink in more screws to squish the trim back down. And as I recall, a piece of trim cracked and had to be replaced. But once you get it figured out, all you need to do is get a lot more caulk. No water getting behind that trim ever. If you should ever decide to get a Ryobi caulking gun, be careful with it, it's really powerful.
For all the work you have do so far it is worth tossing some insulation in the walls/roof depending on the insulation another chance to use the stapler 😂
I dont know what the manufacturer says about that siding and i get people dont like nails in a pre finished product but i fail to see how nailing at the top wont result in a strong gust of wind lifting up the boards. The traditional way to nail that type of siding is about 1.5 inches from the bottom, just above the top of the last board(so you dont nail through both). This allows them to move with expansion and contraction and locks the boards down so they dont lift up.
Americas come a long way in terms of construction in a short amount of time. It's really great to see. I like the concept of siding. What is it? PVC covered plywood? How is it in strong wind, not being secured on the bottom?
When you side you need to run chalking up your trim boards before you lay up the siding makes for a better seal. Also next time pop chalk lines and use a story pole.
That's a very fancy (not a tree) treehouse. It's amazing, I love it. Puts my childhood pallet and rusty tin ramshackle tree fort, lashed to a tree with cheap nylon rope, to shame. It leaked every time it rained and rocked alarmingly in any slight breeze!
But that's what kid's tree forts are all about. Kids making their own tree fort that's a space for them that they think is cool to hang out in. No idea what Jason is doing here. Building a Tiny House on stilts being a man child trying to imagine reliving his own childhood? I don't think this thing is a cool kid's tree house at all. I built a few when I was a kid. And what's really jacked up is previously the posts were twisting and leaning just from weight on the bridge. And he somehow he thinks they're going to bear the weight of this condo he's builting on top? He's going to wind up killing his kid and his kid's friends when it collapses. Hope the money he makes from views is worth killing his kid.
@@gwebocelestron9194, I think it'll be fine, it'll certainly be safer than what I had. The problem Jason had with the racking was caused by putting a large sideways force on an unbraceable, unsupported cantilevered deck. If that deck had stilts it could have been braced against the sideways load caused by the rope bridge.
Ha hA…well done! Pro tip…those little blue hashmarks are at 16”. Line them up with your studs when you put up that vapor barrier and you don’t have to mark it afterwards.
Having done plenty of siding, the only thing I noticed that you could have done a bit better, was nailing on the bottom of the piece of siding on your ripped areas instead of the top. Nailing the top tips the ripped area a bit more than the full width pieces. Great job though man, I love the content~!
Haha the grumpy guy…yeah that’s me. All the neighbor kids won’t even cross the gate to my property cause they think I’m the mean dad. I’m really not it’s just I’m strict with my kids so sometimes when the neighbors kids want to come over if my kids didn’t do chores it’s a simple so when they tell their friends no. Well that means dads mean. Lol
If I was able to build that when my kids were young, they would have grown up MUCH different. In that treeless tree house. With the door locks reversed. LOL
Hey Jason as a siding guy I can say your window buddy should be using tyveks flex wrap at the sill of the window; reason for is the only defence you now have is that caulk. That double cut corner still leaves you exposed. At the header of your window should be a flashing, ours is end dammed, we also run our window header to the length of our. header trim. Once complete there we have a secondary flash run that same length that's taped to the paper as our first defence. Do not cut that paper for you've created a potential point for water to get in. For siding, because you're in a wet environment follow James hardie Install guidelines, it's the same as every other siding companies but more thorough. A siding ring nailer and 16 gauge Brad nailer with 2.5" nails is what we use. Do not tool your caulking! I seen in the Reno work it's tooled horribly. Caulking shrinks we all know it, but to tool it being an all weather caulk will cause it to have a chemical breakdown. I get it that it's your place and you do you. It's good to see you admit to not knowing, but know through obsertion; as ive said follow James hardie Install guidelines that are a free download and you'll be set. If using LP see what they want for their butt joints, we use a different wood product called kwp and their ecoside we use an aluminum flashing at their butt joints that's colour match.
Has anybody told the Foreman that as amazingly cool as this seems, it's actually papa thinking ahead to when he really needs that 17 year old kid to have his own space? I mean - full size everything? That's not a playhouse my Foreman friend, that is your someday studio apartment with an amazing rent-ree break in period :)
You know, they used to call extra ornamental buildings follies, and I am definitely starting to see why. This is just so gloriously absurd (complimentary). At this point, I half expect you to someday equip it with solar and a gutter system with rain barrels and an outhouse and maybe some underfloor heating and...
I saw everything listed for tools but the Trac Saw. And I did check out the Life Insurance for my sister. I really enjoy watching your show. wish you would follow some RU-vidrs and make a daily christmas tubbey .
Dude... looks too good to be a no-tree house... hang on, that means it's basically a house and it's good enough to look like a house, I just contradicted myself - let me think for a second... Great job and video, thanks for sharing
So curiosity why would you staple the bottom of the moisture barrier and then work upwards and not get the top edge set and let gravity work in your favor?
