Worlds Largest Treehouse Burns Down

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Dudleys87 said:
Why’d the state shut it down? Unsafe?
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if if fully remember correctly. lots of people went to it, so the state basically said its a tourist attraction and wanted them to make lots of upgrades. like adding a water suppression system throughout and a bunch of fire code things. he wouldn't do it so they shut it down. then he had to put up no trespassing signs
 
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RollinVol said:
if if fully remember correctly. lots of people went to it, so the state basically said its a tourist attraction and wanted them to make lots of upgrades. like adding a water suppression system throughout and a bunch of fire code things. he wouldn't do it so they shut it down. then he had to put up no trespassing signs
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That’s really a shame
Big brother brings the hammer
 
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RollinVol said:
if if fully remember correctly. lots of people went to it, so the state basically said its a tourist attraction and wanted them to make lots of upgrades. like adding a water suppression system throughout and a bunch of fire code things. he wouldn't do it so they shut it down. then he had to put up no trespassing signs
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Wish I could have gone there to see it.

So many questions.

The highest you can build a bldg of any sort out of all wood and pass code is generally 5 floors . I have heard of a 7 floor wood bldg, but am skeptical. I have built 5 story apartment bldgs...and the bottom floor bearing walls are 50% solid wood. 4stud packs 12 inches on center. So 6 inches solid wood, 6 inch space, 6 inches wood, etc...with extra studs added where load was transferred from floors above. That is only supporting 4 floors above it. 2x6 walls...never 2x4 ...tha article said this was a 10 STORY bldg...90 plus feet tall. No wonder it was shut down...it could not have possibly ever met IBC without the bottom 3 or 5 floors being SOLID WOOD. As in a 20 foot wall being 20 feet worth of 1.5in x 5.5in studs all meticulously nailed and bolted together. Still dont think you could ever get an inspector to pass it. To my knowledge it is illegal and deadly... a 5 story wood structure settles about 1.5 inches just during construction as it is loaded with drywall, tile, trim etc...that is the studs being recessed down into the top and bottom plates...even when they are in 6 inch wide packs...and that is just supporting a couple floors above. You can rest assured that no engineer would sign off on using trees to support structural loads like that either...they havent been tested for strength the way common building materials are. Wow. It amazes me that the guy was even able to build it. As a carpenter, I would have loved to go there and check it out...and as a Christian I applaud the guy who built it for spending all the time and money to serve the Lord. I never knew it existed sadly, wish that I had. Super cool...
 
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It was really amazing to walk through. He really did some impressive work. Of course I wasn't thinking about codes and structure integrity, etc. while I did so. Kind of a "forest for the trees" sort of thing.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Wasn’t humorous to me. Guess your funny ability is broken.
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He was lamenting “the man” shutting it down.
“The man” shutting it down possibly prevented a pile of visitors from dying in a structure that took 15 minutes to incinerate. I am not a fan of big government but clearly there was something deficient with this structure and the owner didn’t want to make it safe.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
He was lamenting “the man” shutting it down.
“The man” shutting it down possibly prevented a pile of visitors from dying in a structure that took 15 minutes to incinerate. I am not a fan of big government but clearly there was something deficient with this structure and the owner didn’t want to make it safe.
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People complain about building codes, but they are there primarily for safety. Other important reasons too. I.e. insulation.

The quality of work typically sucks in areas with no inspections.

I built a house in Rhea County, and intended to use local subs. Both framers I talked to said they only used 2x8 floor joist for a 14 foot span.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Wish I could have gone there to see it.

So many questions.

The highest you can build a bldg of any sort out of all wood and pass code is generally 5 floors . I have heard of a 7 floor wood bldg, but am skeptical. I have built 5 story apartment bldgs...and the bottom floor bearing walls are 50% solid wood. 4stud packs 12 inches on center. So 6 inches solid wood, 6 inch space, 6 inches wood, etc...with extra studs added where load was transferred from floors above. That is only supporting 4 floors above it. 2x6 walls...never 2x4 ...tha article said this was a 10 STORY bldg...90 plus feet tall. No wonder it was shut down...it could not have possibly ever met IBC without the bottom 3 or 5 floors being SOLID WOOD. As in a 20 foot wall being 20 feet worth of 1.5in x 5.5in studs all meticulously nailed and bolted together. Still dont think you could ever get an inspector to pass it. To my knowledge it is illegal and deadly... a 5 story wood structure settles about 1.5 inches just during construction as it is loaded with drywall, tile, trim etc...that is the studs being recessed down into the top and bottom plates...even when they are in 6 inch wide packs...and that is just supporting a couple floors above. You can rest assured that no engineer would sign off on using trees to support structural loads like that either...they havent been tested for strength the way common building materials are. Wow. It amazes me that the guy was even able to build it. As a carpenter, I would have loved to go there and check it out...and as a Christian I applaud the guy who built it for spending all the time and money to serve the Lord. I never knew it existed sadly, wish that I had. Super cool...
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you can do whatever height if you go to heavy timber framing. Got one here in Atlanta that is 8 stories or so. Not too far from me. They keep talking about doing true sky scrapers of all wood but it ends up costing more than steel and concrete.
 
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