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Thoughts on fixing a tree house
I built this for my kids 20 years ago. Its made with very light weight steel studs. I realize that I undersized the floor joists, one split and it it sagging.
  I have 3 choices, leave it, which is a liability when I sell the house (not a good option), tear it down, possibility of a few $100, or jack it up about $100. I'm thinking of sinking some concrete piers below it and getting some pipe and house screw jacks to lift it up. I went inside it and overall its pretty solid.
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wow... that thing would be rusted & rotten beyond recognition after 20 years in this climate!
If you are concerned about liability, just get rid of it. As an aside, I'm surprised that would be a liability issue if you sold the house. One would think a disclosure would be sufficient protection.
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How much time do you spend in it? lol
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Rent it out. A family of 5 can live in it easy.
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LOL, it has a rolled asphalt composition roof and screened windows. The exterior is now faded but finished in the same ship-lap as the house and used to be the same color, it has electricity and is close to requiring a building permit. I called my contractor about ripping it out, we'll see. When building it, I decided to make it tall enough for an adult to walk in the doorway, and stand up right. Its 8' by 8' with a deck.
I only fell out of it twice when constructing it, but I had a fall arrest harness on both times, hooked to a large overhead tree branch, and it still hurt like a motherfucher. When wearing a fall arrest harness, make sure the straps are clear of "the package".
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Ask a trusted Realtor if it would be a plus or a minus.
People with active boys would love it for them but it is probably a minus since it would then have to pass the inspection for the loan.
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Perhaps Jose is moving in.
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I vote 'Make the treehouse great again!'
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Why get rid of it? I think its cool. Replace the subframe with 2x10 pressure treated, replace rotted floor joists as needed, level it up in the process, throw a coat of stain on everything.
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My contractor says $750 to get rid of it. I may well go that route. IIRC, I spent about $1,000 on building it 20 years ago.
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How many parents today woul let their kids go near that thing?
I have no idea, but in our day that would have been the coolest thing around, especially if it had a retractable rope ladder and an alligator pit to keep out the girls 
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When I bought my current home it had a pretty nice tree house. The seller asked for it. Since we had no kids I agreed and when we moved in you couldn't tell it was ever there.
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If your contractor can take it down in panels, maybe you could sell it to somebody to reassemble for use as a storage shed. That way you'd get some money back, get it hauled off, and someone else would get some use out of it.
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Seems it could be repurposed as a hunting blind in some parts of the country!
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wait, I will destroy it for $550 !
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Between my chainsaw and tractor, I'd have it on the ground in 5 minutes......No burn ban this time of year. A few old car tires and a quart of old motor oil:
"POOF"........Throw the scrap steel in the garbage.........
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Thanks guys, yeah. I'm getting too old to climb up and refinish it with new flooring and such. I spec'd out the cost of putting in 2 foot pilings and screw jacks and 2 inch tube steel pipe to jack it up and its just not worth it to me.
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