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DAY'S END

Coastal Contractor

November 2007
by Laurie Elden
A pivotal moment in the trees

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DAY'S END A Pivotal Moment in the Trees Laurie Elden Focus on good design and clever construction Tucked away in the mountains of northern Vermont, a cross between a tree house and a deck moves in the breeze in concert with the trees it's cabled to. The staircase, visible behind the main structure in the photo below, rises to a stationary platform that's anchored by four cedar 6x6s bolted to a 4-inch-diameter steel pipe — which is embedded 30 inches in a 4-foot-deep concrete footing. A gangplank ramps up from the fixed landing to the tree house; neoprene rollers on

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