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# I've installed hardwood, not that cheap laminate, throughout my house (concrete slab) and have 6 mil polyethylene througout
kitchen and bathrooms are all travertine, not a piece of carpet in the place.

edit: then again, I'm no builder b y trade, just an 'I can do that' type
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:33, archived)
# Yes
but it does not alter the fact that you don't need a moisture barrier unless you are laying your timber on a concrete slab directly in contact with the sub-soil or poured beneath the dpc.
Foam underlay is perfectly acceptable when laying on a pre-existing floor surface.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:36, archived)
# better safe than sorry I suppose
lately I've been working on a rope bridge, here's the platform of one side



I have 3/4 stainless rods going through the trunk. The platform should grow with the tree.

That one right there I planted from a sapling 6 yrs ago. It's a queen palm. They grow like crazy as you can see.

(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:43, archived)
# I'm thinking you'll occasionally have to replace the ladders though
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:49, archived)
# true, I left them a foot longer which should be good for a year or so
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:50, archived)
# nice work! when it gets too big you could turn the bridge into
a zip line, i used to have one from my treehouse as a kid! it was epic!
(I helped save b3ta! skeltonator Needs some new daps., Sat 7 Feb 2009, 21:56, archived)
# I like your thinking!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 22:03, archived)
# I don't want to be Captain Mc Killjoy,
but don't trees grow from the top? So even if that tree grows 1m a year, it just means the top of the tree will be 1m further away from your rope bridge. The rope bridge will still be the same height off the ground.
(I helped save b3ta! fishsticks, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 22:23, archived)
# I'm guessing this will be the case to some degree
which now I've built it, I think will be just fine. It's frigging high when I stand on it
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 22:45, archived)
# Indeed,
it will undoubtedly be 7 shades of awesome regardless.
(I helped save b3ta! fishsticks, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 23:24, archived)