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best place to buy a wooden swing/play set?
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:36 pm
i want to buy my little girl a play set. who has purchased one recently in the BR, LP, Ascension area? Im looking to spend under 1k, and i dont have any thin low quality wood. i am also considering just buying lumber and building it myself. Any recommendations?
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:37 pm to gsvar2004
Go to the woods, cut down a tree, and mill the wood yourself. Your daughter will love you forever.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:44 pm to gsvar2004
There is a thread that I started yesterday. I bought the one from Home Depot because I felt it gave me the best value for time involvement.
If you have time, get some plans, cut and build it yourself to save some money. I should get it in about 2 weeks. I will have myself and probably 4-5 friends to help knock it out quickly.
If you have time, get some plans, cut and build it yourself to save some money. I should get it in about 2 weeks. I will have myself and probably 4-5 friends to help knock it out quickly.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:48 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
thanks just looked at the other thread. im trying to convince my wife to just buy the plans and hardware and do it ourselves.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:55 pm to gsvar2004
I've seen nice wooden play sets at Costco before.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:58 pm to gsvar2004
You guys must have way more free time than me
Posted on 3/22/15 at 1:59 pm to yellowfin
So how many Mexicans outside Home Depot would you hire to build one Fin?
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:03 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:04 pm to gsvar2004
Buy the lumber and download plans and build it with your daughter. It'll be a great experience.
My dad and I built my swingset/tree house and I'll always remember that
Swearsies it's a better option.
My dad and I built my swingset/tree house and I'll always remember that
Swearsies it's a better option.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:07 pm to lsunurse
I hired a company that builds customs sets to do mine
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:07 pm to yankeeundercover
My dad built us a treehouse by hand as well(it was an awesome treehouse). I didn't help but got to pick out what color it was to be painted.
Bright red.
Treehouse>>>>>>>>>>>>playset
Bright red.
Treehouse>>>>>>>>>>>>playset
This post was edited on 3/22/15 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:16 pm to lsunurse
Mine was both. Don't be jelly.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 2:32 pm to gsvar2004
I built a basic square tower about 50 inches off ground with a slide and a connecting A frame beam/swingset. Built a little ramp on the other end. It was only about 450-500 and way more sturdy than those cheap arse ones that most people get. I'm also not overly experienced with carpentry or construction. With a few weekends work you won't regret it.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 3:29 pm to St Augustine
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm leaning more towards buying lumber and building myself
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