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Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:54 am to Grouper Picatta
Get something they will use even after they are a little bigger. I built it big enough that I could get up there and it be sturdy, and ended up adding a beam with a couple of swings.
I made a 13 foot long fiberglass slide that we used as a waterslide in the summer, I used bags of mulch and visqueen to make a landing pool at the end of the slide. Even as they got older they used that.
I had this on the end for the little one.
10 foot long suspension bridge
Rock climbing wall.
I made a 13 foot long fiberglass slide that we used as a waterslide in the summer, I used bags of mulch and visqueen to make a landing pool at the end of the slide. Even as they got older they used that.
I had this on the end for the little one.
10 foot long suspension bridge
Rock climbing wall.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:56 am to Grouper Picatta
Build your own.
Unless it's changed, the material in the kits is crap.
warped lumber, etc
Unless it's changed, the material in the kits is crap.
warped lumber, etc
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:07 pm to dafuqusay
My children are 9 and both still use it almost every time the enter the back hard.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:16 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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enter the back hard
My kids just slid on the slide and played on the suspension bridge, definitely not for that.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:21 pm to dafuqusay
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then after two days on it, they'll never touch it again
The sole reason why I will never purchase one of these.
This.
I have a friend who offered to give me his if I went to go get it. No thank you.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:22 pm to Grouper Picatta
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Ill probably pick it up tomorrow. I showed it to my daughter and she cried. Shes emotional like her mother.
that's awful, sorry man, I just sold it, $ talks you know
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:25 pm to Grouper Picatta
If I had to do it again, I'd go the route wher you buy the connection kit and furnish your own lumber. Most of the kits with "lumber" included have "engineered lumber" which is more like particle board coated with plastic, or at best, very lightly treated lumber. It doesn't last. Get good quality treated lumber.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:47 pm to Grouper Picatta
This one was 15 hours of work in early August:
Only 8 months old, so I can't speak to its longevity (it's one of those kits you're being told to avoid), but it's still like new and my daughter uses it daily.
One of the main issues, and it's visible in the picture, is the size of the lumber. Lots of 1x6 or 1x4 pieces that could stand to be thicker. Not something I can imagine several older, heavier kids rough-housing on. But if it gives my 3-year-old and 10-month old a few years of fun, that's good enough for me.
My kit miraculously came with all the parts, none missing. However, some of the instructions called for putting big thick screws through thin wood without predrilling. I ended up drilling pilot holes anyway because that wood would definitely split.
Only 8 months old, so I can't speak to its longevity (it's one of those kits you're being told to avoid), but it's still like new and my daughter uses it daily.
One of the main issues, and it's visible in the picture, is the size of the lumber. Lots of 1x6 or 1x4 pieces that could stand to be thicker. Not something I can imagine several older, heavier kids rough-housing on. But if it gives my 3-year-old and 10-month old a few years of fun, that's good enough for me.
My kit miraculously came with all the parts, none missing. However, some of the instructions called for putting big thick screws through thin wood without predrilling. I ended up drilling pilot holes anyway because that wood would definitely split.
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:54 pm to ILikeLSUToo
I've built a kit and helped build one from scratch
The one we built from scratch has held up better but it was NOT cheaper at all
Those kits are quite a bit cheaper than buying treated lumber and everything else, unless you really oversimplify it
The one we built from scratch has held up better but it was NOT cheaper at all
Those kits are quite a bit cheaper than buying treated lumber and everything else, unless you really oversimplify it
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