Anyone done this? I want to install a swingset in my backyard for my son & daughter. However, some of them are so ridiculously expensive (Seriously, $3,000?).
So, I was looking onlin and it seems like you can by plans + hardware kits. Has anyone done this? They give you plans and all the required hardware, and then you just go to Lowes or Home Depot with a lumber list and get the required lumber. Seems you could get away with it for < $800 or so going this route. Taking into account probably at least a full weekend's worth of work.
For example, http://www.planitplay.com/Discovery-Fort-Ws-p/28-2001.htm
Also, do you guys have any suggestions for surfacing? I"m probably going to have to do some leveling as my backyard is sloped. Not sure if mulch is the way to go. A friend of ours just installed one but they used this peastone gravel base, seemed really uncomfortable to me.
So, I was looking onlin and it seems like you can by plans + hardware kits. Has anyone done this? They give you plans and all the required hardware, and then you just go to Lowes or Home Depot with a lumber list and get the required lumber. Seems you could get away with it for < $800 or so going this route. Taking into account probably at least a full weekend's worth of work.
For example, http://www.planitplay.com/Discovery-Fort-Ws-p/28-2001.htm
Also, do you guys have any suggestions for surfacing? I"m probably going to have to do some leveling as my backyard is sloped. Not sure if mulch is the way to go. A friend of ours just installed one but they used this peastone gravel base, seemed really uncomfortable to me.