play structures
Kids' play structures and tree houses First the book was shiped quickley and is in great shape.The Book The book has 10 great projects with easy to follow plan outlines. I am 65 years old and have been working with wood most of my life. If these plans are followed the structure will be cpmpletely safe for people to use and will last a lot of years with the only upkeep being a little weather proofing. I think the TeeterTotter is a gteat unit most anyone can build with only few tools can be moved anywhere in the yard in the shade out in the sun and kids love it. Thanks for a good book.
Play Structures I ordered this book planning to have to do additional research. I found inside that the book was quite detailed with it's directions. This book isn't for someone having no building experience.
Kid's Play Structures An interesting book but did not include as many smaller easier to accomplish items as I was looking for. The book is mostly tree houses and such. Good all the same.
A good reference book for outside wood structures This is the first book I've owned by the Creative Homeowner series and I have to say I'm impressed with the quality of the work put into the book. The illustrations are very clear and plentiful. The book is split into 4 sections part 1 5 chapters deals with planning design materials wood types finishes and general pointers to help first time builders. It's typical generic starter stuff you find in a lot of construction reference books but there is some very useful info such as in the wood selection section. Part 2 deals with the swing set construction. Part 3 deals with the smaller easier projects like the sand box and picnic table. Part 4 deals with the harder tree house projects.I didn't put 5 stars for two reasons 1st reason is I found the book tittle is a little miss leading stating 10 easy to build fun projects. It's more like 5 out of the 10 are easy weekend builds the bigger projects like the swing set and the tree houses are certainly not projects that a beginner builder would want to tackle alone. All the projects are very well detailed with respect to the wood cutting schedule to give a beginner the confidence in attempting to build these projects but the harder or bigger projects will take a seasoned builder min of 2 weekends to put together if not more so a beginner may take twice that.2nd reason it didn't cover any ideas about using reclaimed wood. The book does have a green edition badge on the cover but don't be fooled this is simply for the book print itself which is more of a light green seeing how it only used 10% recycled paper. With more and more construction material reclaiming centers popping up I thought it could have had a small section on covering something that could save people money and the environment. It's a 2008 printing I can't believe there wasn't enough available info on such a subject to print a least a small page on how one could go about going green on their build.As you can see my criticisms are fairly superficial and if I could I would have put 4 1/2 stars because of this.I highly recommend this book to beginners and seasoned builders alike.
Great book I bought this for my father who is interested in building his own playhouses as a side business. When he received it he told me he had spent some time in Barnes & Noble checking out the book previously and had decided not to get it because of the price.
Great starter guide easy to follow great planning tools bring your own creativity. take your time and plan.
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