Woodridge Playset construction

Here for your enjoyment is the construction of a Woodridge playset. This one was purchased at SAM'S Club.

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[progmac]

thanks for this great video! i have this playset in the house where i moved. i want to move it about ten feet. how is it anchored to the ground? would it be difficult to move?

[swake13]

@progmac I anchored it using the ground anchors that were supplied. I put mine in concrete, though if I remember right, the directions said it wasn't necessary to do that. The supplied anchors go underneath the floor of the main unit. If you look along the side of the base, you should see some bolts about halfway down the wood. It might be pretty heavy, but if you disconnected the swing part, that would probably help some. Good luck!

[progmac]

@swake13 thanks for the reply! so the anchors are removable using some standard wrench? i'll take a look tonight.

[swake13]

@progmac If I remember right (I'm not at home right now) they should be removable with a #3 Phillips screwdriver and the right size wrench. You will probably have to remove a few of the floor boards to get at them, but those are just screwed on and should be easy to remove and re-attach.

[sippinjoes]

I am building mine this weekend. I have level solid concrete blocks set on top of concrete mix (just add water). Looks like u did a good job.

Did you restain to match the original color? Do you know what color stain that is? I am thinking about covering the sand box with cedar planks (not the $120 overpriced kit) and want to stain to match.

[swake13]

@sippinjoes Sorry that it has taken so long for me to respond. Did you get yours built? I use a stain/UV protector called "Flood" and I use the cedar finish color of it. I got it at Lowe's but saw it at Wal-Mart recently. It matches the color really close and does a good job. Hope this helps!

[progmac]

@swake13 awesome, thanks again!

[sippinjoes]

@swake13 Almost finished with it. It takes some time and I don't have much of it these days. I picked up an Olympic semi-perm stain in the color Redwood at Lowe's. The cedar looked to light. I haven't tried it yet, but I built the deck over the sandbox area out of Yellawood and it looks like it will stain good. Once it dries some I'll stain it. I plan on staining over the entire playset this fall to protect it for the winter rains in North AL.

[swake13]

@mamalovesbaby1 I suppose you could move the slide there and make your own holes. Almost everything is pre-drilled, so it was easiest to just follow the directions. If you're handy with carpentry, I would say you could adjust it as needed.