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A photo record of assembling a 6x6 elevated playhouse and swing, using a kit from Sunbury Cedar. |
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Base in, framing up. The old playhouse looks on from behind. It knows its days are numbered.The Sunbury materials were delivered on a pallet by a crane truck - with all wood, screws, nails, shingles, tarpaper etc. Everything was included except for the wood stain (optional), and the copper sulphate which I used to treat the lower part of the posts.
It was a surprisingly large load, and I'm glad I had it delivered rather than try to get it home myself.
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Swing beam up. It rained for most of this project, so the few pictures I have are when the clouds cleared.
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Siding on. The project took a week. That was twice as long as what the kit estimated - about par for the course for my typical projects.
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Anticipation. So far the construction passes SWMBO's inspection.
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Roofing on . This would be great training for building a real house.
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Front porch rail assembled. "I'm not slow, I'm methodical." Plus I still have all ten fingers.
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Stain applied; slide attached.
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Views of finished playhouse.
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