My father-in-law and I built this on a Saturday. Took us about 6 hours to set up start to finish. I unpacked everything the night before and laid out each piece with the stamped part# easily noticable on a tarp. The next morning we just started at the beginning of the manual. Since we plan to have this set for as long as possible we wanted to make sure we followed the instructions meticulously. For each set of instructions I would lay out the wooden pieces needed and gather the fasteners only needed for for that section and leave fasteners in there bags for the next set of instructions. I would recommend two 1/8 cordless drills for the 2 people doing the build (we had to share which slowed us down). The end result was a very happy daughter. Be sure to stake this down as multiple swingers could cause flexing.
*Customer Service* - One of the eye-bolts that suspends the swing chain came unthreaded and we were unable to install it. I also cracked one of the ladder legs during install even though I pre-drilled before running the lag-screw (I suggest PRE-DRILLING EVERYTHING with 1/8 bit to prevent cracking). I called C.S. and they were very pleasant and are shipping out a replacement for the defective bolt and the ladder piece I cracked at no charge. I would recommend this for someone who has multiple kids or an only child with friends, they will love it!
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Somerset Wooden Swing Set
All Cedar Construction
The Somerset is made from 100% cedar. With small, tight knot structure, your lumber will be less likely to develop small cracks emanating from knots. All lumber is pre-stained for a smooth and clear appearance, as well as cut and stamped with the part number to help speed up the building process. Some pilot-hole drilling may be required. Our exclusive Safe-T-Fuse hardware makes assembly easy and secure. Its laminated swing beam is built strong, with steel clam-shell brackets to ensure that swinging is always safe.
- Snack stand and bench
- Solid rock climbing wall
- Flat step entry ladder
- 8 ft. speedy slide
- Two belt swings and trapeze swinging bar
- Upper deck height: 4 ft.
- Lumber pre-cut, pre-drilled, and pre-stained
- Includes all wood, hardware, swings, and slide
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A good father-son project
My son and I did this as a father-son project. As a father-son project, it was wildly successful, and hence my rating of five stars. And we were immensely helped by my completely adorable grand-daughter (3), who was so enamored with our workmanship that she was testing the slide while it was lying flat on the ground.Both my son and I are handy, so this project was well within our grasp. We allocated two days to complete the project. Unfortunately for us, the weather had other ideas and much of the construction was done in the garage to keep out of the pouring rain. Although we finished about 95% of the work, we didn't finish before I had to leave for home because the weather was so bad.Before we started, we spent a couple of hours laying out all the wood in alphabetical order and relabelling all the bags of screws and bolts clearly. Everything was there and nothing was broken. All of this boring inventory made the instructions much easier to follow. When all was said and done, the only mistake we made was reversing one wall, which we caught early and didn't cost us much time.If you don't do the inventory and relabelling, I don't think the instructions do you any favors. Even though there were obviously two of us, we often found large clamps to be useful, especially in assembling the slide. And I appreciated using cedar in the playset construction: despite its splinter potential, it's a great wood. Both my son and I were happy with the finished product.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019
My father-in-law and I built this on a Saturday. Took us about 6 hours to set up start to finish. I unpacked everything the night before and laid out each piece with the stamped part# easily noticable on a tarp. The next morning we just started at the beginning of the manual. Since we plan to have this set for as long as possible we wanted to make sure we followed the instructions meticulously. For each set of instructions I would lay out the wooden pieces needed and gather the fasteners only needed for for that section and leave fasteners in there bags for the next set of instructions. I would recommend two 1/8 cordless drills for the 2 people doing the build (we had to share which slowed us down). The end result was a very happy daughter. Be sure to stake this down as multiple swingers could cause flexing.
*Customer Service* - One of the eye-bolts that suspends the swing chain came unthreaded and we were unable to install it. I also cracked one of the ladder legs during install even though I pre-drilled before running the lag-screw (I suggest PRE-DRILLING EVERYTHING with 1/8 bit to prevent cracking). I called C.S. and they were very pleasant and are shipping out a replacement for the defective bolt and the ladder piece I cracked at no charge. I would recommend this for someone who has multiple kids or an only child with friends, they will love it!
*Customer Service* - One of the eye-bolts that suspends the swing chain came unthreaded and we were unable to install it. I also cracked one of the ladder legs during install even though I pre-drilled before running the lag-screw (I suggest PRE-DRILLING EVERYTHING with 1/8 bit to prevent cracking). I called C.S. and they were very pleasant and are shipping out a replacement for the defective bolt and the ladder piece I cracked at no charge. I would recommend this for someone who has multiple kids or an only child with friends, they will love it!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020
My daughter loves this swing set. It has a little bit of everything giving her a lot of opportunity to use her imagination. The set delivered Thursday and I ( a woman) had it assembled and functional by the end of the day Friday thanks to the BILT app. That app is amazing. I totally recommend it. It made assembly very easy. The wood is thinner than I expected it to be. I pray it holds up to the wear and tear a 6yr old and her friends will inflict on it. Overall, I’m pretty satisfied.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020
This could be a one mans team to assemble. My husband basically did it by himself in 11-12 hours. With minimal help from my dad who was hurt at the time. My husband said that the wood and screws were not great. The screws kept stripping out and the wood kept splitting. He is a construction worker so it’s not like he doesn’t know how to use material. If you live where there is high winds like we do, It’s pretty sturdy as long as you Anchor it down! 2 swings come with it and a pull up bar. We exchanged one of the swings out for a baby swing. Easy to change out swings. A bench does come but we haven’t put that together yet. There is a ladder On back side and a climbing ladder on side. The little part underneath club house, you could fill with sand or put a board up so you don’t have to weed whip in there. We have a smaller version of this swing set at another house and it’s held up for 2 years and still going. I would recommend.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020
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Sarah Richer
GARBAGE!! I would give a ZERO rating if possible!!
Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2020