Just bought these and started working on this this past weekend. Shortened the bride part to 10 feet, and using 3 inch screws in most places which is strong enough for this build. Will be using something bigger for the bridge part though, probably lags. With a shorter bridge and not doing the whole side piece for the twisty slide we're looking around $800-900 or so for the lumber and screws, and this is using a 10% military discount, just in case someone was wondering what the cost of just building it's base costs. Also, the plans use a lot of 8 foot 2x6's, you can save money and waste by buying primarily 12 foot 2x6's and cutting them down
Also, this is not a 2 day project for a single person lol. That being said, we got about as far as this video goes in about 3-4 hours on day one with 2.5 people working (Dad is disabled so only has one good arm lol). This was helped going quicker by doing all of the cuts first using a mitre station and stop blocks to make quick repeated cuts, and having my dad mark out and pre drill holes where needed. Do all your cutting first then putting together the frames goes very quick. You don't need to predrill but it makes things easier and helps prevent cracking even more.
Tyler I like your videos and your projects are pretty cool,especially this swing set. My absolute favorite part is how you let your kids help and play while you work. No better way to get them involved and some great life lessons they will always remember. You're a pretty good Dad. Keep up the good work and the videos coming.
Great job T. I loved the fact you got the kids and the whole family involved. At lease the kids won't become video Zombies!!! Families like yours is one thing that makes our country great and why I spent so much time in the Mid-East to help protect our country and keep it free. I THANK YOU!!!! for being the father and husband you are and an example to all of us.
Just finishing my version of this playset. Awesome plans. Well done Tyler. The problem now is: my grandkids never want to leave! I'll have have my video up soon!
Tyler I love how the little ones want to help and be involved. Those are great lessons that are being learned right there. I miss those days but now I get to try again with the grandkids. Keep it up Dad.
I love how the kids are involved in building it too. They'll remember that for ever. This is a great family project, that the kids will love for a long long time.
The one thing I love seeing on your videos, besides the build of course, I something I don't see. I never see your kids sitting on the couch with a phone or tablet in their little hands. Every video I see your kids in, they are out and about being active. Good job!!
What state do you live in? You have not only beautiful kids, but a really nice patch of land. You and Jay Bates were my first ventures into woodworking. I learned so much from you two 'WoodStars'. Great family. Your reward is in the faces of your children.
Love the way that you have your kids out there running around. They will remember this much longer than they would remember some video game that they might otherwise have been playing.
This is amazing. You do awesome work. I watched both parts with my 3 year old and she’s excited to help me build it. All I need to do it purchase your plans. Keep up the great work!!!
Fist off, wow your grass! You can tell you live in not the South. Second, I started building this playground during Covid. It took 2 months to find all the lumber, then the kids and I started to build it and the HOA did not like the height... So knocked it over, spent months negotiating with the HOA, finally got a plan approved. One level but three towers wide, the third tower turned into a playhouse. Thanks for the plans! It took 48 weeks from when we first started to try to buy wood till done but it is awesome!
You better score some daddy point with this one Ty. Fort Giannattasio is awesome. Love the comment from the little one at 15:20 "great job mam" when Mrs G rules the monkey bars. Looking forward to part 2
Tyler you are great!!! I bought the plans and built it myself!! My kids are loving it!! Thanks for your project!! It was much more time than 36 hours though... it was a lot of work, but enjoyed every moment!! 👏👏👏👏 keep more projects coming!!
I just bought your plans for the play set. Can’t wait to get it built for my boys over the next week! Thank you for putting so much detail into the plans too. It helps immensely!
Totally lucked out a) flat space in the yard for all that stuff (saved on prep) b) helpers big and small. You're little boy even had his choice of JDs to sit on for play driving. (Do I hear sponsor opportunity? HA). Well done. Looking forward to part 2.
It is the greatest for sure , well done I liked the whole idea and the absolutely genius plan of the structure. So many kinds can play there and have fun . Congratulations to you (and the co workers Of course) keep be creative
Awesome build man! I love that you used all screws on this when you could have easily saved some money and used nails in many areas - going to make it last a lifetime!
I used structural screws on our (much smaller) playhouse/swingset, they're awesome. I was wondering about the screws on the joist hangers though. I've always seen those nailed in. Are you thinking nails would back out with weather exposure? Or just easier to standardize the fasteners?
Amazing build! I would have to colonize half of my neighbors yard to build this, but the idea I had in my head was similar to this with the bridge and monkey bars with the swings. That thing looks like it can withstand a tornado.
Dude, God Bless you and your Beautiful Family. I love working with wood and I honestly can say that, you do Great work. Keep it up, I sure do enjoy your channel.
#epic swingset! I'm quite impressed it only took you 30 hours to construct this. I assembled a kit and it took 8+ hours with the help of my dad and a friend and yours is like 3 times the size!
Well I'll need space for this thing and an engineering degree to finish or start this build. My wife said I'm good at building other jobs but I'm not this good lol... one day fellas great job Tyler looks awesome
Brother this is so beautiful!!!! Thank you so much for posting this and inspiring dads around the world!!!! Too bad here in hawai'i this lumber alone would be like $800🤣. Ke Akua pu
Man, I wish this came out last year. I would have built it. I did something sort of similar but a bit smaller. The biggest difference, and problem for me would be my sloping lot. I just dug and poured piers on which to attach the 4x4's and build a level platform at a suitable height. I also put in a climbing wall a slide and stairs, and incorporated a cantilevered "deck" around the play house/fort.
I built this 3.5 years ago exactly as the plans suggested. Still as strong as day one and my kids still kill hours on it. I did it completely by myself, which wasn't too bad either. All you need is a come along at the bridge portion. Took me about 40 hours total. Don't buy the hate in these comments. The thing is a show stopping beast. Although, I'd imagine it would cost around $4k to build now with lumber prices.
Great job Tyler! Looking great so far. Just a suggestion, add a sandbox to the bottom of the tower that you added the corner blocks to. That is if you haven't already planned for that already. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing
Made my own design a little smaller, bridge to two 5’ platforms.. -just wanted to say it would probably cost 5k or more for this build with the price of lumber theses days. Looks great love the videos.
Great looking job Tyler. If both of those big boys were your brothers, you guys need to eat more biscuits and put on more mass to build something like that. Now all the kids in the neighborhood will have a place to meet. Where will the pool go.lol God Bless my friend.
Tyler, It looks great. I look forward to part 2. I couldn't tell if you spaced your decking boards out. Many years ago I did a deck and wish that I had left a little extra space between the decking boards for seasonal expansion. On recent projects I found just using some framing nails as spacers saved me a lot of time tightening and replacing deck boards at the end of each summer.
