j3grizz Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Anyone ever put together a prebuilt swingset. Man, this is terrible. I would have built one but after pricing around for the wood and parts it would cost more than just buying a prebuilt one. It is all redwood. Redwood is very high. Anyway if ya have how long did it take you to put it together? I built houses for two years and I probalby could be finished building one before I get finished with the swingset! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 By the time you finish it your kids will be in college . (unless you're building it for yourself ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3grizz Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 LOL! Yea, this thing is aggrevating. I have worked on it for about 4 hours and still have another good day before I am finished. Providing all the parts are there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I prefer the prebuilt steel ones. And no splinters. Good luck. You should have seen my roofers assembling a steel shed for me one time. It went up, but it was not square or plumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I helped a Friend of mine with some other Friends to put up a log house with precut logs These use spikes that go about 2 1/2 to 3 logs deep.He was reading the blueprints & got the dining room & living room window mixed up.(They were on the same wall.Fortunately I caught it only 2 rows up the window.He had to buy an extra long drill bit & we had to drill the spikes out.Remove the logs & put them in the right place. Another thing he was doing he had one of those 6 foot plastic levels.he was supposed to be checking the walls for plumb with it . I caught him pushing it a little to make it plumb.In spite of this the house turned out looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Good luck with the swingset, j3grizz, pain in the butt. cholla, I used to live by a place that made the prefab log houses up in Washington state. It was interesting watching them build the house and mark the logs at their lot, then tear them back down to ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Good luck with the swingset, j3grizz, pain in the butt. cholla, I used to live by a place that made the prefab log houses up in Washington state. It was interesting watching them build the house and mark the logs at their lot, then tear them back down to ship. I bet that would be pretty cool to watch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I bet that would be pretty cool to watch.. Yeah, some log cabins would take just a day to fabricate from raw logs. I would see them putting it up when I drove by in the morning, and in the evening all the pieces would be stacked and ready to ship when I came by again. Those guys made it look simple, bet they wouldn't have much problem surviving in the woods, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I don't know if the one I helped my friend build had been preassembled.I & some of our other friends were just some free labor he rounded up to lift logs & hammer spikes.If it had been preassembled there weren't any nail holes or any sign it had been.I guess it's still standing.It was built around 1980 .He sold it about 1995 .It's out in the country & I haven't went to check . A lot of hammering on the spikes with a 3 pound sledge about 4 per 10ft log.I think my right arm was about twice the size of my left one when it was finished. The logs were made cool a D-log flat on the inside for flat walls.The were rabbited with two males on top & tow females on bottom .A strip of insulation went in the middle.Then caulk along the outside of the male rabbit . After the log walls were up he built the rest himself with a little help occasionally. Still it was worth the experience to do it for free.btw he did feed his Friends pretty good while we were doing this & plenty of cold drinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Food & drinks do help with an old fashioned house raising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostHuman Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 one of the biggest lies ever told... "minimal assembly required" Almost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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