I work as a commercial construction superintendent and read blueprints as a daily part of my job. The design of the plans leaves a lot to be desired. First off as many others have complained the marking on the pieces is of poor quality and barely legible. there are many pieces that have multiple punched holes, some only pilot holes but the plans do not clearly indicate which way these pieces go in. even after using my skills at reasoning to put the pieces in place I still had a couple of pieces in wrong and had to re-drill new holes to complete the assembly. .If the pieces were marked on one end with the top of the marking to be the top of the board and then the piece mark to be at one end shown on the plans this would make this much easier to assemble. The prep for the crows nest ended up in between boards instead of the middle of a board. I double checked what I did and it matched the plans. I had to modify the assembly as I did not feel that it would be safe. I want to let everyone know this set is a lot less expensive than others on the market and you can see why when you get your kit. the wood is thin and it will need to be treated often to prevent it from splitting and cracking. I completed the assembly in about 20 hours with a little help from a friend finding the pieces and gathering the bolts needed and would say that is about the time anyone with a little building knowledge should expect to spend putting this up. I would say it is not bad deal for what I paid for it and the time it took to put up but I would guess it will only last about 4 to 5 years with good maintenance.

We just purchased this playground for our kids. I felt it was way too expensive to have the company build it for us, so my husband and I built it together. I would give it a 5 star, but the way it was packaged made me give it a 3 star. It would be a whole lot easier if the pieces were packaged by the steps. Instead of having a packaging list and having to dig through all 4 boxes trying to find each piece, it's way too time consuming. Took us 4 days to complete. But once it was built I felt it was well worth the money, very nice and our kids truly enjoy it.

After having purchased 2 other gym sets before this one I would highly recommend this one to anyone else looking for a sturdy gym set with all the different attachments. The assembly on this one was also the easiest of the two I had previously put together. Great Product for the money.

We were so excited about this play set, we have 4 boys and looked all over, based on reviews this seemed like the best deal for the money. We have had it for almost a year. It is completely falling apart. All the windows had fallen our within a month, the wood is extremely soft so the screws don't stay in, everything had to be screwed in at angles; which caused the wood to spilt. We were missing many pieces when we went to put it together, so it took over a week waiting for pieces to come in the mail. We treated the wood and stained it, but it doesn't look like we did anything. I am extremely disappointed. I feel nervous with my boys climbing on it, it is not stable and when they all swing it seems like the whole play set is going to fall over. I have to make sure that they all swing at different times, its frustrating for them and me, plus the swing screws don't go all the way through the top bar, they just screw in, with the wood being as soft as it is, I have to re-screw in the swings every time they swing. I'm wishing we had just gone with the lifetime one to begin with, now we are going to have to tear this one down and get a new one, and its not even a year old yet. Very disappointing.

This is a nice set and the price is good, but it is not an easy build. There are 4 boxes in the order and each box has its own parts list. Open the boxes one at a time and confirm all the parts in the box before going on to another box. The manual is uneven in quality. Some parts have holes in them that have to be oriented a certain way. Make sure you have the pieces oriented properly before attaching them. You want to get this level both vertically and horizontally. Make sure you have things leveled and squared before securing the fasteners. When you are done expect to use at least 3 gallons of wood preservative the first time you apply wood preservative - I would also recommend getting the best preservative you can buy. I did this mostly by myself and it took me about 45 hours. Emptying the boxes, sorting the parts and confirming them against the parts list took several hours. Some things you absolutely need help with. If you assemble this correctly you will be happy with it. Just make sure you are up for the task. You need to be patient and take time to confirm what you are doing. Keep all the fasteners in their original bags. There are lots of different sizes of fasteners and boards.

A few things I would like to point out: 1. This thing comes with heavy duty hardware (probably heavier than it needs to be). I would rather we go bigger than risk not having enough so I was happy to see that. 2. The instructions are pretty darn solid. There are a few parts where the picture looks like it is mounted on the other side of something just because of the way the 3d image is laid out so you have to be careful with that. There was only a few steps where I had this problem and figured it out later when I noticed something was missing and just looked back at the step and moved it. There was also a few places where I put something on backwards meaning the other holes on the board did not line up so you have to make sure you are looking at the picture good to see where the other holes should face. I did that a few times too and simply flipped the board back around or drilled new holes. Overall, I was very impressed with the instructions and the few issues I had were my own fault for not paying close enough attention. 3. This thing does not come weather treated so you will need to do that up front.. The good thing about this is you can pick the color you want. 4. I stained and built this thing in 32 hours by myself. I am not a carpenter but I consider myself a pretty handy guy and have put a lot of things together using instructions. If you know how to use tools and you can follow instructions, you should be good to go. I called a few places and they wanted around $600 to install it. At 32 hours, that would be $18.75 an hour. So I guess it depends on how much you make, how much your time is worth, and how much you enjoy doing these types of projects. I have a tent setup with tables and all of my tools and parts were setup....with a radio and some beer...it was good times. 5. This thing is bigger than it looks. The house part of it, I can literally stand straight up in it and it feels roomy. I am 6' tall so the peak of the house is probably 7' and the bay windows actually add room too and provide a little ledge that you can sit stuff on. Overall i am very happy with this purchase. We are going to be the envy of the neighborhood and I have two girls so we are going to "girly it up" with some flowers and curtains and stuff :-)

This play set is a very big play set. Important one end of lumber is stamped with a ink part number to identify the part that goes with the manual. some of the stamps on the lumber were a little hard to make out, but with another set eyes helps. SO DO NOT LIKE THE LUMBER GET WET!!!. I had no problem with putting this play set together in 16 hrs. This play set came in four boxes each box weights about 200-225 lbs each. The best way to start is to inventory all boxes. While you are inventorying look for pieces that you need and put with each other. Do this will help a lot saves a lot of time

This is a great swingset for our 2 children- ages 2 and 4. Overall we feel like we got a fun, quality swingset for the price we paid. It shipped fast and we had it within a week of ordering. We originally paid for the installation part but the company Sam contracts with (Go Configure) cancelled their appointments 3 times within a week and a half. After being on the phone with their 800 number and a local manager for over an hour total along with the cancelled appointments, we were fed up with them! It took 2-3 weeks from when we had the boxes at our house for the first appointment to get scheduled too. So after a month of having the boxes we decided to do it ourselves! It wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be. The pieces were all labeled and the boxes all had inventory sheets. I was the part finder while my husband (and father in law for 6 hours) put the pieces together. Overall it took my husband and i one 10 hour day (with my father in law helping for 6 hours) and one 6 hour day with just my husband working on it. So not nearly as long as the website says. It definitely helps if you have some power tools though! I would definitely recommend this to a friend but DO NOT PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION unless you want a big hassle!

This swingset is as nice as it looks in the picture. It took 5 adults 4 /4 hour nights after work to put it together. My 2 year old granddaughter loves it! Separate all the parts and read the manual first My daughter, sister and myself put all the components together , the 2 guys built it and didn't have any problem

Got what I paid for. Just had it installed for $510 as I could not do it alone and am not the best handyman. Kids love it. I guess I will see how it holds up over the years.