A month. This took a month to complete. Why? Lot's of pieces, solo assembly, and Texas. Texas weather was quite uncooperative some weekends. And staining. Yes folks, you MUST stain/seal this set. Some build then stain. My wife and I chose to hand-stain each and every piece of wood in the set to ensure first coat coverage. In a couple of months, I will whip out the sprayer and spray stain. It is a good looking set. And big. The bad: The wood feels and handles rather light. This led to some split pieces, including main tower support leg B1 where lag screws were placed for attaching G3 floor rail, as well as one of the monkey bar E5 uprights when attaching a rung. One of the bay window panels was broken on arrival. A couple of the 074 T-nuts sunk a little too far during the beginning hours of assembly. I learned that modulating drill power is far more effective than relying on setting stopping torque on the drill. And that damned crow's nest assembly. At 280lbs, 6ft tall, it was pure hell trying to contort and squeeze my big self through that little access hole. But, it is possible and my weight was supported without a flinch. One key point when assembling the crow's nest is the attachment of the lower M4 wall rail to the crow nest supports. You won't be able to get a power drill in due to sloped roof interference. Use the tool that comes with the set to hand tighten the lag screws on the lower board. Now for the good. Everything else. It is an impressive set that feels supremely sturdy. My daughter absolutely LOVES this kinder graduation gift! Her mom has great tastes and chose this set! One final note - for those in an HOA, be sure to submit for ARC approval before assembling! The Crow's nest may present a privacy gripe if there are backyard stipulations in your CC&Rs.

It took my husband and father 3 days to put this together about 25 hours total. The set came with a million pieces which I think the company should've orangized better. Overall it's a huge Playsets that I know my son will have lots of fun with especially during this pandemic and for future years to come.

I bought this in June and finally got it together. The BILT app was a big help. What I question is why they couldn't have holes pre drilled for all the places they have you do it manually. Splitting is an issue. Some screws aren't long enough for holding some pieces in place. Slide was a pain to put together. Also, not sure why you couldn't stamp top or bottom for some pieces where it matters. Now that it is together, my kids like it. I am just not sure it was worth the price.

So pretty much the same as most of the reviews. It is really nice that all the lumber is letter stamped. It makes it a little easier. We are almost done building and we are going on 14 hours. My husband and I are not builders/contracters and have been able to figure it out. The instructions are so awful. It tells you to do something and then 5 steps later you see that it was wrong. Very strange. We are happy with the quality of the product and can tell its gonna last a long time. Cant give it 5 stars because of the awful instructions. We are going to finish today so once the kids are happily playing it will all be worth it and those bad instructions will be a vague memory. lol... Have fun putting it together or better yet call the number in the box and have it done!!

First off this swingset is exactly what I had expected. We saw a smaller version in the store but wanted just a little more so the kids wouldn't get bored and hopefully use the swingset for years to come. With that said, the wood quality of this swingset is inferior to more expensive brands. The stain was spotty and will definitely require additional staining and waterproofing. We looked at the higher quality swingsets but decided that for the money this gave us more options (monkey bars, picnic table, huge play area). My husband has spent about 2 FULL days putting this together with the assist of atleast one other person. Best advice, lay everything out and make sure you are organized before putting pieces together. We didnt have any missing pieces and the directions were pretty simple to follow. The kids LOVE it!!!

Purchased this and installed it June 7-9. My kids (2 and 3.5) LOVE LOVE LOVE it and do everything but the monkey bars and the rock wall. We had friends over, 4 kids between 5-16, and they loved it as well. Heck, I enjoyed using it and I'm in my 40s! There is something to do for everyone. I put it together by myself and it was about 30-hrs. But, instructions were VERY clear and EASY to follow. Biggest time consumer was gathering the right combination of fasteners and finding the right wooden parts among the 4 boxes. If I had to do it all over again, I would photo copy the instructions and have 1 person gathering the parts and fasteners while the other assembled the fort. Pay close attention to the lengths of the fasteners and when it notes the orientation of specific parts or holes. It matters. But if you follow the instructions, you'll get it all right. I would also recommend having at least a power drill, if not an impact driver. Lots of lag bolts and such that would have taken a lot longer if I was doing it by hand. In the end, 100% happy and 100% recommended. If you're looking for a play set that spans a lot of age brackets and you have the room for something of this size, this one is absolutely worth considering.

Bought this set in June it took about 3 days to assemble. We laid out All the pieces and I helped my husband and his friends by passing the ones they needed. Once it was built we had someone with a spray gun and air compressor spray on the water sealer. Kids absolutely love it! We bought some upgrades like tic tac toe and drum set etc.. Makes it look that much better!

We were excited to get this ordered for our grandchildren. We ordered on a Sunday and had it delivered on Thursday - swift delivery! One of the boxes was ripped and one piece of wood was wrecked and the slide had a dimple in it. But one quick phone call and those two pieces were on their way as replacement. The swing set was built over a few weekends, but the instructions were great and assembly went very smoothly. The grandkids are absolutely thrilled with their new swing set and we were very happy with the product.

My daughter has been spending hours playing on her swing set. It was very difficult to put together. I did not receive all the correct pieces and had to add some extra pieces to make the little picnic table work out. There were several pieces that were cracked/broken. Even though it was a hassle my daughter loves the swing set.

I purchased around a year ago. Got lost in transit. Took around 8 weeks for it to finally be delivered. It takes a whole weekend to put together. It is still in good shape. The color has faded some and some of the screws have to be tightened overtime. Overall we a happy with the swing set. I do wish the look out part was a little more safe. The monkey bars are too high up for small children 5 and under to use safely. So we have them blocked off since we have a young kiddo that could get hurt on them.