Its a monster thats for sure! I guess i forgot to factor in all the ground work that needed to be done. And you will definently need at least 3people to help each day..about 3-4 full days. Sorting wood and parts can be a days work in its own. We received LOTS of split wood. Its so dry and cheap we will have to stain it this year too. We just finished building today. Started almost 2weeks ago but we only had 1good day of help and lots and lots of rain days. Directions were rather sketchy on some parts and we did have to take a prior step apart and redo. I will admit..if i didnt have to buy a ton of mulch for the 6inch safety rule i would have paid the $650 to have them come out and build it!

We purchased and assembled this for our four year old grandson and eventually his now two year old sister. He LOVES it! Both children immediately began using the picnic table for snacks and coloring activities. Our grandson loves the glider, slide, and fort! It took about three weeks from placing the order to delivery. It took two to four people about 30 hrs. to construct. Doing an inventory first is essential. Having only two, but moderately skilled, workers is a good recommendation. Having more than two can be confusing. The two should be well-versed in reading construction plans. It's also a good idea to look over each day's plans before beginning. Several tasks had to be done over because of not understanding instructions. Referencing the hardware by the last three digits within the plans would have helped enormously. The next best option is to write in the hardware's code by the dimensions on each page. Some of the wood split when drilled. Once we had to glue the broken pieces. Having nut barrels to cap off the bolts provides an attractive and safe product. We were shorted on three types of bolts and barrels; so we spent about $25 replacing them at Home Depot instead of waiting for replacements. We are very pleased with the number of activities this set provides as well as the overall quality of the product. We chose it after looking at a multitude of other playscapes, selecting it based on its having a cedar as opposed to canvas or plastic roof over the fort, a ten foot (not eight foot) slide, sandbox, picnic table, monkey bars, and of course glider and swings. Our son-in-law is boarding up the outlet to the monkey bars and removing the climbing bars on it so neither child can use this until he/she is old enough.

Me and some of my buddies assembled it and it is now complete. It took us longer than I expected but it was challenging. We had to re-do many things because the instructions, pictures and got ya's are not documented. For instance we put a couple brackets on backwards which caused the beams to be not square. Nowhere was it documented in any special hints section. I would highly recommend this to everyone but I'd love to fill out suggestions for improvements in the assembly instructions for others. It is now ready for the grandchildren for years of enjoyment. Let's see how it stands up over time-It should I made sure it is level. I highly recommend to others.

This is a great product. Not only did I order one but so did my parents. We watch my grandson who is 2 1/2, very active and over and above the charts for height and slightly above for weight. He loves this play unit but does need assistance with the monkey bars and sitting on the swing...something to grow into. I read the reviews and the best one says to sort the boards and use posts it notes to write the letter and number on so easier to read and secure with scotch tape; and organize the bolts, screws, nuts into bins...best advise. My husband, son-in-law and I inventoried the four boxes in 2 1/2 hours. My husband, son-in-law and brother (all of which very good carpenters) built our unit in 16 hours. When my parents unit arrived, me and my mother (71 years old) inventoried it in 4 hours. Due to work schedules when my parents unit came my brother and husband assisted them one day for 9 hours and over the next 4 days, my parents (dad 74 very good carpenter) finished it. Having that extra hand to hold or lift is very beneficial. Just a few of the boards had some bow in them and this did require some strength to get them positioned just right. The main pointer they learned from...in the beginning you are putting side pieces together, rock wall. ladder and slide before starting the middle section. The crow's nest is not done till later in the directions. So on the second unit, they jumped to the back of the book and did the crow's nest before starting the middle section. It was much easier than trying to build it up in the air squeezing through the small access (for a large adult) opening. The unit is as nice as the picture shows!

We love our new Skyfort II. We have had this swingset for about 9 months. My girls who are 1 1/2 and 3 have enjoyed it almost daily. We chose this swing set over others because we wanted something with monkey bars, a picnic table, swings, a slide, and a "clubhouse", this set offers all of that plus a glider, a crows nest, and a sandbox. Purchasing and Delivery: We purchased this online and had no complications, we chose to have it delivered. The delivery driver was very nice and even put it in our garage for us. The delivery driver drove a box truck for those wondering. Assembly: Intimidating from my point of view, so many pieces and screws and pieces, but that's why I'm married. Thank goodness for my husband and father-in-law who assembled in two days. From my husband...the pieces were sorted and small parts in labeled bags making assembly easy. We were missing one screw but were able to improvise with a screw we had at the house , and a few boards had to be shorted a tad to fit, but both of those were no big deal and for us, didn't warrant a call to the manufacturer. Use: We love it! We've had several neighbors and our HOA committee member ask us about it as several other homeowners want something similar. My girls especially love the telescope and the little windows. We love the wood roof so we don't have to worry about a plastic tarp to replace each year. With only 9 months of use we have noticed that the stain has started to wear/fade on the steps going up to the club house. We also wish the slide would have been made of a solid piece of heavy duty plastic verses a thin panel in between two sides with rods for support. (Mainly so I can slide with my girls, I'm a big kid at heart!!) Overall we are soo happy with this swingset and would purchase it all over again if we had to. We recommend it to all our friends as we get so much use out of it and with so many different things to do on it, multiple kids can easily play on it at the same time. Perfect for families with multiple kids.

I had shopped around for a long time - this swing set was well worth the price! Me & my husband put it together (him more than me!) Took us a good solid 2 weekends. Directions weren't the best to follow, but came out great! Make sure you count ALL the parts in the boxes prior to starting - the company was great sending replacements. My son, who is 4 yrs old, LOVES IT!

This is awesome! Build took my dad and I about 3 days. Everything was well labeled and the end result is fantastic! My 2 year old loves climbing and swinging on this play set! The dogs also enjoy staying under it for shade during the heat of the day.

Very nice set. Looked for a long time before buying this one. Not hard to assemble, but is very time consuming. Parts are clearly marked. Diagrams are the problem. They use shading to show if boards are attached inside or outside of their rails. Have had to remove and re-install several boards, but overall the directions are easy to follow. Very solid feel to the structure. Has taken 3 adults 15 hours to complete. PS, the slide is pretty fast, watch very little kids so they don't bounce right off the end.

A Reviewer stated "so easy a caveman can do it" and it really is, just helps if you have the proper tools and know how about some carpentry aspects and knowledge of hardware. These direction were 97% clear as to what to d0! I'm a Handy man and enjoy doing projects, as long as I get a new tool for it. For this project I bought a Makita LCT203W which included an impact drill and a normal drill in small form (perfect weight for a project like this and I highly recommend it) It was nice to have three drills so I didn't have switch bit heads and drill bits. I took the advice and inventoried everything (except hardware bolts and such) and nothing was missing. as I checked pieces I used the top of the boxes as extra space to sort the pieces, thus I have 8 boxes with all the pieces in them with labels facing up. This helped alot and if I sorted the pieces by page it would have been better but that only works if your putting it all together in a few days! (due to 90 heat wave I had to wait till it cooled down. A MUST do: another reviewer mentioned placing bolts and nuts and such in plastic bins and labeling them. I went to the dollar store and bought about 20 plastic Tupperware bins and it was THE BEST thing I did and made it easier. there are tons of screwing bolts and screws with this and having easy access to them and nicely sorted made it easy going! GET THEM!. I too put the window in the front, like the picture. directions had a flat front and peak window in the back, so I switched them. All in all, it took me 3 days to put it together and had my lil' ones help out and cheer me on. It's just what I wanted and looks beautiful in the yard. I was amazed at how quick it comes together after the the frame goes up. be aware, that perch...took me 3 hours building that little thing! Your can't go wrong with the price and was delivered in 8 days from the day I ordered. boxes weighed about 200 lbs each. Good luck everyone and enjoy it. Just remember, have 3 drills ( a small impact really helps) & enough batteries & bins for the hardware, and ladders. I built it pretty much on my own! now onto the next project! :o)

My order of the Skyfort ll Cedar Swing Set/Play Set with Slide arrived on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I applied water sealant to ALL wooden pieces and sorted by the alpha of each part number. Saturday had 2 men help get through step 4. No building happened on Sunday. Then I was on my own through for the rest and still had 3 young children in tow throughout almost entire build. Set was completely put together by Wednesday. Part H2 and the swing beam gave me some trouble and thankfully I called someone in to help me align it because once I got it to where it should have aligned the little cut out notch would fit the beam in it. Could have used a little more direction as to where pieces went on the structure, Step 7(example place wall boards on "interior side" of structure#. But overall I would highly recommend this set and company to anyone. However do yourself a favor and have help and get a babysitter during build:-) I could have gotten more help but the kids and I weren't willing to wait a week, so Mamita got cranking to it while daddy was working all day. Oh ya but 1 BIG complaint I have is for the screws #PWF 10x1/2#provided for green triangles like step 34 are AWFUL and just strip out. Just terrible!