This is a really nice build. It does take some time and can be done by one person. So far I have spent about 8 hours on it, and I'm towards the end. I am thinking about adding a mini pergola to the top of the crows nest. The attached photo is showing it almost completed! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I do have a few tips: 1 - Read the instructions! 2 - As you pull everything out, organize by letter, and then use those letters to organize each by number. Trust me, you'll thank me for all that OCD work. 3 - Take all hardware and lay it out separately on a large table. This will save TONS of time on your end when you have to look for 3-5 different bolt lengths that have the washer/t-nut. 4 - Not all pieces with the same letter and numbers are in the same box. There are four boxes, and yes, the slide is in sections inside the box. 5 - If it's cold outside, head indoors with your slide pieces. This will make the slide surface easier to bow into the slots. 6 - Go slow with the screws. The bolts and lag bolt are no biggie, but the screw you'll want to put in slowly, especially when you fastening into a thin width. 7 - Pay attention to the piece orientation. I know it can be hard because of the darkened print pieces currently on each step, but you'll notice holes that need to be in the right spot, or else you end up drilling holes mid process. Easy to do, but could have saved time on my end! 8 - When applying the T-Nuts into the wood, use a mallet and pop it in. This will make life lots easier! 9 - Be patient. This build is worth the patience for the price tag! 10 - Don't hesitate to reach out to customer service. I had 6 pieces that I needed replaced (not their fault - shipping's fault) and they were hands down amazing. It was free (except I wanted it fast, so I paid $15 to ship all my replacements in two days). GOOD LUCK!

We bought this for our 3 sons (ages6, 2 and 6 months), they all absolutely love it, the older two more than the baby! There is plenty of room for our kids, plus their friends to play. We also added our infant swing from our old set, but with the glider and swing there is plenty of places for all the kids to swing. The estimated 20 hours for assembly was accurate, it would not have taken as long if the directions would have been clearer. There were a few times that we had to look ahead in the directions. We also had to take things apart and put them back together again. My husband is very handy, so that also helped. It also helped that we organized the wood and hardware before we started so that everything was easy to locate. I have since talked to another mother who bought a smaller set and now wishes that she had bought the skyfort too. It is a great set for the money.

Very easy to put together. HOWEVER: the pieces are boxed up in no particular order. When assembling, you have to dig through all four boxes to find the pieces needed for a particular assembly. That is VERY time consuming. My wife would search for parts while I assembled them. Took 5 days (24 hours total) to complete. Looks great and the kids LOVE it!

We are super happy with this swingset! It was relatively easy to put together, but time consuming. It's a beautiful structure, the stain is lovely. It feels incredibly secure too. My only complaint is that the slide and swings get too hot to use during high sun, which is a bummer.

We purchased this set back in September and had it professionally assembled. The quality is top notch and there are so many fun parts of this set that my kids (3 & 5yrs) are still enjoying it almost 5 months later. They are always asking to go outside and play on it and everyday is something new!

Bought this bad boy from Sam’s Club & couldn’t be happier. Took some hours to finish, but if you prepare & organize well prior to the day of install, it goes very smoothly. Make sure to print multiple copies of the instruction manual for the people helping, and organize the wood pieces and parts by category (or even by ‘step’). It would not go nearly as smoothly if we didn’t.. No creaks, No leaks, and am fully expecting this to last us years. Thanks Backyard Discovery!

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.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We were all impressed with the construction of the play set. Took 5 adults almost 8 hours to put up. Mostly 4 (one adult was mostly in the way). Perfect size for 4 toddlers to play with room to spare. Definitely recommend this play set it to keep your kids busy and happy.

The playset was delivered a week or so. My husband plans to start on it this week. I am excited and the boys keep asking about it. When the set was delivered, there was a box that was damaged. The delivery guy was super nice and noted it and told us to keep our eye out for damaged pieces. We found one piece that had been splintered. We called customer service and they said they would send us a new piece. Also, the playset did not come with instructions. We were told to download it from the website. For the money, you would think they could add a complimentary set of instructions. Hopefully the set-up goes well! So far service has been great.

This set is great. My kids LOVE it. Rain or shine they are on it. Shipping was super fast, it came actually too fast because we didn't even have the area ready yet and it was already in our driveway. Make sure you start and finish where its going to be forever because we didn't and it was pretty heavy to try to move. My husband and I are very handy, with many tools on hand. Forewarning, there are some tools needed that are not listed in the beginning of the instruction manual. (few random drill bits) Best advice I could give is have a nice size work area, and separate all your boards together into rows with their respective labeling. (example L1-L10, M1-M74, so on and so on) Also, separate your hardware into piles. (ex: bolts, washers, screws, lag screws) DON'T USE A BUCKET OR BOWL TO GRAB HARDWARE AND GO!! Its easier to just bring the bags so you don't get pieces mixed up. We went this route and it made life and the whole process much easier and quick. My husband and I were both helping so one would work on a particular task while the other grabbed all the wood for the next part and stacked it up. This helped the whole process fly by, it only ended up taking a few hours over the course of a few days to do. (We had to keep stopping because of bad weather, otherwise I think we could have gotten it done in a day or two. The set is absolutely more than I would have ever asked for, meaning it has everything my kids could ever want to do in a swing set. The only negative feedback I have is that the quality of the wood itself is not so good. Multiple boards came bowed, uneven, had big holes from knots where hardware was supposed to go, and just poor quality. Some were slightly split, and when putting together they split even more. Some of the pilot holes were off causing us to drill new ones to line everything up. I get nothing is perfect when you get 4 boxes filled with what seems like a billion pieces but if it effects the integrity of the structure its a bit worrisome for parents. We ended up replacing a few small pieces where hardware split the wood completely, and we even bought a few longer screws to put where the bowed wood wouldn't stay attached to the wood behind it. Other than that I would say all in all we are getting our moneys worth because my boys are very happy with it.