I echo what others have said: Parts inventory is a must. Stay organized. Have patience. Review all hole locations prior to tightening bolts. Have patience. Stay organized. Have patience. Kids love it. I assembled the entire set alone so it can be done alone, however, i read someones preferred method was a 2 person organize and builder approach. I think that is the ideal assembly team. Have patience. Kids love it!

This type of cedar is very very lightweight and has absolutely no density. I understand that is somewhat the nature of the wood, but then many of the pieces that are braces and supports should have been cut larger. Also, the stain is so minimally applied and easily rubs off to the point that it will be all over your kids clothes if you don’t stain it properly yourself. I had to re-stain everything right off the bat. There’s also no evidence of any quality control: excessively warped boards, boards of the same part number that are not cut to the same size, edges that are planes too thinly, bent screws and boards that split way too easily. It’s like no matter how badly it came off the assembly line, they threw it in the box anyway. I also think that the engineering of the crows nest is inferior and will not be sufficient to support a 2 seat swing, which will require that you come up with some sort of modification to beef it up. I would go with another brand name that already puts quality in the box, otherwise you will just end up spending the extra money anyway on all of the modifications you will need to make.

Was delivered within a week of delivery. Arrived in great shape. Had an outside company put it together. 3 guys, 6 hours. It's amazing. My 3 year old loves all the features. Looks great. Only downside is the slide is a little flimsy.

I was expecting the quality to be way better! My three year old makes the boards creak and the slide bends.. it is not study at all! Very unhappy with the amount of mone I spend and the quality of the product! I really want to return it

Built this by myself. Took about 32 hours to assemble but the instructions were easy to follow. Kind of a pain to find the pieces in each box as some are in box 1,,2,3 for one step but all in all went well and seems to be a really nice playground set

Swing set is all set up. For the most part very straight forward. Took myself and and brother in-law just shy of 20 hrs to complete. We are both mechanically inclined so in experience was not the issue. For most part instructions are easy enough to follow. Only found a few spots that wasn't clear on what hardware to use and one spot that listed the wrong bolt. You do have to pay very close attention to the orientation of the pieces and pilot holes. We found a few times that we had to unfasten to change orientation. The most frustrating issues I found was with the hardware. Specifically with the bolts and nut barrels. They are coated with something to keep them from oxidizing, this caused many of the pieces not to fit properly, even with impact we could not get them to thread as the excess material was causing it to bind. I spent a fair amount of time with a tap and die re-threading bolts and nut barrels after that it was fine. The slide was a pain to get together, you will most def need a another set of hands if not two. We had almost all the hardware, however except for the board that fastens to slide, package only had one of the 3 required nut barrels, I had to order those through backyard discovery as well as two bolts from another location that were damaged because they wouldn't thread. As far as quality of wood. It isn't terrible. Only one damaged piece more so from probably shipping company. It would probably be a benefit to use some Thompson water seal in the fall. Even treated I noticed the wood absorbing water during a rain storm. My only complaint is I would of like to have seen 4x4 beams on the supports for the swings and monkey bars. Kids have seemed to enjoy thus far. 2 weeks in and its holding up fine. I think with proper care, weatherization, it should last.

Awesome play/swing set!! My kids love it! We paid for assembly (took about 8 hours) and I wouldn’t go any other route! It is sturdy and the company who installed it was great to work with! I would definitely recommend this play/swing set and assembly!

Directions say 20 hours estimated time to put together. We did it in about 15 with 3 people. Definitely need previous skill, especially using multiple power tools. It was annoying that you had to pre drill some holes, but all in all it was pretty self-explanatory. Looks great, kids love it. Be prepared for a hard day lol

Nearly perfect! Easy (but long) instructions. Did almost everything with one person. Came up short by 3 on one bag of screws, but brass wood screws are easy to find. A few boards were warped but not unusable. Give yourself 3-4 days if you are doing this by yourself, 2-3 with 2 people. The monkey bars are 7.5 ft off the ground so we are waiting to install them until we have wood chips down. The most important part? The kids love it!

Get your ducks in a row before starting! Lol.take the time to organize each items. Took about 25 hours to assemble, but well worth the work to do it. Ran out of a certain size screw, but bought more to complete it. Directions are less than perfect so be sure to look ahead so you don't have to undo what you have already done to turn a board so other holes align. Slide has too many bumps and kids can get air if they go fast enough. Overall, this is an amazing swing set and well worth the time and money! Kids absolutely love it.