Fairly easy to assemble but time consuming. Here are a few tips to make things easier. 1. Delivery comes in 6 pieces - 4 long/heavy boxes, one large square box (tube slide) and the wavy slide (in plastic bag). Sort all the wood first! I sorted by part numbers/letter (ie., G38, F45 etc). The numbers are stamped in black ink before the wood stain is applied and are hard to read. Using white chalk to mark the number on each piece (of dark stained wood - the lighter wood was MUCH easier to read part numbers) was time consuming initially but made things go much faster once we started assembling. 2. Read the warranty rules! According to the warranty, the wood needs to be sealed or the warranty is invalid. Of course, I didn't notice this until after the swingset was assembled, which means sealing it will be a mjor PITA (the roof is 12 feet high!). It would have been much easier to seal each piece as it was inventoried. 3. When assembling the roof support brackets (v-shaped), instructions call for drilling a pilot hole on only one side to avoid splitting. I did this but the other side started to split. After repairing the split (glue, clamp, let dry), I drilled the pilot hole through both pieces (after fitting them together with clamps) - no problem with splitting. 4. MAKE SURE YOUR SITE IS LEVEL! This is especially important with the swing arm support assembly! My husband didn't notice that neither corner of the support assembly touched the ground (off by 1-2 inches) which causes A LOT of movement and creaking when swings are in use. It also renders the ground augers useless. 5. Have a system for keeping track of hardware - there is a LOT of it! 6. The system we used for assembly made things go smoothly: After sorting and labeling wood pieces, I grouped the pieces needed for each step and put all the hardware in ziplock bags labeled with part numbers. (To avoid confusion, similar parts were put in separate bags). Bags were reused when emptied but we still used 25+ baggies. A sharpie works great for labeling the bags - you can reuse for the same part numbers and/or cross out old numbers. We used two 6 foot folding tables - one for sorting hardware etc and the other for putting wood/hardware in groups for each step. You'll receive two instruction manuals - one in english, the other in french/spanish. My husband used the english version for assembly while I used the french version to sort parts for each step. The part numbers are the same in both languages. I also highly recommend using the Bilt app. It shows step by step instructions and you can move the pictures around for better viewing. It's great!! Sorting and chalk-labeling the wood took me several hours but made a HUGE difference when it came time to assemble the swing. Most of the instructions are pretty easy to understand and there is a parts list at the top of each page for that step. Once we got started on the actual assembly, it took my husband and I two 8-hour days to build the swingset and neither of us is young (55) or experienced. It helps to have two cordless drills so one can build the stairs, climbing wall, and porch roof while the other works on the main unit. Of all the wooden pieces we received, only one had minor damage (small crack) but since it didn't effect appearance or integrity we used it. CHECK the tube slide pieces before you begin! The flanges on four of ours were cracked (box was probably dropped during shipping) and had to be replaced but customer service was AWESOME. I used the chat function on Backyard Discovery's website and the parts were shipped out same day at no charge. All in all, it was a fun project and our grandsons LOVE their new swing! ****Four stars only because the numbers on the dark stained wood are very hard to see and can be confusing because of the font used.

We bought the sky fort with kids slide in the summer of 2022. We have a 4 year old and a 2 year old who love both slides and rock wall morning and night. The straight slide is a bit fast for the wild no fear 2 year old but he loves it. Assembly was a full weekend process but if the instructions are followed things go together easily. I found it best to pull everything out, sort items alphabetical by box and referred to the packing list as I needed each item.The finish so far is holding up but I believe I will need to apply a protective coating later this year, due to California sun damage.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My kids love it. The price for what you get is hard to beat. I would have liked an option for a better hardware pack i.e. ceramic coated screws, stainless steel bolts, etc. There were also a few steps where the step order could've been improved for to save on build time. The directions could have also been optimized to cluster the two person steps at the beginning. The only thing I didn't like was the use of 1" thick lumber used for structural support - I would've much preferred 2" thick. To save on time, I labeled all the parts (lumber and hardware) with painters tape (so the part numbers were easy to read) and sorted alphabetically. This saved a ton of time.

We bought this a month ago, took three weekends to build. We had to rebuild the brace for the circular slide because it didn’t fit right. The boys love it, especially the lookout. It was a great price for being so large. The maintenance seems a lot just to keep the warranty, ie monthly and annual maintenance requirements. You’ll need to be handy to build yourself. We’re very happy with it!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this for my kid, shes only two but can still do everything but the rock wall. This is one the kids can grow into for sure. Me and my wife can even hang out with her in the top fort area and lower deck, we're both about 5'9". We faced the the crows nest towards the cow pasture because our little girl loves looking at the cows haha. Both slides and the swing sets seem sturdy if installed correctly. Now for the install the hard ware was of good quality as with the lumber no spliting. But what I loved was the tool kit they sent no stripping heads and the Philips head but with depth guide was a life saver. There is a lot of slats with the Philips and with out the depth guid you would sink through the boards, so thank you backyard discovery for adding that.

I can't say enough great things about this playset. It has great slides, plenty of swings, and provides enough space and features for my 5 great grandchildren to play on. The rock wall is great for younger kids. It gives them the excitement of climbing while encouraging them to grow past the limits of what they are timid about. I worried they would all want the fun circle swing and we would have some bickering over it. I was wrong there! There's so many other features they enjoy, they quickly find another amazing thing to play on. It's very important to me for my family to be health and active. This playset has great structure and quality. This playset gives me peace of mind seeing them running, swinging, laughing and enjoying all the shangians of 3-11 year olds. Everyday my great grandchildren are begging to come over. This playset has not only given them a great adventure but has given me memories I never imagined. If I w wasn't 82 years old and a little past the limitation of use I'd be up there with them!

We bought this for our son and he loves it. Well built, easy to put together. I downloaded the app for the installation instructions and it took us about 16 hours total (2 people with construction experience). My only negative was the delivery. It was delayed and rescheduled.

We purchased this as an early birthday present for our soon to be 3 yr old. We didn’t want to run into shipping or out of stock issues, since his birthday is in July. This unit arrived within 14 days of being ordered. Everything came as promised and went so smoothly with the delivery. We hired a local expert to install it as we just didn’t have the time. He installed this unit in one day, by himself and everything went together perfectly! We are super impressed at this time! Our son LOVES his new “fort”!! Thank you!

It can seem a little intimidating to build this yourself, but the packaging and instructions are very simple. No one in our family has construction experience, just Grandma/Pappa, Mom and Dad with anxious little ones eagerly awaiting lots of play time. The anchors have held the playset securely in 50-70 MPH gusts!

the directions say "plan one day for sorting pieces" the box placement for each pieces is ridiculous... for example, i needed 10 m75. there were two in one box, three on one box, and five in another box. Having to sort through these pieces was a nightmare. the directions leave a lot to be desired. Luckily, I have enough sense to know how to interpret the nonsense. My experience with the ignorant packing ruined my opinion of this set. Dont pack these boxes this stupid. the set is nice and sturdy.