Thanks guys, it was a fun build. My 2 year old son helped me for most of it and I'm sure it took about 50% longer because of it, but that's part of the fun.
Certainly an alternative method of using roof material.
What a great play house, Your kids will enjoy it for yrs. Only one question, why did you not use fiberglass roofing panels, then the sun light would of came in also?
As far as the roof goes, time and material options were very limited. Enough fiberglass roofing panels were not available locally so I went with the tin, and there was barely enough of them. I'd have needed 6 panels to run the channels vertically, and have about 5' of waste from each panel. Didn't think I would make a big enough difference on a fort to justify it.
Looks great, I'm sure your kids will love it.
Question.....what's in the box at the bottom of the slide, looks like rubber chips. If so, why?
The kid catcher at the bottom of the slide is rubber mulch. That slide is deceptively fast. My 6 year old daughter lands okay for the most part but the little guy usually does a superman impression when his feet touch the ground. Just softens the blow when he doesn't stick the landing.
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Nice job. What do you have planned for the opposite side of the slide? Zip line? Netting climb? Keep those pics coming.
Climbing wall will be going up on the other side, the holds just showed up so that will be the next thing to do.
