Playhouse "for the kids"

[klassenl]

I'm getting there.
I dug the power in earlier this spring, even before I put the posts in. Today I put the plug on the outside of the shed part and put a light and a plug in the playhouse.

The siding will have to wait until next year.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I think we need more pictures, I see no windows.
How about some of the inside?

 

[klassenl]

No windows yet. I'm hoping to find a deal on a small window somewhere. I'm wanting to build a door before the snow flies.

The interior is just studs for now. I would like to insulate and sheet it but that may not be in the budget.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Do you have stores like Re-store there where you live?
Most window shops have a bone yard, if you have any window company's around you. Ours will sell any window out of their bone yard for a ten dollar bill.

 

[The Cobbler]

Nice, the kids will have tons of fun in there

 

[chaosracing]

Looks good. I would get a good house wrap on it before to long.
Look on Craigslist or whatever kind of site for reselling stuff you have in your area. I am always seeing cheap building materials for sale in my area......unfortunatly for me, noting that I am looking for.

 

[glentre]

I love looking at kid's play houses and tree houses. The ideas guys come up with are all unique and just fun to design and construct. Here's my treehouse. Did everything myself except the siding and roof panels.

Glen

 

[CJ7VFR]

If that exposed OSB was installed around me here in New Jersey, and not covered with some siding pretty quick, it would become a soggy mess in no time with all the rain we get!

Do you not have to worry about that where you are?

Jim

 

[johnnyradiant]

No radiant heat in the floors?

 

[Abeo]

If that exposed OSB was installed around me here in New Jersey, and not covered with some siding pretty quick, it would become a soggy mess in no time with all the rain we get!

Do you not have to worry about that where you are?

Jim

It is pretty dry out here. I left a shed in bare OSB for a year and it didn't affect it. Even when it rains, it dries out really fast.

 

[PugetDude]

No windows yet. I'm hoping to find a deal on a small window somewhere. I'm wanting to build a door before the snow flies.

The interior is just studs for now. I would like to insulate and sheet it but that may not be in the budget.

Plexiglass glazing with simple wooden frames would be best for a playhouse, IMO...a broken window could get nasty.

 

[ddurrett896]

Same idea on glass...it WILL break!!

I framed wooden windows and went with a screen over it. Easy to replace plus lets the house dry out.

 

[chaosracing]

If you really want glass, I would suggest applying a film over it that prevents the glass from falling apart and potentially injuring kids in case of breakage. Plexiglass would be my first choice though.

 

[madison069]

Look for shed windows with safety glass, they are relative cheap and easy to install as I installed several on my kid's playhouse.

 

[chaosracing]

Look for shed windows with safety glass, they are relative cheap and easy to install as I installed several on my kid's playhouse.

I was just going to post about this. I had forgotten about them until I was just mowing my grass and saw the safety glass sticker on one of my shed windows that I replaced last year.

They are easy to find on the internet and pretty cheap to. Think I paid $25 (US) per window.