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Your children deserve
the best. A backyard
playground to call their own can create a new world of imagination, skills
development, and fun for your children and their friends. It is a
special place to have lunch, to swing, to slide, to play in the sand, or
to climb. Your child’s new playground will quite likely become
the ‘center piece’ of your family’s backyard – and some time should be
spent evaluating your options.
Once you have decided
on a path to add a playground to your backyard, you should (a) decide whether
a metal or wooden set is
right for you, (b) get the full delivered and installed price of the playground
for you to weigh into the decision along with your children’s desire for
the specific playground’s features, (c) allow some time for your sticker
shock to subside before making an emotionally-based decision!
Metal sets are not covered in this article since the options to acquire
metal sets are limited - metal components must be manufactured in a factory
at a generally fixed-cost to the consumer. Wooden play systems add
on many playground benefits: longevity, strength, appearance, maintenance,
ease of expansion, and provide your kids with a fort/clubhouse/sandbox
in addition to the customary slide, swing, and climbing activities to name
a few.
There are (3) primary ways to acquire a traditional
wooden fort/swingset playground combo with the basic list, or an upgraded
set, of fun features for your children (6x6x5ft fort, 6x6 sandbox below,
colorful solid or striped roof top, 2-4 position swing set, slide(s), inclined
step ladder, gangplank ramp, monkey bars, climbing rock wall, tire swing):
| (1) Installers
come and a few days later
the playground exists. ($3.0K+) |
| (2) Purchase
an "Everything Including Lumber" KIT with pre-cut and pre-drilled
lumber, and then spend a weekend
following instructions to assemble it yourself. ($2.0-$2.5K+ with
quality lumber & playground design/features, $1.5-$2.0K+
if sacrificing lumber
size, fastener & equipment quality, and/or
play features.) |
| (3) Purchase
a Detailed Play
Systems "Everything Except Lumber" KIT, spend a few extra
hours cutting and drilling the hand-selected local lumber of your choice,
and then continue following the instructions to assemble. (Kit
+ Play Equipment + Lumber < $1.0K, without sacrificing quality).
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If keeping costs
to a minimum without sacrificing quality is an attractive option for your
family, and you are willing to
perform some basic wood processing (measuring, cutting straight lines,
and drilling) prior to bolting/assembling, and you would enjoy creating
something very special for your children and their friends, then option
(3) is clearly the best choice for your family. Detailed Play
Systems introduced the concept of Build@Home
all-bolted quality to the playground market with our Detailed Plans ©1998
that make it easy. Many parents (some having had no prior wood experience)
have installed our play systems with all options. To date, Detailed
has provided thousands of satisfied families with everything needed to
be successful in building their own backyard playground for a fraction
of the cost without sacrificing size, strength, safety, quality, or features.
Just Add Lumber! TM
Detailed Play Systems
http://www.detailedplay.com
Customer Service: Call
toll free 1-800-398-7565, M-F 9AM-7PM EST
“The Build@Home™ Playground Equipment Store on the Web!”
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Option 1-3 costs do not pertain to a specific playground, provided as guideline
reference for actual comparison. |
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