Summerville Wood Gym Set

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This is a high quality playground. There are alot of features from the imagination station to the bright yellow tube slide that are AWESOME. I have a four year old and him and his cousins have put this playgroud to the test. It is very difficult to assemble and you must have two people for most of the assembly. The reviews that I have read calling this junk or poor quality is wrong. This is very nice for the price and trust me your kid or kids will love it... and so will there friends.

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Put together in 2 weekends with help from a friend...Did most of it myself till I got to the Roof and tube slide (which It takes 2 people to put that slide together.) To make things a little easier with all the hardware and there is a lot of hardware I put all the 1/4" bolts & washers together and all the 3/8" bolts & washers in 2 bags,this makes it easier. Just take your time and keep all parts from each box seperate and its really not that hard to put together the directions may not be the best but are easy enough to understand. I also have the bottom playhouse kit (got it $20 off) It really makes this look nice... And it is very easy to put together. If your lucky enough to buy this set then please take your time and think about when your little one sees it complete for the first time. Makes it all worth it. Good luck!!

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We purchased this set after hemming and hawing all season about spending upwards of $2-3K (more like $5K once all is said and done) at one of the big name swing set brands. We came across this set at ToysRUs.com one day and we hit a HUGE sale. Got the swing set and lower clubhouse, with protection plan, all for less than half the original price of just the swing set. Too good to pass up and totally worth it if it only lasted 2-3 years. It fit the footprint of our previous swing set that was up when we bought the house- we were sold!

Putting together- we were going to hire someone but it was going to cost us almost what we paid for the whole thing itself to put together and they couldn't do it for over a month, so my husband and I decided to try. We do enjoy these type of projects but I am a RN and he is works in finance- NO formal history of construction or other engineer type work. Plus, we started this project right after our 3rd son was born. He was literally 4 days old. While the baby would sleep and our two older sons were in bed for the night we would go into the garage and laid out EVERYTHING. we labeled all the hardware packages and laid out the wood parts in order (A1, A2, A3, etc). Then we went to work. It definitely took us a week or so of just working evenings or when we had help to watch the older kiddos but it was doable. My husband did all the manual labor and I read the instructions from a chair (since I was still recovering myself!!). He had the neighborhood guys help lift the structure into the backyard and level it etc. It was very time consuming and the slide definitely was tricky but we went in knowing it would be and took our time to do it slowly and methodically. Overall, for us, we are very happy with the finished product and our older two (3 and 5) love that they 'helped' mom and dad build it. We are really proud to see our family project outside each day and the boys absolutely love it. :)

**We also sealed the swing set on the advice of some neighbors to keep the cedar color longer. Hoping it will do the trick and not weather so quickly**

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My only complaint is that when we brought this for my 4 year old grandson we paid full price and if we had waited 2 weeks we could have saved $220.00!

While it did take several hours to put this together it wasn't a shock since most play sets/swing sets will take a while to put it together if you take the time to do it right. This is a well made set and my grandson stays on it until bed time when it isn't raining out. He asked us why we couldn't move it in doors when it rained. I told him that if he could lift one end I would lift the other and he asked if it would go through the door. What a smart boy!

I think we will buy some additions to this set as he grows.

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This swingset is terrific! My kids love it. It is time consuming to put together but that is normal for this type of thing. It really was a good value for the money .

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First of all, it took over a week to put together and I am currently in the middle of a dispute with the manufacturer, when my kids swing on it the playhouse looks like its going to fall apart, it moves so much and is not sturdy at all!! for the price this should be sturdy and I am about to file a lawsuit against the company if this is not rectified, i only had this for a few months and the whole swingset looks like its going to fall apart when they swing, the company keeps coming back that i have to change this and that, its put together fine, its plain and simple, POOR QUALITY!!!! dont spend the money or waste your time on this piece of junk.

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I have three toddlers who, now that this swing is up LOVE it. I had to rip their tiny hands off of it at 830 at night lol.

BUT!! THIS SWING IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS TO PUT TOGETHER.
I had to hire someone to put this together who said they would never do it again..EVER.

It took two full days to assemble and from 7 AM to 7 PM. It sat in my garage after I paid a pretty penny because I "thought" I could do it with me and my husband and ended up storing it away for three months waiting for the right quote to put it together. IF you are going to buy this product SPEND the EXTRA MONEY TO HAVE IT PUT TOGETHER TRUST ME!!

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My three kids love this playset and it's very sturdy, however the setup was extremely difficult. It took my husband hours upon hours to complete (by himself). The slide was extremely difficult to put together. My kids love it though! It was well worth the time and money. I would recommend this to anyone.

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I agree with the other reviewers that this was a tough build. The instructions were not very good and none of the pieces were labeled or marked. It took us 3 days with 3 adults to complete it. But that being said it was built very strong, doesn't move at all and isn't going anywhere. Our kids, 3 and 5, love it and play on it all the time. It to us was well worth the money spent and would definitely do it again in a heartbeat. Great product. On a side note we were shorted one board and some screws but I am sure once we contact the company they will replace the missing parts. Nothing that is a deal breaker.

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The wood was numbered (1439,1440... etc)but the hardware was numbered A2,B3 and you had to take to match hardware(measure) to lumber. 1/4 HOURS spent was due to trying to match this hardware to lumber.Who ever said that instructions were easy was right but from there on the rest was a mess.I paid 2 people to set this and I helped.More hours than they say it takes to put together.