If you build the swing set with pressure-treated lumber, you’ll need fasteners that have a corrosion-resistant coating specifically rated to resist pressure-treated wood corrosion: stainless-steel fasteners or hot-dipped galvanized fasteners. If you go with cedar, then the screws and bolt...
Finally, install the swing-beam cross support on the legs, the safety board adjacent to the sandbox, the front panel board above the slide, and the remaining boards for the sandbox. Run a lumber border around the play area and spread wood chips throughout, then fill the sandbox with sand...
To build your own DIY stair slide, you’ll need: 3/4″ plywood– one 4′ x 8′ sheet is enough for a slide up to about 15 feet (depending on where you join the two pieces) low-profilewood handrailor other piece of smooth wood to form the slide edge ...
All of the skills needed to build a sailboat can be learned slowly, one step at a time. For example, if you've never fiber-glassed plywood before, just practice on a small piece first to get your confidence up. This was my first boat build, so I did a lot oflearn as you go. N...
Building a Support Frame: Using 2x4s, construct a frame to support the roof. This frame should run along the top edges of your playhouse walls. Choosing the Roof Material: Depending on the style of the roof (peaked or flat), select additional pallets or repurpose the wood from pallets to...
How to Build a DIY Dutch Door from Scratch We’ve always loved Dutch doors, and our love of natural wood tones lends itself to a modern farmhouse style. So, after I designed thebarn door baby gatefor the stairs, I realized that I could add the same type of door up above and make ...
down on the amount of visual breaks along the way. This also helps make the window feel larger and fills the space with more natural light. We recommend installing the curtain rod 4" to 8" above the window frame or 3" to 6" below the molding to make space ...
Introduction and about the wood sizes How to build a Kid's Play Fort A fort that will provide hours of fun for kids young and old! This detailed plan-set with step-by-step instructions is in both metric (mm) and imperial (inch) dimensions.The design inc
Cartography conventions help people make sense of a map immediately, which makes it easier to find their way. HowStuffWorks Suppose you decide to make a trek to the North Pole. You can't catch a plane there. So instead, you pull out your compass, watch the needle swing northward and plo...
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