Backyard Play Area You Can Make: Complete Plans and Instructions for Playhouses, Forts, & Swing Sets

Gerhards, Paul

ISBN 10: 0811730883 / ISBN 13: 9780811730884

Published by Stackpole Books, 1995

About this Item

Trade paperback marked first edition. (ISBN 0-8117-3088-3) Good tight copy, good glossy wrappers. Delight your children or grandchildren by creating a very special place for them to play. With a few tools, readily available materials, simple building skills, and this book, you can construct any of these safe and attractive playhouses, forts and swing sets: hideaway, bunkhouse, Alpine A-frame, fort frontier, covered bridge, Katie's cottage, Cascade fire tower, Classic Swing set, homestead, modular climb-around, classic Gambrel barn, swing-bar combo, stilt house, monkey tower, suburban. Each project is complete with a drawing of the construction, list of materials, clear diagrams, and detailed step-by-step instructions. Novice and seasoned builders alike will find helpful information on the specifics of materials, foundation, framing and finishing doors, windows, roof, and interior. Paul Gerhards, an experienced woodworker who lives in Portland, Oregon, is also the author of "How to Sell What You Make" and "Children's Furniture You Can Make." Crafts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Backyard Play Area You Can Make: Complete Plans and Instructions for Playhouses, Forts, & Swing Sets
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811730883
• ISBN 13: 9780811730884
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • crafts
  • hobby

About this title

Synopsis

Fifteen projects, ranging from simple to complex, offer an assortment of safe and attractive play areas.

Reviews

A professional woodworker offers concise, easy-to-follow directions for would-be backyard builders. Detailed blueprints and instructions are provided for 15 different projects ranging from the simple to the more complex. In addition to specifications for constructing a variety of playhouses, swing sets, and forts, the author also furnishes a wealth of basic tips on building materials, generic foundations, walls, roofs, conventional framing practices, optional accessories, and finishing touches. A handy, cost-effective guide for parents, grandparents, and novice carpenters. Perfect public library fare. Margaret Flanagan

Gerhards, a woodworker and author (e.g., How To Sell What You Make, LJ 2/15/90), takes pains to explain the basic concepts and lingo that underlie all types of construction, with particular focus on the construction of outdoors projects. His discussion of the basics meshes nicely with the 15 projects and associated conversion charts he includes. The lists of materials and techniques, as well as the restrictions a project builder might encounter, are instructive and helpful. The line drawings for each project are clear, well marked, and numerous. This is a good introduction to small home projects. For most large do-it-yourself collections.
Alex Hartmann, INFOPHILE, Williamsport, Pa.
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