✅ Ultimate DIY Castle Playground - Walk around and cost to build backyard swingset and playhouse
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Details and cost breakdown of me building a custom castle play structure with playhouse and swingset. Includes a powered drawbridge, 7ft tube slide, 10ft wave slide, 2 ladders, rock climbing wall (backside of tower), 10 ft fireman's pole, monkey bars, 8ft bridge, picnic table, 3 swings, bubble window, two steering wheels, binoculars, driving panel, tic tac toe panel, two windows with flower boxes, 3 outlets, 2 smart light circuits (interior RGB lights).
Add-on accessories:
high quality swings: amzn.to/3x8K6Hw
toddler swing: amzn.to/2To4fKZ
heavy duty swing brackets: amzn.to/3wfKmUZ
rock wall climbing hand holds: amzn.to/3whsLfp
grab handles: amzn.to/2TfHby9
ladder safety handle: amzn.to/3xfr2HH
bubble/dome window: amzn.to/35b6yE1
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This is always refreshing to see parents that really care and do so very much for their kids!
Thanks Sasuke!
it depends on the money, look at this place dude
Stumbled upon this gem! Father of the decade!!! Wish you were my neighbor lol.
You're an amazing dad!! This is so awesome. Also what a great thing to have during a pandemic.
Great build! The play set looks absolutely pristine. I like how integrated all of the play things are in the design, especially the rock wall. The second backdoor in the house portion is a nice tough for safety, too.
Glad you like it!
These kids are very lucky to have a dad who has the means but also cares about his kids enough to build something like this. Anyone complaining of costs of this wouldn't bat an eye about him spending his money to buy some fancy toys for himself to enjoy
Bro, Your industriousness is next level.
😎👍
Dad award!!!
Absolutely amazing. Would love to do something like this for my kids
Go for it!
I love this build so much, I was I was your kid 😂
But seriously such an awesome play ground for your kids! It's really refreshing to see parents taking the time to care for their kids in this way. ❤
That is absolutely fabulous. You are da bomb. Can be used for your future grandchildren.
You are wearing an Impearial shirt, saying hi from Costa Rica!! 💯
Yes indeed! Pura Vida
This is absolutely brilliant. I've been looking at playsets day dreaming about the fun my kiddos could have but the prices are just overwhelmingly too much. I want to learn how to safely build something myself but have no guidance. This is so impressive I bet they have loads of fun!
Thanks, they and the neighbor kids do enjoy it!
I love how beautiful everything is. It's a great video.
Thanks!
Wow just wow this is incredible needs more views definitely amazing dad !!
Wow man that’s spectacular! Thanks for the upload
Glad you enjoyed it!
incredible job! congratulations!!! and your Shirt its really cool! Pura Vida!
Glad you like it!
I bought a used wooden player castle, fixed and painted it. About half the size of yours. Great investment! Don’t need to take my kids to the neighborhood playground when I get off, just let them play in the backyard!
Agreed!
Thanks for all these details. Amazing playground. The kids must be loving this.
They love it, their favorite thing is going swing. Probably should have added 2-3 more swings to the design!
Very cool playground
Killed it, great work 😊
Thanks!
Very cool. The smart bulbs and outlets especially!
Thanks!
You know as a kid I would've loved to have this.
Its not so bad as an adult either! 🤪
Undertaking my own DIY playground now, and looking to see what else is out there. This is really awesome!
Thanks Eric. Good luck on your build!
Very impressive 🏰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks!
wow thats a huge backyard
Lol yeah the whole world lol
OMG 😱!! This is a Amazing playhouse. You have an great eye. You truly did an Excellent job!! 😀
thanks Sherita!
What an amazing build and breakdown! Plus it’s built to last and grow with the kids. Subbed & hit the bell!!
Thanks for the compliments! Nice channel yourself, maybe I'll make one of those squirrel picnic tables you have a video of with some of my scrap wood.
Beautiful playset!!! Great design and construction. Great work dad!!!
Ok now you're just snooping around my channel....haha! JK. Thanks for the compliments, glad you're enjoying the content.
@@NaterTater snooping leads to a subscriber😃
@@backcreekcabin4994 🥳
@@NaterTater subscribed!!! Enjoy your videos!!!
Coolest dad ever
Thanks! 😎
Honestly, what do you do for a living?
This is a wonderful creation for your kids.
@@kendalljohnston977 engineering manager and youtube star (🤣)
I have to comment again. Absolutely phenomenal.
Thanks Terese
Pretty awesome. I'm impressed it only took you 80 hours.
Man, great job! Not sure I could build something this nice, but I’m interested in building a smaller version.
It's a great project to do for the kids. Smaller or bigger the kids will enjoy it and know their dad built it.
Most of all, ur shirt! Pura vida! Awesome! Congrats on building such a great playhouse, ur kids loved it I assume
Thanks! We love visiting Costa Rica. Kids are enjoying it. 🙂
Greetings from Costa Rica, I realized you have an Cerveza Imperial shirt, nice job, an inspiration to make it by my self
Hi there Andrea, pura vida!
Great job sir
Beautiful work on this! What an amazing gift to your kids. Can you share about how much time you spent in the planning, and then how much time building? Did you hire anyone to help with the building?
Hi Edgar, I spent several weeks sketching it but just doing it a few hours here and there. I built it solo, see the timelapse here: th-cam.com/video/X0e5cmyD7sU/w-d-xo.html and the main build took 64hrs but then with stain and other features I had about 80-90hrs in. Holding up great 3yrs in now.
Beautiful house.
Thanks
This is AMAZINGGGGG!!!!😍😍😍
Thanks!
I'm going to make this for my kids
Awesome!
Good job Sir!
Thanks Matthew!
This is amazing
Thanks Michael!
@@NaterTater I don't have the space, budget, or skill set to build this. But so happy that your kids are enjoying your beautiful work. Props!!! 🔥🔥🔥
You are the babe Ruth of this.
Thanks for the compliment!
This is absolutly amazing. The only real problem I found is that you can't get to the to roof from the sort of mini house.
Amazing work of art! Also Brother I love the T-shirt ( Costa Rica )
Thank you very much! Pura Vida!
How can we get the blueprints?? You're awesome man!
Thanks! I don't offer the blueprints.
@@NaterTater sell em!
Great Job!!!
Thanks!
Underneath the rubber mulch, do you have concrete or just regular dirt?
Very cool! Any chance you could send me the plans?? Do you have a lumber list?
I've decided against sharing detailed plans.
Amazing 🤩 love it!!
Thank you!!
Wow😮
The sucky thing is getting your hands on a turbo slide. Those are basically gone right now. They've been gone since covid last year. I've looked everywhere...
But def going to do the rubber mulch. Was going to design my own but lumber prices are stupid right now so I found a good playset that wasn't outrageously priced (looking at your cedar works)
Where do you guy's live it is absolutely beautiful you guy's backyard is freakin huge you could put another house back there. Great job on the play house dad no seriously you guy's live in Oregon Colorado Seattle somewhere. I'm asking because I live in Vegas and I would like to move soon.
Marcel, thanks for the compliments and watching along. We live in Grand Blanc, MI
@@NaterTater thank you for the response I greatly appreciate it 😃
Where did you find the 7 foot slide? The lowest i can find it for is $800.
I bought it used locally
Incredible
This was done with tons of thought. I'm sure most planned ahead of time. And some during the build.
I like every part of this. But being an electrician myself I enjoy most the electrical work. I love the receptacle for the chain hoist. The smart lights and heater or a great idea I might not have thought of, but I probably would have had a contactor in the house basement tied to a toggle switch of some sort on the first floor of the house so that I could turn on and off their power as I see fit.
Electrically this would just be my nitpicking but I probably would have ran a 30 or 40 amp wire underground from the main house to the playhouse underground and then had a small breaker box in proximity to the playhouse. From there I would switch back to 12 wire, and put it on a breaker that was very specific to the needs of the playhouse.
The breaker would also be GFCI afci combo. A locking bubble cover on the inside outlet that the heater is plugged into. And possibly because the structures for little kids, I may have bonded all the metal poles and large metal parts to the metal boxes of my electrical work. Just with all the water I would worry like a pool that when they grabbed the metal pole to slide down and a wet object that they may be grounded.
But like I said that's nitpicking. You seriously did an awesome job
All good ideas and valid points. Its GFCI/AFCI protected and all outlets/switches are certainly grounded and isolated from the struture. Power is ran from the barn with a dedicated breaker. Your phyiscal method for a interupter switch is more robust but the wireless (z-wave) smart home method for the lights and heater have been working for me. One added benefit of the smart method is I can monitor and control it even if I am not home.
@@NaterTater everything you did is perfect. And I agree that the smart features do the same thing. I was just saying that I probably wouldn't have thought of and would have probably installed a kill switch.
But honestly the best DIY playground I have ever seen. Keep it up man. We need more videos from you 🤜🤛👍
That is a really amazing build. Looking to start my own project. Are there some things you would add or do differently if you would start from scratch?
I'd raise the swing beam so the swing chains are longer. Great for smaller kids but the 6yr old is now fully outswinging them and getting slack/going horizontal. Longer chains would fix that.
Jesus christ. If you dont get a trophy at fathers day, I'll be coming to your house to give you one.
Hello the one black you put on the group
What is that , ưhere can o ỏder
how much is rent id like to live in it since its bigger then my house lol
its currently occupied unfortunately
Do you have any plans or outline for this? Want to build for my kids
The best I have for sharing is the timelapse th-cam.com/video/X0e5cmyD7sU/w-d-xo.html
Hey where did you get that shirt? Imperial, la cerveza de Costa Rica :D lol
I got it from a Playa del Coco souvenir shop on one of my visits to Costa Rica. Pura Vida.
@@NaterTater awesome place, I've been there. And I enjoyed watching your video!
Where did you get your slides for 300$? All the "turbo" slides I've been looking at are about 700.
Used
I'm not sure what I'm more impressed with, the playground or that it looks like your in a real full size park. I mean there is a tennis court for God sakes lol
haha. It's a nice setup, the original owners/builders did a great job.
Man can you come to my house, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man this is crazy! I can't DIY this LOL
Underneath the mulch what did you put ?
Landscape fabric
This is so amazing. Do you have to worry about snakes making homes in slide or under slides or bees and wasp?
Not many snakes to worry about in Michigan but yes bees and wasps are a battle. Every spring I have to scout for new nest before the kids climb up and take out wasps.
Oh my goodness. Thats 😨 scary
How could I contact your for building these for our preschools. Thx.
Thenatertater.com but I'm not distributing plans.
What of paint did you use for all that wood? I'm needing something to paint our out the box playground.
I used Behr Premium cedar semi-transparent stain from home depot.
@@NaterTater thanks
This is really awesome..whats the total dimension of this play area?
30x20ft if I recall correctly...probably in the video but I forget where!
Man I wish I could buy this plan from you
I'm considering doing a 3D model/plan/instructions to share. Stay tuned.
@@NaterTater PLease Do
I am also interested in the plans!
@@mckellbaker7584 noted!
@@NaterTater did you get around to making plans? I’d be interested in purchasing a set if so.
what would you think it cost if someone built it for you in labor?
No idea, I wouldn't pay it!
@@NaterTater jeje
Are you in Colorado it’s so nice around you
I'm in southeast Michigan
Be honest, you built this because you wished to have one when you were a child. Your children are just a nice excuse.
Waw
this is going to be my exuse as well lol
I mean I can’t blame him it looks cool
I think everyone wishes that come on
Guilty as charged.
can we have the building paper what you showed us in the video
Not sharing that at this time
Did you make blueprints you could share for this build? This is awesome and I’d like to build this for my daughter
Unfortunately I don't have complete blueprints for sharing.
What road do you have? How do you build that? You should fill your house with orbeez to see what your kids will think or react to it?
Which road are you referring to? Heres a timelapse of the build: th-cam.com/video/X0e5cmyD7sU/w-d-xo.html We actually have a bowl of Orbeez in water on the kitchen table as I type!
6 grand in materials, let's say 8 grand in labor for a castle play set. Watching your kids have fun on it... priceless.
6k playground having a father build it for u priceless
Awesome work!!! Well done!! Dont suppose you would share your blue prints for this? My kids would love it.
Not sharing blueprints for now. Not finished enough that someone else could follow anyway.
Cool
😎
How long did it take you to build
About 80hrs all said and done. Watch the main build here: th-cam.com/video/X0e5cmyD7sU/w-d-xo.html
Can you link where you bought the slides?
I bought them used off of facebook marketplace but here is what they are, you can find several sellers online or check your local playset store (like Rainbow or something): 7ft Turbo Tube Slide: swing-n-slide.com/7ft-turbo-tube-slide/ and the new version of my 10ft super wave slide: swing-n-slide.com/super-wave-scoop-slide/
I need a new one mine is broken down
Sorry to hear.
How much would someone charge to build this, maybe one a little smaller that’s been premade and just needs assembly?
I'd assume $1-3k in labor depending how pre-made it was.
@@NaterTater thanks for the quick reply. Useful answer!
Oh my can you just come to my house a build one
Hey can you ship. This set up for 1 too buy ?
Sorry, not for sale. Just showing what I built for the kids.
Thanks Tom! Love ur movie BIG.
ur like a Tom Hanks / Elon Musk Mutation :)
look at the size of that house. geeeez
What was the flooring called that you used?
The 2nd floor of playhouse is gorilla decking. Its a pvc deck board.
sup Nate u beast
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Damn this is more expensive than my two story 16X16 building with 10 foot 2x6 walls on each level and 2x12 joists with 3/4 inch ply for sheathing.
Great video and build. Please consider getting rid of rubber mulch!
Save the thyroids
Pan, I assume you're referring to the theory that rubber turf/mulch can cause some cancers. I've read up some on that and I am not convinced there is a concern (otherwise my children wouldn't be playing on it). Per the research I have read, they agree there are known toxic chemicals in rubber and those chemicals could potentially be harmful to humans if ingested. I encourage my girls to not eat the rubber chunks. It appears the highest risk rubber play surface is the artificial turf since it had "rubber crumbs" that are much smaller than the "rubber chunks" that make up my mulch. The smaller particles are more likely to go airborne. If you have any research papers to share please pass them along. Note YT often blocks comments with links but I can approve them if I keep an eye out. Here's a document that tries to summarize multiple papers on this topic: ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/about_ntp/bsc/2017/june/publiccomm/stephanattach4_20170628_508.pdf
@@NaterTater thanks for the response as well as the excellent videos.
nice, children
They just came out with a study that the dust from the rubber mulch was crazy amount of cancer links. You should read about it
there have been many studies and they mainly focus on crumb rubber which is more likely to get airborn (dust). shredded tires like my mulch is SBR and effectively they say dont let the kid eat it. www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Crumb-Rubber-Safety-Information-Center
What is the cost?
Watch the video. Price breakdown is in there!
2021 value of the lumber is now $7000 dollars.
at a minimum! lol
Lumber prices have been falling!
5:40 who else's Google device was set off because of this part? Mine on my bedroom wall did, ha.
Are there any plans to sell?
No plans to sell. Sorry
@@NaterTater PLEWY! You mind coming to Alabama and just build it in my yard lol
@@TTIYTE13 i'm from NW Georgia originally so i'll just combine it with a visit to ma and pa.
@@NaterTater Any chance to reconsider selling the plans given the interest in this play set?
@@dustin6951 the plans I made/used to build it aren't sell worthy and I dont currently intend to do detailed drawings to sell.
You should sell these