Clubhouse - Fort - Castle - No Adults Allowed!!

Since I was a kid a long long time ago I always had a fascination with building fortes and club houses.  Whether it was out of pillows or cardboard i used whatever was at my disposal.  Now that I have more resources available than just pillows and blankets I decided it was an opportune moment in my life to build a real one for my kids.

I have never built a structure in my life but I started out with 4 4x4 by 16' redwood posts and several bags of quikrete and I was launched past the point of no return.  I scoured the internet and got my general ideas laid out in my head much of the design work I owe to Barbara Butler.  I was consumed for the next several months to building the club house of my dreams.  I have never been so happy in my life building this project.

Specs:

Structure Base is 5' x 5'
Total Height 17' Appox
Wood - All Redwood
Tubular Slide
Stainless Steel Firepole
Rock Climbing Wall on the back of the structure
Tire Swing
2 Regular Swings
On secret escape door in the back.

Here are the pictures of my work. 

Comments

[adellewoutlookcom]

Hello, what an awesome playhouse. do you have the materials list?

[holliekguest]

Could I get a copy of just the materials list? Our family would love to try this out. Thanks!

[caplja]

This is great! I'm planning to start with something similar. Does anyone here have some blueprint to something even similar if we don't have for this one here?

[airrob]

If anyone is good with a cad program I am more than happy to provide measurements and a materials list. Let me know!

[cm162scw]

If there are plans for this can I get a copy at [e-mail]

[foleycormac]

Hi, this looks great, my boys want to build a fort (unfortunately they think it's something I can do during my lunch break!). Would love plans of this is they are available, if they are and they can be easily changed to metric, that would be even better as I'm in Ireland and don't work well with feet and inches!! my email address is [e-mail]

[brown.cory121]

Can I also get a materials list and blueprint? Hoping to make this a summer project.

[caseyrob]

Can I please get a copy of the blueprrints? My son would love this for his birthday [e-mail]

[barb.mcmahan]

This is the coolest fort! I don't know if my husband and I could ever tackle something like this but it would be fun to try - I think! Looks like the kids love it! Great work!!

[sljohns3]

This does look amazing! Do you happen to have the blueprints or basic design? I would love to build this for my kids! Thanks!
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[Sja1969]

No blueprint questions, I promise. I’m trying to see by the pic how you anchored the beams. It looks like you poured footings and the beams are anchored to it at the surface?
And are they 4x4 or 6x6 and how long?
Awesome fort btw. I’m looking to build a fort addition like this off my kids wooden swing set.

[airrob]

I am guessing, but I think that corner posts to the fort are 14' (I will measure them tonight). I dug the holes with a post hole digger about 3ft below the ground and put the redwood post in the concrete. It holds up really well even in our high winds in California. I imagine you could anchor them with a post fitting I just never considered it. If you do end up planting them in the ground, I used Henry's roof sealer at the bottom of the posts and made sure there was a gravel base underneath for drainage. The posts are 4 x 4's. Let me know if you have any other questions!

[shawnaldo8.sb]

Hello this looks amazing any chance I could get the blue prints please my son would love it, regards Shawn
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[NivekYelpe]

Did we ever get blueprints for this fort? Just a general idea of the dimensions of various sections would be helpful. Thanks.

[peterawells]

That is amazing do you have a step by step guide as i would love to do this as a project with my two little boys if you have a guide or direction that would be awesome thank you

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[Guinn1]

Are there any plans available for this?

[T_Montoya]

How can I get the blue prints?

[iihacksx]

If anyone has the blueprints I would love to build this!!!

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[buttercup5983]

Did anyone ever end up receiving blueprints? I would love to build this for my kids! Thanks in advance! [e-mail]

[airrob]

Hello, I thought making blueprints was in my skill set but have not figured out a way to do it. If anyone out there has that skill I would love to collaborate with them to offer it up to the community.