This is a castle design playhouse which is great for children's imaginative play. The ground floor has a weather proof area, whilst externally a staircase, protected with balustrade rails, gives access to the roof top play area. The front has a stable door with a diamond shape cut out in it and a window to the left of it. The right hand side has 3 octagonal windows which allow extra light into the playhouse and allow children to spy on whoever is approaching their castle. The roof top play area also has two windows in it for the children to keep an eye on the adults! The roof play area is also accessed via a climbing wall with knotted rope. All of the doors and windows have octagonal type tops to them to capture the castle feel.
Garden Castle playhouse (PC110550)
Price: POA
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Specification of this Garden Castle playhouse
Floor - Ground
Your playhouse comes with a solid floor all ready to be laid onto a sub base, this can be shingle stones/concrete/paving slabs/tarmac/decking. The floor is constructed using 25mm x 50mmm tanolised bearers supporting an 18mm wbp external grade plywood floor: this is treated on the upper side with sadolin classic timber protection. Sandwiched between the bearers and plywood is a damp proof membrane that then wraps around the edge and sits under the playhouse side. The membrane is there to stop moisture coming up from the ground.
A soft floor is fitted to the ground floor of the playhouse once finished - this floor can be removed easily for cleaning.
Roof - Castle
Castles have a weatherproof ground floor with the first floor exposed to the elements. We achieve this is by putting a felted roof, sloping to either the left or right on top of the first level we are then able to put a decking platform on top of this with a compensating angle making the roof flat.
We use two layers of waterproof membrane over a 12mm plywood base. The decking boards are tanolised and grooved. Around the decking we then fit castellated walls and put in spacers treated the same as the playhouse sides to hide the roof.
Windows - Non-opening Glazed
The windows are built as separate units; once they have been sanded and treated they are glazed and then fitted and sealed using clear silicon into the frame. These windows are glazed with 2mm polycarbonate sheet, this is completely clear, will not fade or become brittle with time, it is 200 times the strength of glass making it virtually shatter proof.
Sides - Option 2
This level of build is a popular option as it gives the additional benefits of a damp proof membrane in the walls and a smooth surface on the inside that is suitable for decoration. Initially a framework is built using 50mm x 38mm redwood timber with rounded edges. On the outside of this we fit, using galvanised pins, 6mm wbp external plywood followed by a damp poof membrane and then good quality redwood shiplap, this makes the side panels. These panels are then sanded and treated on the outside using two coats of Sadolin wood preservative. These are then fitted together on site, a clear silicon seal is applied to all the corners.
Doors - Stable
All our doors are built with safety as a paramount concern. All are special a non-trap design, using piano hinge down the whole length of the door, and then a rebate on the inside of the hinged side. When the door is in the closed position there is a taper between the door and frame, so should little fingers be left in the way they will not be pinched. Doors are held closed with heavy duty magnets on both sections of the door; this prevents a child getting locked in accidentally, and has a special flange on the bottom half to prevent little fingers being caught when the top door is slammed against it. The window on the door is glazed with unbreakable 2mm polycarbonate sheet. Doors have a knob inside and out.
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| Castle | |
|---|---|
| Option 1 | £2,597 |
| Option 2 | £2,773 |
| Option 3 | £3,050 |
Prices are shown including VAT.
Dimensions
Size of Castle: 4 1/2ft (150cm) wide 4ft 2 inches (130cm) deep
Maximum height: 7ft 8inches (240cm)
Footprint size: 6ft 2 inches (190cm) wide + climbing wall x 4 1/2ft deep (150cm)
Colour
Finished in Sadolin Classic: walls and balustrade rails in woodruff; door and windows in smokey blue.
Accessories
Included Accessories
Climbing wall & knotted rope
Octagonal Window
Optional Accessories
Flag pole static
Window boxes