childrens climbing frames

[DBSV8]

anyone bought one from climbing frames uk ?

http://www.climbingframesuk.com/climbing-frames/ox...

any good

[Hoofy]

How long would that frame last given that it's wooden? From what I've seen, TP's metal ones are good. Been doing pull ups on a 10 year old one.

[ssray]

We have a s/h TP one,probably over 10yrs, kids love it strong enough for me as well
ours has a galvanised finished, friends had the wooden one, seems ok they only had it a few years as they(the parents) got bored of it

[Hoofy]

Forgot to mention, a friend also has an old metal TP frame. What seems to go is the plastic (replaceable) bits eg swing, trapeze - I guess years of sun and frost will do that. The rope and metal work seem solid, still.

[FarmyardPants]

We bought our wooden climbing frame/fort from Wickey. Very pleased with it, seems commercial grade ie very chunky and solid, pressure treated etc.

[Dump]

There is a very good place in burnham (slough) with them all set up etc, plus from memory wyevale garden centre by brooklands (weybridge) had a huge place next door.........used to be a big place in bicester village to try out.

[russ_a]

I have one sat on my patio waiting to be built. Will post an update Monday after it's up or on the wood burner!

There is a 10% off code on twitter - plus don't pay the extract £10 for a two man delivery it is a con!!

[Terzo123]

DBSV8 said:

anyone bought one from climbing frames uk ?

http://www.climbingframesuk.com/climbing-frames/ox...

any good

I bought the Oriana one from that company earlier in the year.

It's easy enough to build once you get your head around all the parts and instructions, but it can take a bit of time.

For the Oriana I reckon it would take two people a full day, from start to finish. I did it over the space of two weeks, doing a few hours here and a few hours there, and for some bits I had no choice but to rope in some help.

My kids love it, and for the money i paid for it, i can't really complain.

[brockovrs]

Anything by TP, Plum Products or Little tykes are pretty good (although the little tykes stuff can be quite pricey for what you get)

In a previous life I used to have to build & test them to meet European safety standards & those 3 brands were the only ones I had experience with (not that I'm suggesting that other brands do not meet the requirements!!) & they were all much of a muchness to be honest.

Plum do some fairly interesting ones (as in, they look like a pirate ship etc rather than just a normal climbing frame/slide)

[jdw1234]

What about this CostCo one?

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

[Hoofy]

The climbing wall on the costco one makes me think for that money you could have a nice mini outdoor wall for them to climb on and they'll love it. As they get older, you change the holds with harder ones to hold onto.

[tankplanker]

We had a metal TP one that we had for nearly 10 years that we recently sold for about half what we paid for it so I'd consider it great value especially with the use that the kids got out of it. No rust on the climbing frame, only on a few bolts had gotten a little rusty in that time.

We had the pyramid shaped one with the monkey bars, you can build it without the bottom legs so its a little lower for when they are really little then add the legs latter when they get older. Not sure if it is still the case but the wavy slide was longer than the straight slide but about the same price. I'd also recommend getting the optional bottom plate for the slide as it stops the kids hitting the grass at the bottom of the slide and getting grass stains.

[VictorMeldrew]

Hoofy said:

How long would that frame last given that it's wooden? From what I've seen, TP's metal ones are good. Been doing pull ups on a 10 year old one.

We have a similar one that I built from repurposed tannalised timber - the better half got tired of decking so I ripped it up and built a climbing frame/tree house affair for our toddler. He was 13 last week, and the climbing frame doesn't get a lot of use these days, though the attached basketball hoop certainly does.

To be honest I can imagine it looking exactly the same in another 10 years, and I am considering unbolting the whole shebang and passing it on to my younger brother who has 3 boys.

On the other hand, no end of tat made of metal poles has come and gone in the meanwhile - goalmouths, trampolines, garden furniture. Oh, and some of the plastic attachments that I fitted to the climbing frame (TP as it happens) haven't lasted so well, so I agree with Hoofy on that one. I fitted a wavy slide which was pretty solidly bolted at the top, but it ended up splitting away leaving a couple of chunks still bolted in place.

Here's a pic of mine, apologies for the mess. You can just see the TP slide bottom right which broke off the front of the platform. The painted plywood panels seems to have gathered a bit of moss over the winter.

Edited by VictorMeldrew on Saturday 11th May 14:50

[foz01]

I posted up a similar thread recently and got almost no responses, I too am
Looking at the larger selwood ones from the UK climbing frames place, the Costco one is also a selwood product I think and a slight variation of two of the existing models, presumably to make it unique for them.

Not sure what costco's delivery charges are mind..

[Bill]

I got a hardwood effort from eBay for about 1/3 of retail so it's worth keeping an eye out. I also tried to get a metal TP one but couldn't get it apart to fit in the trailer

[HoHoHo]

I bought and built a JunglemGym frame about 4 years ago and it's still like new now.

I can't remember how much we paid, I think around £1000 inc delivery.

Easy to build and is modular.


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[northwest monkey]

We've just bought one from Climbing Frames UK & I would recommend them 100%.

The one we got was the Atlantic & our son (5yo) loves it ( http://www.climbingframesuk.com/climbing-frames/at...).

Took a fair bit of putting together - it took a couple of hours just sorting all the bits of wood out but we're pleased with the quality.

Have a picture...

[DBSV8]

northwest monkey said:

We've just bought one from Climbing Frames UK & I would recommend them 100%.

The one we got was the Atlantic & our son (5yo) loves it ( http://www.climbingframesuk.com/climbing-frames/at...).

Took a fair bit of putting together - it took a couple of hours just sorting all the bits of wood out but we're pleased with the quality.

Have a picture...

thats very interesting as i posted a link in my original post for "climbing frames uk" ..........and both your and my links re direct to Selwoods !!!


great climbing frame IMO

[Stu R]

Rainbow ones are very good. My sister bought one years ago and it's proven to be utterly unfazed by years of grotty northern weather.

[DBSV8]

Update

I ordered the Goldenridge climbing frame fom climbing frames UK. . I had a few days off and as it was nice and hot 17th July waited for delivery , the chaps who delivered it had a bit of a laugh .....have you built one of these before ?
Me , no but i played with Meccano as a kid ,
chap , allow a few days ...do you have any help.
me no . Opened the 5 x boxes ..... huge bag of about 1000 nuts , bolts , screws , 100 page manual ...seriously it is 100 pages !! and lost count of the planks of wood all shapes and sizes.

anyway had a few cups of tea , and got started then when it got Hotter and I was more frustrated trying to find the right piece of wood work out the diagrams 3 steps in advance , kids burying screws in the sand pit !!..rsorted to a few beers.








at this stage realised the ground really wasnt level enough , had to stop , go to the hire shop , get a rotavator for a couple of hours , rotavate the site then took the trailer , and made two trips to the local sand quarry , bought 2 ton of silver sand , had a little help from the labourers i had employed to help me with the sand














overall it took me 3 full days on my own , the yellow tube slide was a real nightmare trying to bolt up on my own as was fitting the roof sections , however very impressed with the build quality and no parts or bolts missing .....apart from the few that ended up in the sand pit .

certainly the kids are using it every day