This playhouse was designed for a school.  It has a high roof onto which two false dormer windows are fitted. The front has a central door with a heart shape cut out, a name plaque is fitted above the door and two opening rectangular windows: These windows have false shutters with heart shapes cut out in them and window boxes fitted underneath. The left hand side has at ground level and two rectangular windows, the first floor has a door with heart shape cut out which leads to an external raised balcony. The right hand side has one diamond window and two rectangular windows. Internally the playhouse is painted and there is a staircase which gives access to a first floor gallery. This leads out onto the external balcony which is protected with balustrade rails. Underneath the balcony there is a hanging swing seat fitted. The roof has eternite slate on it and then finished with a scalloped ridge and facia board, and has guttering fitted with run off to ground.

Dimensions

Playhouse: 8ft (243cm) wide x 8ft (243cm) deep

Height to eaves: 5ft (152cm)

Maximum height: 10ft (304cm)

Footprint: 14ft (426cm) wide x 8ft (243cm) deep

 

Colours

Finished in Sadolin superdec: walls, window boxes, windows, balustrade rails and swing seat in burlesque; doors and false shutters in shaman.

Specification

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.

The playhouse roof is built to withstand the English climate; 75mm x 50mm bearers are put across from side to side. Screwed to these bearers is 12mm external quality plywood covered with two layers of waterproof membrane and then eternite slates fixed. These look just like real slate. The felt is wrapped over the front and back and sealed behind the facia board; there is also a ridge board fitted along the top ridge, these boards can be either straight or shaped.

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.

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. The opening window is hinged on either the right of left using a stainless steel piano hinge and our special non trap design. When the window is in the closed position there is a taper between the casement and frame so should any little fingers be in the way they will not get pinched. The casements are held using a brass handle and casement stay.

This is our highest level of build, the playhouse will have a damp proof membrane in the walls, full insulation and flat plywood lined walls on the inside with architrave around the doors and windows and skirting board around the bottom of the walls.

Initially a framework is built using 50mm x 38mm timber. To this we fix on the outside a weatherproof membrane and good quality redwood ship lap using galvanised brads, insulation panels are fitted between the framework before 6mmwbp plywood in fitted as an internal skin, this makes the side panels. Architrave is fitted around the doors and windows and skirting around the bottom of the walls. 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.

All our doors are built with safety as a paramount concern. All are a special 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; this prevents a child getting locked in accidentally. The cut out window is glazed with unbreakable 2mm polycarbonate sheet.  Doors have a knob inside and out.

The following table gives the cost of this project with the various build options that are available, where the highlighted price indicates the cost of the project as featured on this page.

Click on the build options to see more details.

		Mineral Felt		Felt Shingles		Cedar Shingles		Slate Effect
Option 1		£5,870		£6,040		£6,578		£6,728
Option 2		£6,382		£6,707		£7,016		£7,174
Option 3		£6,540		£6,857		£7,211		£7,365

• Mineral Felt

  High quality 38kg mineral felt over the top of base felt.

• Felt Shingles

  To give the appearance of tiles, these go over the base layer of felt.

• Cedar Shingles

  Traditional roof finish in North America, Cedar shingles are fitted over the top to the felt.

• Slate Effect

  Eternet artificial slate is fitted over the top of the felt, this look just like a traditional slate roof.

• Option 1

  Good quality redwood framework rounded on the edges and shiplap fixed to the outside using galvanised brads. The floor is 18mm wbp plywood with a damp proof membrane on tanolised bearers.

• Option 2

  All of option 1 with the addition of 6mm wbp plywood and a damp proof membrane between the frame work and the shiplap. The floor is 18mm wbp plywood with a damp proof membrane on tanolised bearers.

• Option 3

  All of option 2 with the addition of fitted insulation. The insulation fits within the frame and the plywood is attached to the inside giving a flat surface throughout the walls. The windows and doors are finished with architrave and skirting is fitted around the bottom. The floor is 18mm wbp plywood with a damp proof membrane on tanolised bearers.

Included Accessories

• Internal painting

  

• False shutters

  

• Hanging swing seat

  

• Window boxes

  

• Name plaque