Jeremy Milam
04-02-2012, 2:57 PM
Next week I'll be putting together a Gorilla playset for my son. It has a tower base of 4 foot by 4 foot. The photos and website have a sandbox under it, which is our plan. I'm trying to decide how best to do it. The playset will have a 1x4 board going around the outside of the sandbox area.
Our backyard is often wet and is clay. I'm thinking about digging down 3 inches, then putting a weed barrier, two inches of gravel for drainage, then another weed barrier and 4 inches of sand. I don't have any experience with either the construction nor kid friendly aspects of this.
I'm also not sure if I need a cover. Because the 4x4 corner posts are inside that square I can't just have a square cover that slides on and covers it as each side only has 3.5 feet open.
Suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Our backyard is often wet and is clay. I'm thinking about digging down 3 inches, then putting a weed barrier, two inches of gravel for drainage, then another weed barrier and 4 inches of sand. I don't have any experience with either the construction nor kid friendly aspects of this.
I'm also not sure if I need a cover. Because the 4x4 corner posts are inside that square I can't just have a square cover that slides on and covers it as each side only has 3.5 feet open.
Suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks!