Questions about protecting a playhouse for granddaughters
I'm going through a bunch of anxiety - this is just 1 thing I am obsessing over. Daughter bought this for her kids. A little under $300. Cedar wood. Smells nice. https://preview.redd.it/1lrgivfj6l0f1.png?width=558&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9bfd6a372cdac45ead2a6b835af9b51cd64a141 I put it together. As I am doing that, wondering what I could / should be doing to protect it / help it last. Polyurethane it? Should have done that before building it? Make a small platform to get it off the ground so bottom doesn't rot? caulk the gaps in the roof pieces to keep water out? My daughter talked about some sort of cover over it. That I think would just trap moisture? At the same time, a platform would kill the grass under it. It's heavy so moving it every few days is a bear / wind up weakening things. All that balancing the time to do those things / cost of materials vs. the expected life of the playhouse as is vs doing those things. Arghhh!!! anyone care to give some tech / mental insight! : ) Meanwhile, I built this for my kids 25 years ago and it's still going strong! I knida wanted to build a playhouse from scratch myself. Not this stapled together thing they got : ( https://preview.redd.it/xm61dv247l0f1.png?width=566&format=png&auto=webp&s=3244ee980002b277436d2d1622e6fcd6b7a75ccc submitted by /u/Kangaloosh [link] [comments]
| | I'm going through a bunch of anxiety - this is just 1 thing I am obsessing over. Daughter bought this for her kids. A little under $300. Cedar wood. Smells nice. I put it together. As I am doing that, wondering what I could / should be doing to protect it / help it last. Polyurethane it? Should have done that before building it? All that balancing the time to do those things / cost of materials vs. the expected life of the playhouse as is vs doing those things. Arghhh!!! anyone care to give some tech / mental insight! : ) Meanwhile, I built this for my kids 25 years ago and it's still going strong! I knida wanted to build a playhouse from scratch myself. Not this stapled together thing they got : ( [link] [comments] |
