Advice on levelling part of garden for play fort?

[kissinger]

I’ve bought a play fort that’s approximately 4x3m. I want to put it at the top of our garden where there’s a large patch of dirt, but there’s a gentle slope from right to left. I spent today levelling it off by raking a bit on the high side and moving some soil from another part of the garden to the left side, reinforced by a row of bricks embedded into the dirt. I then used a large concrete cylinder to compress the dirt down a bit. Is this likely to be sufficient to keep the play fort level? If not, what else could I feasibly do to shore it up?

Sorry for poor picture quality. I had to take in dark.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Got a link to the fort?

 

[kissinger]

FortPlus Escape W4.2m x D3.7m | Climbing Frames

A leading Garden Buildings Company, we sell quality log cabins, climbing frames, garden offices, and sheds to bring your garden to life.

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Has four 50cm ground anchors at the corners.

 

[big-all]

general comments
if you have a structure over 2.5m high, within 2m off the Boundary it should not have a raised platform to avoid overlooking the neighbours
so you need any close neighbours to be happy with kids at height playing to avoid any problems otherwise you need to go through planning to get it passed [not a gtee]

 

[kissinger]

It’s not even close to 2m from boundary.

 

[big-all]

thats good you will be fine then but still involve next door to avoid surprises ??

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

These things are just plonked on the ground aren't they and anchored down with the anchors provided to stop them falling over when you're sprogs are trying to do loop the loops No need for any special treatment. That said I'm not sure how those anchors work if there happens to be a big rock or two in the way when you're screwing them in.

 

[Halitosis]

Assuming its reasonably level at this point, I'd probably take the lazy route by building the fort and then if necessary placing risers under the corners or feet that need it

 

[drpepe]

the similar product we had was anchored to rings cemented in the ground. In our case the rings were made level, but the ground wasn't (was only v slightly sloping)