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I am wanting to buy a playhouse for my children and having found several have settled on the Mad Dash playhouse range.
Ideally i would like the one on stilts as i can then box in the space underneath the playhouse and also use this for storage of bikes/ride ons etc.
However, on contacting the seller was told that the stilts only support around 8 stone. i.e. I cant go into the tree house to clean etc.
I am now thinking of buying a regular playhouse and then raising it up and building a veranda type platform - putting it all on stilts/fence posts.
Does anyone have any advice on how best to do this? i.e. should i do it similar to a raised deck? i.e. 4x4 fence posts,with 5x2 joists for a deck frame, for the house to sit on top. Will this allow me to support a lot more weight than 8 stone?
Ideally i would like the one on stilts as i can then box in the space underneath the playhouse and also use this for storage of bikes/ride ons etc.
However, on contacting the seller was told that the stilts only support around 8 stone. i.e. I cant go into the tree house to clean etc.
I am now thinking of buying a regular playhouse and then raising it up and building a veranda type platform - putting it all on stilts/fence posts.
Does anyone have any advice on how best to do this? i.e. should i do it similar to a raised deck? i.e. 4x4 fence posts,with 5x2 joists for a deck frame, for the house to sit on top. Will this allow me to support a lot more weight than 8 stone?