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The Shearwater playhouse will stand out as a delightful and unique feature in your garden as well as providing a cosy and practical place for your children to play – whatever the weather. This beautiful playhouse has the option to include chimney pots to further enhance the look of this building. The Shearwater includes a stable door, window boxes and shutters as standard along with 4 Georgian windows to maximise light in the playhouse.
Choice of Timber Cladding
The Fort Shearwater playhouse is constructed using quality materials to provide a strong and robust shed at a competitive price. Cladding on the Shearwater playhouse is available in a choice of 12mm deal shiplap, 18mm premier deal shiplap, 15mm deal Loglap or 15mm Tanalised E deal. The 12mm deal, 18mm premier deal shiplap and 15mm deal Loglap are pre-treated with a high quality, water-based wood preserver inside and out. The 15mm Tanalised E deal has a reputation for longevity, since the boards are placed in a pressure vessel and the preservative is forced deeper into the timber. The cladding has a green/yellow colour which is well liked but our recommendation is to re-treat it shortly after installation, and then annually afterwards - just as with the other cladding options to keep it in tip-top condition.
Roof
The Shearwater playhouse is supplied as standard with a Green or Red colour mineral felt.
Ledged and Braced Door
Strong and secure with black ornate hinges and handle.
Georgian Windows
Four hand-made Georgian windows, with acrylic inserts. No glass is used in any of our playhouses!
Timber Framework
Framework throughout this model is 38mm x 50mm
Safety Features
All of our Fort playhouses conform to trading standards BS5665 and are fitted with the CE mark. Safety features include: acrylic safety glass, non-toxic treatment, planed and rounded corners on all framing, staircases with horizontal tread and hand rails. Doors are fitted with an anti-trap plastic strip to prevent finger injury.
12-Month Workmanship Guarantee
All buildings are fully guaranteed to be free from defects and faulty installation for a period of 12 months.
| Size | Ridge Height | Eaves Height | Door |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8ft x 5ft (2.40m x 1.50m) |
1.89m | 1.51m | 1.37m x 0.60m |
Installation Service
Installation by our own skilled fitters onto a suitably prepared base (not included).
Floor Bearers
Pressure treated, rot-proof floor bearers create an air-gap between your building and the floor, helping to prevent damp from the ground getting to the building.
Heavy Duty Floor
For additional strength and durability, upgrade to 18mm timber floorboards.
Felt Shingles
Complement and extend the life of your building with a Felt Shingle roof. Available in Green, Red, Slate or Black.
Additional Windows
Let in more natural light by adding more windows with box and shutters.
Painted Finish
Customise your building with a range of eye catching colours.
We have a range of colour options shown elsewhere in this photo gallery and the Playhouses lend themselves to some of the more colourful choices.
When you choose the coloured painted option you can have a single colour or two tone ( as shown here with red and white ) at the same cost.
This building has optional chimney pots
Installation is available throughout the UK subject to some restrictions.
The Shearwater with optional felt tiles : available in a choice of colours.
We have a range of colour options shown elsewhere in this photo gallery and the Playhouses lend themselves to some of the more colourful choices.
When you choose the coloured painted option you can have a single colour or two tone ( as shown here with red and yellow) at the same cost.
This building has optional felt tiles and chimney pots as well as the colour finish.
The Shearwater Playhouse is a delightful place for younger children to play in a cosy and practical building, whatever the weather.
The four Georgian windows allow plenty of natural light inside and are supplied with shutters and window boxes for an extra touch of style.
The two piece stable door has finger guards at the hinge and between top and bottom doors for safety sake.
This building has optional chimney pots
Installation is available throughout the UK subject to some restrictions.
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Crucially, there's a finger guard at the hinge side of the door and in the space between top and bottom sections of the stable door.
The door is ledged and braced for strength. The Georgian windows are supplied with shutters and window boxes.
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Chimney pots are available as an optional extra.
This is the standard external tongued and grooved cladding used on all of our Fort sheds, summerhouses and playhouses. The finished thickness after machining is 12mm. It is treated with a good quality preservative prior to leaving the factory but we do recommend that you re-coat within a few months and preferably in the late autumn each year. You can purchase the appropriate timber treatment from us if you wish.
If you wish, you can upgrade to 18mm thick external cladding. This makes for a much sturdier and heavier playhouse. This is still treated with a good quality preservative in the same way as the standard cladding and the same recommendations for re-coating it apply.
If you wish, you can upgrade to 15mm thick tanalised external cladding. Tanalised, or pressure treated timber, has a reputation for longevity since the boards are placed in a pressure vessel and the preservative is forced deeper into the timber. The cladding has a green/yellow colour which is well liked but our recommendation is to re-treat it shortly after installation, and then annually afterwards just as with the other cladding options to keep it in tip-top condition.
Tanalised buildings include tanalised floors, roofs, doors, windows, and framing... in other words the whole building !
The picture shows the optional loglap cladding available with any of our Fort Original buildings. 15mm is measured at the widest point of the tongued and grooved board. The internal face is the normal smooth face you get on our standard cladding. This is a cladding that is chosen predominantly for its looks rather than any technical advantage. After care is the same as for our other cladding options described here.
Shown here on one of our summerhouses, this building has been painted with 'swiss blue' and white. If you choose a paint finish then you can have a maximum of two colours, generally used so that the highlights are one colour and the main body of the building another.
The paint is applied at the factory after the building has been preservative treated and therefore requires a couple of extra weeks on top of the normal delivery time. This means that the internal finish is the normal preservative colour rather than the external colour.
With 12 colours to choose from the possibilities are ( almost ) endless !
This sample board illustrates the colour options available.
All of our Fort Original buildings are fitted with a sturdy tongued and grooved floor as you would expect from buildings of this quality ( rather than chipboard or fibre board ).
For additional strength you can upgrade to a heavy duty floor ( pictured on the LH ) which has 18mm thick floorboards on 45mm x 45mm joists. The standard floor has 12mm floorboards on 45mm x 30mm joists.
These are an attractive and hard wearing alternative to standard roofing felt.
Four colour choices are available : Black, slate, red, or green.
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We take pride in making sure that your building will arrive in perfect condition - that is why we use our own team of drivers and fitters. As with all of our garden buildings, we like to provide our customers with a suitable delivery time. We always give good notice of our arrival date allowing you to be sure it is the right time for you. We always appreciate any helpful information regarding access to your pre-prepared base area, plus any details you may need to share with us about reaching you - so that the delivery process can run as smoothly as possible.
Our Fort Original Playhouses all come with optional installation. If you are thinking about having your playhouse installed by our skilled team of fitters, please be aware that you will need to have a good, strong, level base, pre-prepared prior to your delivery date. We would normally recommend a base constructed from either slabs, concrete or heavy duty decking. We will always confirm these details with you at point of order and we will provide you with base plans if needed. These measures ensure that no detail is left out - ensuring that your new playhouse will be both delivered and installed without any inconvenience.
Our delivery times can vary from season to season. All of our buildings are made to order, so during the busy spring to summer seasons, this may increase depending on the building that you have purchased. Please feel free to contact us on 0800 999 0123 to check our current delivery times.
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