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I think the soil starts to solidify around 250mm down so it should be pretty sturdy.
Jobs list is currently:
- Add 1 height of sleepers to bed
- Mark out play area
- Remove / skip turf
- Remove top soil to bed being full
- Skip the rest down to 200mm
- Level off with sand / membrane
- Fit a base of some sort - by this point, I should have a really good idea of how solid the ground is / how wet the soil was etc to make a call
- Build play thing
- Fill the rest with chips
- Lie down
Better than watching some rich cunt get his ceremonial hat though.
- Add 1 height of sleepers to bed
Soul-
Sounds like a solid plan. I somehow have to stop mini_com seeing the one I'm building until the next day. Which seeing the first thing we do is go into the back patio on the bike when I bring her home from the childminder, is going to be tricky. I'll either have to cover it with a tarp and brush the million "why?" questions. Or drop her in the front door to ms_com while I take the bike round the back. Again, more "why?"
stevo_com
I imagine those stakes are for tip over prevention in high winds. Or particularly boisterous weins hooning about the upper level. Either way, I'm not sure how much I'd trust a foot of straight re-bar into soft soil to hold it down. Unless it's in a sheltered area, that might be a concern still if nothing is properly anchored. But, the sleepers might lower the centre of gravity enough, depending how much is used. I am no structural engineer so completely guessing and usually end up over building things. I'm banking on mine being in a sheltered spot with some extra beefing up of the platform/frame to do the same.