My daughter's play house

**Mumthebuilder** · 11th March 2011, 11:30 PM

Hi! As you can see I'm a Mum with no real building experience, except for making my daughter a child's size BBQ table which turned out really good. I've decided to begin making my daughter a cubby. Yes, I know I could have just bought one, but as I've said to those who've already pointed this out to me, this will be a much better more personalised cubby and special since I made it myself just for my little girl.

I was hoping someone on here with some experience might be able to give me a bit of advice. My cubby is 2.4x 2.4m not including the deck which I intend to add on later. I am working off a free internet sourced plan and modifying as I go to suit my needs. I am renting so it's imperative that this cubby be easily transportable, so I want to make the cubby in a way that it unscrews into separate walls, roof, floor and the front deck. I have already completed the framework for the floors and all 4 walls. I plan to attach the flooring before bolting it to the post supports, and to line the walls (inside and out) before assembly and then to use full wall height steel angle on the exterior to connect the walls to each other and to use angle brackets to connect the walls to the floor on the inside, which I will later hide by screwing on an easily removed skirting board. With the (later to be added) deck I intend to construct a separate framework which will be supported by stumps at the front and then bolted (for easy disassembly) to the front frame support of the cubby floor. Now for the problem....what is the best way to construct the roof so it is easily removed as a whole piece and maintains it's structural integrity once removed from the house for transport? I would like to use Colorbond on the roof and also to line the ceiling. I would be very grateful for any suggestions on the best way of achieving this. Thanks!

**BobR** · 12th March 2011, 08:49 AM

Welcome to the forum Mum. I am no builder but offer some suggestions that others may provide more detail on. I see that you have two choices for the roof - a flat one, or a one with a hip. Either way they are going to weigh a heap if your plan is to keep them in one piece when you move. The hip roof option could be made in two pieces. However the capping would have to be removed when it is broken down, and the end pieces would also be transported separately. At least the weight would be reduced and less opportunity for the roof to be damaged. Good luck with the project and some WIP pics please.

**Mumthebuilder** · 12th March 2011, 11:18 AM

Thank you for your reply, you've given me some things to think about. A flat roof certainly would be easier and probably cheaper too.....I may come back to that solution at the end of the day, however I had certain ideas of how I wanted the finished project to look and that style wouldn't fit with the picture in my head. As for the hip roof, well that looks complicated for someone with so little experience. You are certainly right about the weight, I can see from lifting the completed framework that even the walls are going to be of significant weight. The plan I was using as a basic idea for my cubby required 5 gable trusses, however I'm wondering would it be possible to construct using less (cubby size is 2.4x2.4m) to reduce weight?

I also found on the internet a video of cubby construction where they attached to the top of the wall pieces of 2x6 which overhung to form eaves, and the trusses were fixed on top of those. So at 4am this morning when I was feeding the baby I had a thought that maybe I could construct the trusses and attach to these pieces of 2x6, forming a completed separate removable roof. The pieces of 2x6 could be attached to the tops of the walls in a way that could be later easily unscrewed. Any thoughts anyone please?

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