I'm want to build a playhouse in my daughters room, any suggestions on learning how to frame such a creation?
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Here's a few ideas and construction info.
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=450
Other answers:
Do you want a free standing structure or a built in?
If you want a free standing structure you can frame it with 2x2's, 2x3's or 2x4's. I would attach the sections with door hinges so it will come apart easy and be able to removed from the room without a great deal of effort. If you build each wall as a panel and use plywood on it it will be very sturdy. The "studs" can be 16 or 12 on center and that will be plenty strong enough.
If you want to build a platform in the play house for multiple levels, then use 2x4's for the posts and 2x8's for the floor. This is strong enough to support at least one adult. You don't want the platform to be supported by hinge pins, so run the plywood for the walls up past the wood frame that the "floor" will sit on.
If this is to be a built in structure, I recommend that you pull up the floor and build it as if you are building a wall with a plate attached to the floor and the studs in the walls. Refer to a framing book from a local home improvement store or the local library.
You don't need a roof, but a cute look it might be nice to have a sloped face with a "roof" look to it.
Don't forget the windows and the flower boxes under them.
Do you want a free standing structure or a built in?
If you want a free standing structure you can frame it with 2x2's, 2x3's or 2x4's. I would attach the sections with door hinges so it will come apart easy and be able to removed from the room without a great deal of effort. If you build each wall as a panel and use plywood on it it will be very sturdy. The "studs" can be 16 or 12 on center and that will be plenty strong enough.
If you want to build a platform in the play house for multiple levels, then use 2x4's for the posts and 2x8's for the floor. This is strong enough to support at least one adult. You don't want the platform to be supported by hinge pins, so run the plywood for the walls up past the wood frame that the "floor" will sit on.
If this is to be a built in structure, I recommend that you pull up the floor and build it as if you are building a wall with a plate attached to the floor and the studs in the walls. Refer to a framing book from a local home improvement store or the local library.
You don't need a roof, but a cute look it might be nice to have a sloped face with a "roof" look to it.
Don't forget the windows and the flower boxes under them.
its going to be cheaper and easier in the long run to by a small playhouse for inside made by fisher price or any other company similer to this.