Water Tower Playset Plan

As a child, I've always found water towers to be fascinating.  A giant tank hoisted a mile in the air, just to hold the local town's bathtub fluid?  What a strange and bizarre concept.  But as a child, you just rolled with it.  Now you can take that same space alien like structure and shrink it down to backyard playset proportions.

The Water Tower playset plan has a compact, dimensional base of just 5' x 6'.  Towering over 14' high, it still gets the job done in terms of standing out.  Designed for a 5' high slide and comes with instructions to construct a ship ladder.  Download a copy of this plan and start building this weekend!

Features:

• Two story playset with 15 ft² on the 2nd level and 28 ft² at the base
• Includes instructions to build a ship ladder, water tank and railing
• 5' high launch platform
• Designed for children aged 2-9
• 31 page, step by step PDF plan

Plan Category:

🤸🏼 Playground Playset Plans
🏘️ Town & Village Playhouse Plans

Dimensions:

• 5' Wide
• 6' Deep
• 14' Tall

Framing Details:

• Joists: 2x4 - 16" O.C.
• Rafters: 2x4 - 16" O.C.

Roofing Details:

• 45° gable roof pitch
• 12 ft² of total roof coverage.  Typically, 10% should be added to the roofing material order to account for waste and overlap.

Lumber List:

Make sure to ask about and take advantage of any volume discount from your local lumber yard!

Decking:
(7)  5/4” x 6” x 8'
(2)  5/4” x 6” x 10'

Framing:
(5)  2” x 4” x 8'
(2)  2” x 4” x 10'
(4)  2” x 4” x 12'

(3) 2” x 6” x 10'
(4) 2” x 6” x 12'

(4) 4” x 4” x 10'

Trim:
(3) 1” x 10” x 12'

Balusters:
(29) 2” x 2” x 3'

Plywood:
(1) ½” Plywood Non-PT

Hardware List:

• (5 lbs) GRK 3” R4 Screws
• (5 lbs) GRK 2” R4 Screws
• (Optional) GRK 4” RSS Screws