Outdoor assembly for the kits that fill a backyard
The playset has been on a pallet in the driveway for a week, and the kids have noticed. We build it level, with enough hands for the heavy parts.
- Anchored the way the manual asks
- Two of us on the big kits
What does outdoor assembly cover?
LocalHandyPro does outdoor assembly across Dallas–Fort Worth for the kits that arrive on a pallet at the end of the driveway. Wooden playsets and swing sets, round and rectangular trampolines with their safety nets, resin and metal storage sheds, portable and in-ground basketball hoops, gazebo and pergola kits, and the grill that looked smaller in the store.
These are kit jobs. Every part comes in the boxes and the manual says where it goes; we don't design things, build from lumber, pour concrete or lay pavers. What we bring is everything the box leaves out: a second person for anything tall, a long level, masonry bits, and the patience for a manual that runs to ninety pages.
The ground decides more than the kit does. Before you book, go and stand where it's going. Is it flat? Is there a sprinkler head under it?
What's in the job, and what isn't
What we do
What we don't
The base comes first. A shed or a gazebo needs a level slab, pad or deck ready before we arrive, and a concrete or landscaping crew is the right call for that part.
How booking works
Send the job
Send the brand and model, or a link to the product, and a photo of the spot where it's going.
Get the price
We reply within 24 hours with one price for the whole list. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
Look it over with us
Before we pack up, you walk through the finished work with whoever did it.
Recent outdoor assembly jobs
Good to know
Call (469) 577-1791Most of a day for a mid-size wooden set with two of us, and a big one with a tower, a tube slide and a tire swing can spill into a second day. The box prints its own estimate too. It's optimistic. Send the model number and you'll get a real one with the quote.
Yes, and around here it really should be. A spring storm can pick up an unanchored trampoline and put it through the fence, and we'd rather not have been the ones who built it. An anchor kit is a set of corkscrew stakes with straps over the frame. Buy one with the trampoline, or we'll bring one and list it on the quote.
Yes. Resin and metal sheds need a flat, level base, usually a concrete pad, a paver pad or a framed gravel bed, depending on the maker. Built straight onto lawn, the doors stop lining up by the end of the summer. The base isn't part of our job, so have it ready before the visit.
Check before you order anything big. Cities set sizes above which a shed, pergola or gazebo needs a permit, and plenty of HOAs want to approve anything that shows over the fence. We build what's been approved; getting the approval is on you.
Across the yard, yes. Across town it's two visits, one at each end, and a mover in between.
We build to the manual, and we haven't found a maker that voids coverage just because someone else did the building. The base is the usual trap. Keter, for one, voids a shed's warranty if it goes up on grass, so read that page before the pad goes in.
How much room does a playset need?
More than the playset. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's guidance is a clear zone of at least 6 feet around the equipment in every direction, and more in front of and behind the swings. Keep fences, trees and the patio out of it, and cover it with something softer than baked clay: wood mulch, rubber mulch or sand, several inches deep.
Flat matters as much as space. A slight slope can be taken up under the legs. A real slope needs grading first, and that's a landscaper's job.
Can you install an in-ground basketball hoop?
The goal, yes. An in-ground hoop sits on an anchor set in a concrete footing, and the footing needs about three days to cure before any weight goes on it, so it's always two stages. Once the footing's in, the rest is ours: pole, backboard, rim and height adjuster, checked for plumb.
Portable hoops are one visit. The base gets filled with sand or water (sand is heavier and doesn't freeze in February), then the hoop is tipped up and rolled into place. Keep it on the driveway rather than the street; HOAs notice.
Gazebo and pergola kits have their own page. If the list wanders back indoors to a treadmill or a power rack, that's fitness equipment assembly, and one visit can cover both.