The set has been in our Michigan home backyard for several months now and weathered just about the craziest conditions you could create. Winds and snow, no problem. Of course the kids love every minute of their playhouse/treehouse/swingset...we're just glad the quality is so solid. We think we could have put it together ourselves, but we thought it was worth it to just hire the team to put it together. The guys were just amazing and every detail turned out exactly like it looks online.