How do you keep a plastic playhouse from blowing over?

Question

We have one of those molded plastic playhouses in our back yard. Every time there's a strong wind it blows over across our back yard. It just has the four walls so there doesn't seem to be a good place to anchor it to the ground. And it has a slanted roof so whatever I weighed it down with would slide off. It's a huge hassle to drag back to it's place because it is so very bulky.
Those playhouses sell by the millions, I can't believe that they don't have a product on the market specifically to anchor it to the ground.

Answer 1

Cinder-Blocks, put them inside, the kids will use them like chairs.

Answer 2

Plastic Playhouse

Answer 3

Plastic Play House

Answer 4

You'll need plastic twine and 8 to 10 gallon (2 liter) soda bottles (more)?
Fill the bottles with water.
Paint them pretty colors.
You can paint the string the color of the roof so it doesn't show.
Tie two of them together with the twine, measured to go over the roof and hang at the height you like from the sides.
Hang 4-5 pairs a bottles like this and your playhouse should stay put.

Plus - this is a really fun - cheap - rainy day project for you and your kids. You can be really creative in the decorating of the bottles!
:)

Answer 5

Drive stakes;preferably treated lumber at a point were you can drill through the stake and wall.Using a carriage bolt from the inside of playhouse insert bolt through wall and stake putting a washer and nut on outside.Put a rubber cap on end of bolt.This will prevent any sharp edges .You could also use mobile home tie downs witch are stakes with a strap running over the roof.

Answer 6

I have one of those houses too and although the whole house doesn't move we did have problems with the roof staying on. We ended up drilling holes through the roof and added long screws, washers, and toggles to permanently attach it. What you could do is drill holes through the bottom of the side wall large enough for rebar to fit through. Have some rebar bent in a squared off U shape. You could slide the rebar through the holes and literally pin the house to the ground.
Good Luck

Answer 7

I don't know if this will work, but whenever we have things that are "light" enough to blow over in the yard, we tie BUNGEE cords around them and anchor to something solid. So I would suggest keeping that item near say a fence or tree or something like that, so kids don't get caught up in the cords. Good luck!

Answer 8

The 4" plastic gutters & cut to fit under each of the 2 sides of the house (wouldn't need for back & front unles you wish). Set house walls into the open area of the gutter with the majority of the gutter showing on outside of house. Put cardboard on ends to close it. Fill cement into gutters. Before dry stick plastic flowers in the house's 'planter'.

Answer 9

Drill a couple holes through it and install eye-bolts with nuts on the inside and outside to hold them in place. Bend a piece of rebar near the end and drive it into the ground through the hole in the eye-bolt.

Answer 10

Weigh it down from the inside or, put it away for the season.