Protecting a Playhouse during Winter

Hi, Hope I'm posting in the right place!
We have a large plastic playhouse in our garden and I want to try and protect it from frost/cold weather, does anyone know the best way to do this?
Its not an option to dismantle and store it indoors, I was thinking maybe a large tarpaulin over it ? We lost a slide and a sandpit because we left them outside and they cracked and broke!

TIA :)

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  • docmatt
    docmatt Posts: 915 Forumite
    Just a decent thick tarpaulin will keep the sharp frost away and protect it best you can. Tie it tight around the bottom. :)
  • Car-ree
    Car-ree Posts: 19 Forumite
    Thankyou :)
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Don't know how big it is but a large patio table cover maybe. They have a string ti in the normally that you can secure at the base.

    Expensive tarpaulin but it may be shaped/fitted which may stay on better in the wind.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • With the winds we had last year, I found the only way to keep the covers on my patio table & bbq was to thread cord through the holes in the covers and weave in & out of the table legs/ bbq frame. If the playhouse is quite light, I'd also try weighting it down, as I've seen the play equipment at work shifting about in high winds...
  • Car-ree
    Car-ree Posts: 19 Forumite
    Cheers for that, the roof tends to fall off in high winds but the house stays put, so I just tie the roof to the house. Going shopping for a tarpaulin tomorrow!
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