Two friends from St. Louis, and a market about to boom
The About page tells the start in a few lines. Two childhood friends who grew up in St. Louis moved to Nashville after college and began selling wooden residential swing sets in Middle Tennessee in 1996, when, in the page’s words, the large wooden swing set market “was just starting to boom.” It doesn’t name them. It says both raised their families here, and that the two owners and a sales manager have more than 65 years in the business between them (Happy Backyards, About). The Better Business Bureau lists Happy Backyards at 1800 Galleria Blvd in Franklin, rated A+; its file there was opened on March 18, 2011, and the store is not BBB accredited (Better Business Bureau, Happy Backyards).
Four things it sells, and who makes them
- Playsets: Playground One, a wooden line launched in 2011 that the store says it buys direct, in large volumes (Happy Backyards, About). Every set is redwood or cedar, which the FAQ prefers to chemically treated lumber because both woods resist rot and insects (Happy Backyards, FAQs).
- Trampolines: AlleyOop and Springfree (Happy Backyards, About).
- Basketball goals: in-ground Proformance Hoops and Goalrilla, each anchored four feet deep in concrete (Happy Backyards, About, Happy Backyards, FAQs).
- Courts and bigger jobs: SnapSports flooring, indoors or out, for basketball, pickleball, tennis or volleyball, and commercial playgrounds for HOAs, churches and private schools (Happy Backyards, About).
The showroom is part indoor, part outdoor, and the location page asks parents to bring the children along so they can give the equipment a “test drive” while the grown-ups talk it over (Happy Backyards, Location).
From the order to the first swing
The FAQ gives the timing plainly. Most playsets go in three to five weeks after the order, or one to two weeks if the set is in stock. A basketball goal takes steps: the utility companies mark the yard within three business days, the anchor is set in concrete one to three days later, and the pole and backboard go up one to three days after the concrete cures, about seven to ten days in all for a goal in stock. The same page says installs are running two to four weeks right now, depending on the product (Happy Backyards, FAQs).
Some of the work is the homeowner’s. The policies page asks you to call 811, Tennessee’s one-call line, to have utilities marked, and to show the installer where any irrigation lines run, since 811 doesn’t mark those; rock that needs a jackhammer adds to the bill. If the installer arrives and the set won’t fit for size or slope, the store refunds the purchase in full (Happy Backyards, Policies). On slopes, the FAQ says every set adjusts for some, and none needs staking. A set can move with the family, too, and the store will move it for a fee (Happy Backyards, FAQs).
How far the crews go
Installation is included within 30 miles of the store’s two locations: Franklin, and a second showroom at 468 US-72 in Collierville, outside Memphis. Past that line the policies page charges by the mile each way, and a basketball goal means two trips because it goes in over two days (Happy Backyards, Policies). The site names no North / East towns, so from Hendersonville, Mt. Juliet or Murfreesboro, ask for the mileage with the quote.
Warranties go to the maker
The store publishes no warranty of its own. Its policies page sends each product to its manufacturer’s registration, from Playground One to Springfree and Proformance, ships replacements for defective parts at no charge, and offers no refunds once a set is installed (Happy Backyards, Policies). So the questions belong before the order: which maker’s warranty covers the set or goal you’re buying, for how long, and who registers it.
Reaching Happy Backyards
Call (615) 595-5565 or start at happybackyards.com. The Franklin showroom is at 1800 Galleria Blvd, Ste 1015, Franklin, TN 37067, open Monday through Saturday from 10 to 5 and closed Sundays (Happy Backyards, Contact).
Happy Backyards advertises in Nashville Home Pros. We wrote this from the store’s own pages and the BBB, listed below; Happy Backyards did not supply it. If an install time or a policy has changed since, send us a note.