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- Stay Organized: Our outdoor storage shed offers a compact storage solution for your yard. Store garden tools, outdoor toys, put away pool supplies, and layout lawn care equipment.- Stable Construction: This metal shed has a water-safe galvanized steel frame, which makes it great for year-round outdoor use. It also has a lean-to design that allows it to gain extra support from existing structures around your backyard.- Good Ventilation and Lockable Door: Our metal outdoor storage sheds feature two ventilation slots on the front and back, increasing airflow. This prevents odor and keeps your equipment and tools dry. And the lockable door protects items from would-be thieves.
After a few weeks, I finally got it together. Each day I spent an hour here, a half hour there including shopping for parts for retrofitting to my taste. The end product is a shed a little more weather sturdy than delivered.
I have to agree with other reviewers at Amazon about this shed: About 30 to 35% of the holes do not line up, mainly on the roof. The other holes line up perfectly. I have to attribute this to the possibility that the bottom frame, no matter how hard I tried, is not exactly level. When that happens, the entire shed alignment can go slightly off kilter.
However, some of the holes slightly misaligned is not a big concern. The steel in this shed is the same gauge as bi-metal cans used for coconut water beverages. All you have to do is point the sheet metal screw in the direction of the smaller hole while turning and pushing. The sheet metal screws actually level out by stripping the big hole a bit bigger. Ergo, remember to use silicon glue on these screws/washers wherever they are subjected to the elements.
The back bottom frame, parts Bm-B1 and Bm-B2 were the worst. Those holes were drilled absolutely wrong. However, the metal is thin enough wherein you can just used a sharp screw or nail to knock out a hole to screw the panels into the correct place. In one place where the panels should have inter-joined, they over-lapped instead; this is not a big deal because it was in the back at the bottom.
Important: Apply the sheet metal screws manually. If you use an electric screwdriver, you will strip the metal and plastic screw anchors. Yes, Unfortunately this takes longer, but the materials in this project are light duty. I was even stripping the materials by hand when I wasn't careful. Each part attached denotes strength to the entire structure, but I wouldn't test it by getting drunk and falling into it.
As you see, I added a plywood floor; the entire foundation with pier blocks probably took the most time to prepare compared to the rest of the shed. If you want to put in a floor too, then go straight to pages 17 and 18 in the instruction book for the floor frame parts.
If anything makes this a 2 man project, it's the instruction book. Other than the assembly preparation, it's a wordless workshop with very small diagrams. Just reading ahead in this book was making me tired. I was sure that I was missing things wherein an extra pair of eyes would have helped.
I got so tired at one point that I misplaced the instruction book. Fortunately, the distributor for this shed provided me with a .pdf copy at my request, so I could zoom in on the diagrams to see if I missed anything. As it turned out, I put in parts T-P2, door sliders upside down, but it was too late. Fortunately, the doors installed OK, anyway.
Back to the floor frame: At step 36, the book says to screw down the floor frame using the slightly longer sheet metal screws - after building most of the structure. This makes no sense because we need a solid foundation when building this shed. Unless you are installing it on a large deck wherein the deck serves as a floor, step 36 makes no sense at all. Those screws are too small anyway to really hold down anything.
If you are using pier blocks as I do, then step 36's diagram indicates the use of 12 pier blocks. I don't have the time or equipment to level out 12 pier blocks. I barely had time for 6, but the 6 worked out just fine for me. The time you really want to screw down the frame is after step 4 AND before you install the floor - using long wood screws other than what's provided. You MUST have a solid foundation before continuing with installation.
As you see from the pics, I added a water channel at the back; this is because, as you see, the way the water pours off the roof of this shed would eventually rust and rotten it away in a few years. The water was also making a horrid, muddy mess on the ground at the back with a minute of testing. I figure this shed was probably designed in a dry part of China where it doesn't rain so much.
I put together a couple of 10 foot long, drywall corner beads to form a water channel at the back (~ US$6). I installed the first corner bead using 4 much longer sheet metal screws from my local ACE Hardware. (Note: Drill extra holes in the panels - Do Not Punch Them.) Then I attached the other corner bead using the extra machine screws that came with the shed and filled in all the little holes with silicon glue. (Note: This shed comes with more than enough sheet metal screws, machine screws, and screw anchors.) The rainwater now pours perfectly towards my pomegranate tree.
I decided to go with this prefab project because it was cheaper, yet bigger than anything local with comparable features. I would still be building this shed if I went with wood. And it's raining as I'm writing this. February turned out to be an especially dry month, so I took advantage of the weather. It's almost like mother nature was holding back for me to get this done.Read full review
Very happy with the shed now that it’s assembled. Instructions are very vague but take your time. Metal is somewhat thin but keeps things out of the weather. I recommend making a sturdy 3/4 plywood base.
