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(More customer reviews)We needed a shed to move our yard equipment and some storage boxes out of the garage. This shed fits the purpose admirably. Features that attracted us wer 1) two sets of doors, sky lights, and vinyl construction.
I wanted the two sets of doors to maximize use of the storage area. I have all the lawn equipment (lawn mower, pressure washer, wheel barrow, and garden tools) spread across the end with the doors. This allows me to have access to all the equipment just by opening the doors and I do not have to leave a path through them to get to the other side of the shed. The side entry doors allow me to enter that end. The skylights and windows let in natural light and provide plenty of illumination. The vinyl construction was key as I did not want to worry about maintenance of wood or metal in our Florida weather. One feature I wasn't aware of but like is that the doors actually latch together. The left door has stops at the top and bottom which help lock it into place while the right door handle has a latching feature which allows it to latch to the left hand door (both sets).
The instructions were very detailed. As others point out there are a couple of key items (doors) which you need to pay attention to when doing the construction. I received the boxes on a Tuesday (two large 8 ft long boxes totaling 560 lbs) with plans of erecting the shed on the weekend. After looking at the instructions I discovered there were several sections where sub assemblies could be put together ahead of time (trusses, door handles, skylights). I put these together by myself during the week so that when my son-in-law came on Saturday, all we would have to do is put up the shed. The hardware (in most cases) for a particular step is actually packaged together in smaller plastic bags. This made it very easy to do some of the steps. As others have noted, the markings on the plastic bags do not match the item descriptions in the instructions so it takes some time to figure out which bag of parts (especially if there is only screws and washers in the bag) go with which step. However, all of the major assemblies (door handles) were easy to distinguish. There were no issues on quantity of screws, etc.
Once the subassemblies were put together and the flooring assembled (also done prior to putting up shed) it took my son-in-law and I about 3 1/2 hours to put the shed up. I had a concrete slab poured specifically for the shed so did not have any leveling issues. Nothing was too difficult and since most steps are repetitive, once you do it the first time, the rest go a lot faster.
One issue with parts. The end doors use two 79 inch hinge poles and the side doors use 74 inch hinge poles. The set I received had four 74 inch poles and no 79 inch poles. I called the customer service number on the back of the instruction guide, explained the situation to the rep and Lifetime shipped to two poles to me immediately. I called on Thursday and received the two poles on Tuesday.
To get 5 stars I would recommend the markings on the parts bags or instruction manual be be updated to accurately reference each other. Also, some more time should be spent when picking the parts for boxing. This would have caught the hinge pole issue. Plus, there was a duplicate bag of parts for one section which was not needed.
The shed has been in use for a couple of weeks now with no problems.
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