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(More customer reviews)SHED IS TOO SHORT & NEEDS A BASE
The price is good; but the shed is too short in height & construction (for me) required buying extra screws & bolts.
CHAPTER 1 DELIVERY
It is incredible how they pack it all in such a small box.
The 1st time this thing came, their shipper played phone tag with me for a long while, my getting voice mail & no returned call for a time. I was not all that diligent in communicating with the shipper, thinking that the shipment would be routine, just like with UPS or Fed Ex. It seems like the shipper for some days lost track of where the package was!
Eventually I scheduled a delivery, but the shipper did not show up & sent it back apparently alleging my address did not exist! The customer service was not sympathetic, but spoke as if my address did not exist at one point, as if defending the shipper. The girl spoke as if they would require me to go and pick up the shed box myself at some depot if they sent it out again.
So I reordered on Amazon instead of trying to get them to reship as such. (And that seems to be the best case on an aborted delivered; just cancel & reorder, instead of waiting while the thing goes back & they cogitate over what to do about reshipping.)
At first they did not want to refund all my shipping, but after filing a claim via credit card, they refunded it all. I did not use Amazon's refund system at first, since Amazon's system requires you to agree to their refund terms, or they won't receive the email request for a refund!!!
When the 2nd order came, I was diligent & careful to communicate with the shipper & tell them how to find my place & instructed them to have their driver call on the way as needed. So this time I got the shed.
CHAPTER 2 IT REQUIRES A FOUNDATION
I had been planning to just install this shed over dirt. However, it appears from the instructions that this shed won't hold together unless it is installed on a level surface with a good strong floor, either of 2 X 4's & plywood or concrete or steel. So you are giving yourself the job of constructing a firm level surface which has to be attached to the ground some way.
I did not chose to make a wood platform because of termites, crazy ants, & construction problems. The wood platform would have to be leveled some way & attached to the ground some way (some kind of foundation under the platform). I considered a steel plate, but that seemed too expensive & required having a shop cut & weld plates together, plus drilling into the plate multiple times to attach the the shed & also making some kind of foundational leveling & support system under the plate to level it & support it.
Thus I chose to make a concrete slab, which involves buying wood to frame the concrete, plus concrete, rebar / wire mesh: Time, work, and a lot of expense. Concrete shipping & mixing is thus required. With a ~ 6" slab, that is ~ 36 cubic feet of concrete (some concrete is 1 cu foot/ 80 lb bag -- other is about .6 cu foot/ bag). The instructions say to make a slab with 2X4 frames ( 3 1/2 " slab), but in my situation I think I could end up with water inside the shed with so low a slab; my backyard is on a slope.
If I had it to do over, I would have tried to find a shed that is strong enough that it can stand over dirt & does not demand a level strong surface to support it, a shed that does not require so much additional preliminary work and time. Just transporting 36 concrete bags to my home will take 2 pickup truck trips to & from the concrete seller.
I looked at the instructions, and they do looked obtuse. Probably 2 people will be required for some of the construction.
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CHAPTER 3: THE SHED IS TOO LOW IN HEIGHT
This is the description:
QUOTE: Interior Dimension: Width: 90"; Depth: 102"; Height: 71"
"Wall Height: 65" (on most models) UNQUOTE
ONLY 5 FEET 5 INCHES HIGH!
Notice what I did not notice. While the supposed interior height is given as 71", the WALL HEIGHT is only 65". Yet the shed is 8' X 9'. You need to be a midget, or at least short, to be able to stand up fully in this shed. Its wall height is only 5 feet 5 inches.
One way to increase the height is to frame the base perimeter with double 2 X 4's (pressure treated), like you were framing a house. That will give 3 more inches of interior height. I decided to use 4 X 4's on top of 4 X 6's and gained 7 inches of height. Then you have the entrance also raised 7 inches, which means you need a ramp to the entrance & have a drop when you enter of 7 inches.
The steel panel walls are held together at top & bottom by channel iron into which you insert the panels. It is supposed to stay together just by spring tension (no screws), but I chose to add some screws. Probably you should buy a box of sheet metal screws and a box of narrow bolts & nuts to make the thing more secure.
Unfortunately, water flows down the walls when it rains & into the channels. I found that the channels would fill & water would enter the shack. So I got some transparent Silicon II caulk and caulked all around in the channels from the outside.
I got ambitious, and decided to frame the inside with 2 X 2's. Then I can nail up 1/4 inch panels or peg boards in order to have somewhere to hang tools on the walls. Getting really ambitious, I decided I would probably fill up the space between the panels with expanding foam; them I can heat the inside in the winder better & cut the draft of air from all the many, many seams in the walls.
I figure that if you bought the right stuff from this company, you could use their kits basically as an exterior to a room you added to your house, joining walls in ways they do not say in the instructions -- substitute for steel siding.
All in all, I think you get your money's worth with this kit; at least at the price I paid, something like $400-500.
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Item #: SY89. DETAILS: Faster Assembly using new Rigid Lock Joint technology. Can be built in 1 to 3 hours. Panels "lock" into place for strong, pleasant looking panel. Up to 361 cu. ft. of storage. Swing-open doors for easy access. Pad-lockable for added security. Floor Frame Foundation Kit available. See accessories. 12 year limited warranty.Model #:SY89 Size:8' x 9' Storage Area: 361 cu. ft. Interior Dimension: Width: 90"; Depth: 102"; Height: 71" Wall Height: 65" (on most models) Door Opening: Width: 51-1/2"; Height: 62-3/4" Recommended Foundation Size:Width: 92-1/2"; Depth 104-1/2" Weight: 187 lbs. . No returns. Customers also search for: 9x9shed,metal shed, metalshed, medalshed, medal shed,Sentry Shed, Sentry Sheds, Arrow Shed, arrow sheds, storage shed, utility building; garden shed, tool shed, outdoor storage shed, outdoor shed, outdoor storage, backyard shed, plastic storage shed, plastic shed, utility shed, outdoor storage bench, box outdoor storage, outdoor storage cabinet, outdoor storage unit, small storage shed, container outdoor storage, outdoor storage chest, outdoor plastic shed storage, bin outdoor storage, outdoor plastic storage, box outdoor plastic storage, bicycle outdoor storage, storage shed wholesale discount storage shed
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