Polar Aurora10x14 FT Qutdoor Storage Shed. MetaGarden Shed with Updated Frame Structure, ToolSheds for Backyard Garden Patio Lawn White

Alone.. on uneven ground.. assembled in 20 or so hours.. a lot of setting washers on tiny screws. Everything came out square. Great for the cost, lot of space.

Keep in mind, I’m writing this as an occasional helper/spectator/screw holder in putting this together. If you’re someone who cusses, this shed will have you spittin’ ’em out - if you don’t cuss, you’re probably gunna have to bite your tongue a few times during this process. Overall, it took my husband (again, with my occasional help) about 10.5/11 hours to put this thing together. *side note* do NOT put it together on a windy day *sigh* EEEEVERYTHING is wrapped in a thin plastic so you have to peel that off but be VERY careful in stacking/moving the pieces because they scratch VERY easily - quite a few pieces came scratched right out of the box (included a picture; just one of a few). Next, a few of the pieces, including the bottom frame, were bent so my husband had a heck of a time trying to make sure the sides weren’t bowing inwards. *Most* of the holes aligned for us but there were a few where you have to sort of push the panels together in order to get the screws in. We opted to just put the shed on pallets so you can see in a picture where he attached it to the pallets (he’s also got heavy duty bolts but hasn’t attached those yet). For the roof, there may be an easier way to do it but my husband assembled it on the ground and then he, myself and our 16 y/o son lifted it and shimmied it onto the frame. Idk how anyone could build it the way it says because ANY weight you put on it will bend the very flimsy panels. For the 10x14, the three of us managed but at least FOUR people to lift it would be best so it doesn’t bend in the process. The BIGGEST headache, for him, was the directions. I’m a pretty smart gal, a visual learner at that - and even *I* couldn’t make sense of some of the things in that book. Really takes a bit of common sense to just look at the pieces and mainly figure it out for yourself. Now, you’ll see in the pictures that there is a HUGE gap between the doors. I don’t know what that’s about and I tried to see if anyone else had that issue but that’s a problem and we’re going to have to come up with a solution to close that so rain and stuff doesn’t get in and ruin what I’m storing in there. The inside of one door has spring lock things (pictured) so, that’s good. Would I recommend this? Eh. Yes and no. It’s fairly decent for the price, and it *does* look nice (love the deep charcoal and white).. once I add flower boxes to those pallets, it’s reeeally going to look better but man.. it is a PROCESS and this size shed, I don’t know how one person could do it alone. I hate that it’s so easy to scratch up and that so many pieces came with scratches and some dented - BUT, it does beat having to pay much much more for a resin one or thousands more for a wood one from a big box store. Ultimately, as the saying goes, “you get what you pay for” - as long as you’re handy, it’s easy to make figureoutable modifications. It’s plenty big enough for what we need it for so.. I mean, yeah.. go ahead and get it - set aside a whole day for it and just make sure neighbors with sensitive ears aren’t too close by during the building process!

I'm happy with this shed and how it turned out. I built it by my self and didn't have any what did I get myself into moments. All the holes lined up for the screws and bolts. It took me about 2 and a half hours and all the walls were up with no cussing and again just myself. For the total time of build I would say two days and that is taking my time and not rushing it. Now some things I did to make it go a little easier. I prebuilt the roof beams and top bars for the walls and had them setting ready to be used. My Dewalt drill I set the clutch to 3 and use a magnetized bit. Use an ice pick to hold one side of the roof beam in place while you put a bold and nut on the other side then just finish bolting it together. Now a couple of things that I thought that they fell short on is the roof build. As the roof panels come to the peak there is a gap which they have a top peak plate that goes over to keep the rain out. Here in Florida we get sidewise rain not just straight down so I used a metal water proof tape along with a roofing caulk. I caulked all the roof panel seems as I installed them. Also they gave me just enough bolts/nuts no extras and the screws I had about 20 left over so maybe they could give a few extra. Over all for a metal shed it feels solid and for the price I'm happy.

For the price, this 3'x5' aluminum shed is a very cost-effective little storage solution. I paid around $115 (including shipping), and all told it cost me just a bit more than a fancy 100-gallon Keter resin deck box after factoring in the foundation (15 12x12 pavers) and floor (3/4 plywood). But then it's not plastic and it holds more. I put it together solo without any problems and I'm not particularly handy. Important to have a level foundation and a variable speed drill/screwdriver. All the screw holes lined up for me and when they didn't it was because I had the wrong part or had it in backward. Manufacturer included extra screws and such, so despite fumbling/losing some as I worked, I had plenty left over. I know some buyers complain about the washers, but you don't have to take them apart before you use them. In fact, you can put a screw into the top-most corner of the sheet of washers, and then the sheet serves as a handle which makes it easier not to drop screws. After you drive in the screw, just tear off that washer. Rinse-repeat. As for the dreaded plastic wrap, I didn't bother taking it off. Maybe I'll regret it, but it's going to be in the hot Texas sun so I'm betting on it flaking off this summer. In the meantime I've peeled the outer parts that are most visible.My only suggestions to the manufacturer would be:a) make the instruction images larger and show more detail. In some cases it wasn't absolutely clear which part went over which part. Again, the instructions are adequate, but if they were a tad bigger there'd be less anxiety/doubt at some of the key junctures.b) make the u-part of the latch adjustable vertically. On mine, the latch is sort of hard to close (probably because my foundation isn't perfectly level) and if I had just a little up-down maneuverability, I could could set it where it really needs to be.All said I'm very happy with the results, both in terms of the build-quality and the amount of work required to put it together. If I had to do it over, I'd probably go for the next size up. I knew what the actual interior measurements were before I made the purchase (they're in the product description), so I don't feel misled or anything, still I wasn't convinced I'd be happy with the quality and so went for the smaller option. Now that I have first-hand experience putting one together, I would go for the larger size.