Devoko Outdoor Storage Shed 5 x 3 FT Lockable Metal Garden Shed Steel Anti-Corrosion Storage House with Single Lockable Door for Backyard Outdoor Patio (Brown)

Just finished assembling 8x10 unit. Unlike other units this unit is actually slightly bigger than 8 x10. We made a base 9 x 11 which worked out well. You definitely need a base. The base pictured used 2x6 PT for outer frame and 2x4 PT on 2 ft centers for cross member supports. Used 4x8x 7/16 OSB for the floor. Did a water seal on the OSB before assembling the shed since it isn’t PT. You definitely need a base if you aren’t assembling on concrete in order for all the holes to line up. Make sure the bottom frame of the shed is squared by measuring from diagonal corners to make sure equal distance. Secure the bottom shed frame to the base to keep it squared during assembly. The instructions were good and generally went together without significant issues. You’ll need to be careful attaching the top frame. The top frame on each side has a groove instead of individual holes so you’ll need to careful with the corners in order for roof panels to line up correctly. You may need to make adjustments in process. We managed to assemble the entire shed with only drilling two holes when attaching the final trim piece as the holes were off father than could be adjusted. Half the panels have a protective coating. After removing the film from one panel we chose to leave the rest covered as it took about 20 minutes to peel the film off the first panel. We’ll deal with the film a little at a time in the future. You can use an electric screw driver but it needs to have a torque adjustment. Some of the screws can strip if you aren’t careful but there about 450-500 screws which is more than we wanted to do by hand. We chose to apply dab of acrylic seal on each to the exposed roof panel screws as the included plastic washers didn’t cover some of the holes entirely due to alignment. It rained the day after we finished and the inside remained dry without leaks so the deal was a good choice. You definitely need two people for assembly of some of work. I recommend having a folding table to layout all the hardware to keep from having to continuously bend over to grab screws. Also recommend removing everything from the two boxes and laying them out to keep from having to continuously dig through the boxes to find the piece or pieces you are looking for. Actual assembly time with two people was about 13 hours over three days. Leveling the ground and assembling the base was about 4 hours. We had all the base lumber cut to size at Home Depot so we could start assembling as soon as we got home. You may question the the rigidity of the unit as you are assembling but once everything is completed the unit is pretty solid, more than I anticipated. Overall we are satisfied and felt the unit went together pretty easily.

The listed base dimensions were correct, and there are going to be some dents and bends but all the panels and holes lined up. I screwed the base rails down to my pressure treated plywood and 2x base with some Simpson tie screws. Going thru the assembly manual you'll find parts that can be pre-assembled prior to putting the building together. This is a good start of the building process and less time spent on the building day. The eight piece base becomes four, the eight piece roof beams becomes three, and the two doors start with 18 pieces. There are a couple other things to put together but they are minor. The plastic washers come in moulded sheets and have to be cut out. Cut them out and pre-install them on a couple hundred screws. These nibs left on the washers and the metal panels can cut you very easily. The kit came with two pairs of gloves. It was so hot out I didn't wear them so I had sweat everywhere and some blood.It is very easy to strip the screw holes out, if you use a power tool to drive screws, just use it to start the screws and finish tightening them by hand, even on the lowest torque setting of a screw gun the screws stripped out. Tight is the screw making contact and then maybe and 1/8 turn. If you strip the screw hole, you can remove the screw and hammer the hole closed enough with a hammer and a metal backer on the other side. The ends of the roof panels and the tops of the side walls get screwed into an aluminum slot, here I was able to use the screw gun on a number three setting.Some of the pictures in the manual don't clearly show the orientation of the part. This was mainly the upper front and rear wall bars that get put together with plastic pieces. So you have to look at the holes in the bars and think where the wall panels and roof panels go. This is where the manufacturer could improve the manual and also these parts. There are no screws holding these 18 pieces together so they can come apart on you before the sides and/or roof keeps these together, plus they are wobbly as it's not a tight fit.The building is very flimsy until it is all together so I used some ladders to stabilize the front and back of the shed so a gust of wind wouldn't bend the panels. I put the roof panels on from a ladder inside the building, you can do both sides at the same time, until the last two on each side, where upon I worked from the rear outside.Assembly time for me alone was 6+ hours. I don't recall the pre-assembly time, probably 2-4 hours. But it was nice to get to the door portion of the manual and all you do is install them instead of assemble them.I remember decades ago putting one of these buildings together with a few 'helpers'. They were grabbing panels and installing them in the wrong place, so as the manual states, lay out the parts and get familiar with the parts and assembly.

only delivered half the shed. i have received one of the two box's for the shed. will update when resolved.update:It turns out that the second box got damaged and returned to seller. When i reached out to them the matter was resolved very quickly. I thank them for making the mix up easy to handle. The shed is very nice, but it instructions suck and when the second bow did arrive the corner was damaged and i had to bend the corners of all the panels back, not a big deal, (to me). all in all happy with the shed. OH and it is actually 8.75 X 10 not 8 X 10 who knew ???