Rubbermaid Large Storage Shed With Floor
$319.99
$424.99
25% off
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Condition: New
Color: Olive/Sandstone
Size: 32 cubic ft
Top positive review
60 people found this helpful
Good value; assembly not too bad but instructions poor
By G A Esworthy on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023
I bought this item a few months ago and just got around to putting it together. After laying out the pieces and reading the printed instructions, I searched for a video showing the assembly process. No joy! So I read a few reviews, learned of some potential problems, re-read the instructions, donned my work gloves, and picked up my rubber mallet. Before you start, be aware that you really need to do this on a hard surface. If your shed's ultimate location is on your lawn or other soft ground, DO NOT ASSEMBLE IT THERE. Yes, moving it once it's put together is a chore, but trust me on this, it's necessary. Also, you'll need plenty of room to make assembly easier. Finally, I put this together by myself, but for a lot of buyers it should be a two person job. I ran into the first problem right away. The instructions say to snap the left and right side/back pieces together, and it sounds easy. Don't try to do this with the pieces upright. Lay them flat and bend each side part upright until it snaps in position. Butt the two pieces together so the four connections line up. Forget the mallet. Step onto the pieces and then stomp on each of the connections until you hear each one snap into place. Once that's done, lift it back upright. The next step is to slide the floor piece into place at the bottom of the sides. If you look, you'll see two places on each side where the floor can be set into grooves on the sides. Line those up and then, standing in front of the partial shed, grab the front of each side and pull them so the grooves and tabs are in position to go together. Kick the front edge of the floor piece until the tabs are in the grooves. You won't get them to snap into place yet. Tilt the whole thing toward its front so that the back is topmost. Grab your mallet and bang on the four places where the floor meets the back until you hear and see them snap together. Once that's done, stand it back upright. Time for the doors. Both are added the same way and it doesn't matter which you do first right now but I'll write this up starting with the left one. There's a pivot pin at the top of the door that fits easily into a hole in the side piece. There's another pivot pin at the bottom that's not so easy. With the top pin in place, push the door into the more-or-less closed position while lifting up on the right edge so the bottom door pin rides up onto the floor. Push the door so the bottom pin is heading toward its floor hole and it will jam itself into position so you can let go and bend down to see where the pin is relative to the hole. Bang on the door with your mallet while watching your progress and you should be able to get the bottom pin in correctly. It isn't difficult but you do need to watch what you're doing. Then do the same thing for the other door. The last piece is the top, and it will be easier with two people. Hold the top up over the rest of the shed so the metal prop-up rod dangles over the slot in the top front of the right side piece. You need to rotate the top counter clockwise while holding it flat so that the bend at the bottom of the prop can go into the slot. Once it's in, rotate the top back into alignment, then lower it to line up the hinge points at the back. Bang on them with the mallet until they snap into place. That's it, you're finished. Not counting the unproductive time I spent trying things that ended up not working, the whole assembly took me maybe 20 minutes, and would have taken less time if I'd had a helper. I like the shed. It sure feels sturdy now that it's assembled, and it appears to be reasonably weather resistant for the way it's built. My only real gripe is poor, or at best inadequate, instructions. Rubbermaid would be doing themselves and their customers a favor by putting together some simple YouTube assembly videos for this product line. I'd volunteer but I'm old, fat, and homely.
Top critical review
14 people found this helpful
Several disappointments in this shed
By Linda R on Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2022
I need a small shed to keep 50-pound sacks of birdseed out of the weather. I like other Rubbermaid products, so expected this to measure up. Not so much. First problem -- no assembly instructions included! It wasn't technically very difficult, but I made several false starts. For example, it wasn't obvious that the side walls should be attached to the back wall *before* being attached to the floor. Second problem -- and this was a biggie -- the "center" tab at the rear of the floor, which is supposed to fit into a slot at the bottom of the back wall, was an inch out of position. In other words, the left and right tabs fit into their slots, but middle tab did not match the middle slot. I had to saw that tab off to get the back wall to fit properly. Third problem -- fitting the roof onto the provided holding bars. The back flanges *look* like they should just snap in place... but that failed. I sprayed bars and flanges with WD-40 to help things slide easier, tried to force it by pounding with a hammer (beat the ever-lovin' cr@p out of it), and finally had to bend the back flanges with a pliers to get that sucker on. Fourth problem -- the provided bar to hold the roof open has no obvious spot to slot it into place while keeping the roof upright. I may have to rig something out of half-inch PVC pipe. However, this middle-aged, moderately-skilled woman was able to assemble it by myself, although it took a while. And now that it's all together, it looks good. The walls and roof seem sturdy, although I'm not so sure about the floor; it sagged a bit when I stood on it, so I don't think it's a solid piece. I intend to store 12 bags at a time -- 600 pounds. (or more, if they'll fit) Maybe the flexibility of the birdseed, spreading out in their sacks, will equalize the weight enough to not collapse whatever internal structures make up the floor. I'll find out when I bring in a load this week. I expect that this shed would work well for its intended use -- keeping tools and small yard / garden machinery protected from the weather. My problem is, I may be asking the floor to hold more weight than it's able to. Unfortunately, the next feasible option would be far bigger than I need or want. Edited to add: Well, it does hold the 12 bags (600 pounds) of milo seed (grain sorghum) without the floor collapsing. But if you use it for something similar, be careful not to let any weight fall against the walls. They'll lean slightly outward, and then the top flange of the door won't fit through the slot in the roof. Fortunately, the seed has enough "give" that I could push the walls inward again until everything fit properly. Next time I'll know. Edited again: I figured that this shed would not be mouse-proof, but I thought it didn't matter. I spread the birdseed in the middle of my drive, right in front of the shed -- the mice would go for easy pickings in the drive, right? WRONG! Perhaps they prefer the safety of the shed, but within a couple of months it was obvious they were running rampant inside -- coming in the hole left by the missing back tab that I sawed off. I'll block that off and see if that helps. But there are narrow gaps where the doors hinge to the walls -- there have to be, to allow the doors to swing -- and mice squeeze through amazingly tiny spaces. If you plan to put animal feed in this shed, rather than tools, I wouldn't recommend it.
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