Hanover Galvanized Steel Bicycle Storage Shed with Slope Roof and Twist Lock and Key in Dark Gray, Stores up to 4 Bikes

Metal garden shed – This is an attractive shed, but ridiculously tedious to assemble. Following is a page by page commentary of the assembly directions:1. “Before you start” assembly instructions states this unit will take 2 people about one full day to complete. I had help when it was necessary to hold flimsy metal panels up while screwing bottoms into base rails and to hang doors. This shed would be easier to build and more sturdy if it was designed with a metal frame.2. “Sharp edges” has warning to wear gloves. Yes the edges are sharp and I got several minor cuts. Statement is here for liability purposes. Ridiculous! One can NOT wear gloves and handle the tiny fasteners provided, especially when trying to hold tiny sheet metal screws in place to start them.3. Parts list. Components – 78 including door hardware; fasteners – 452 screws, bolts, nuts, washers; 90 unused plastic things that look like drywall anchors. 620 total pieces.4. Assembly instructions are pictures only with enlarged details and an occasional illustration. Some inconsistencies.5. “Base assembly” warns to square the base up (makes sense) or holes won’t align. I’m pretty sure the shed is fabricated or 3-D printed from the design program because the slightest of irregularity will cause a mismatch and a very slight mismatch causes trouble with the fasteners (sheet metal screws). No cross frame provided to maintain square. No floor.6. Note on the sheet metal screws: if started wrong, or holes are slightly off, the threads seem to strip; I used a package of #6 X ½” screws (slightly less diameter) for my rescue fastener. I also noted that you need to angle the screw a bit, instead of straight in, to start them easily. Chinese steel?7. Wall assembly. No frame means you start by screwing in the bottom of each flimsy wall panel, starting with corners, while someone holds the whole thing up. I secured the tops with small gauge bolts provided to temporarily hold things together until instructions took me to top assemblies then removed them for the final fastener installation.8. “Door post installation”. The light colored portions, like door posts, have a factory applied protective coating that is a pain to remove. I removed it first, thinking it would be impossible after assembly. There is a technique (discovered towards the end). Nowhere in the directions is this mentioned.9. About the finish: very thin. Any little bobble leaves a scratch.10. “Left and right upper beam installation” finally adds the top frame, including flimsy gable ends and a center beam. One would think this would stiffen the assembly up, but no.11. Center beam. Oh, yeah. Figure out, rotate, turn, twist…two pieces together to make one piece. Why can’t the thing be made and shipped in one piece?12. The roof finishes off with edge angles (flashing gauge) and a center cap piece. You have to remove some roof screws to attach the center cap. Dumb.13. Door panel assembly….then, “Right” door panel assembly. Looking ahead you glean that the first door panel assembly must be the left door. Ha.14. Doors. Umpteen of the 620 pieces are in the doors. Once together they are sturdy. You would have to keep them closed to keep the thing from blowing over. I have it anchored to the host floor deck and will install a wood frame for interior shelving (there isn’t any). There are two tool hangers shown for the back wall which I installed on the sides so I can build shelves along the back.15. The last page has a “Fundation” (sp) installation. There is a center base beam that was shipped separately with a separately bagged shipment of corner braces! I put it in when assembling the base frame. I don’t know how you could slide the ends into slots otherwise.16. Five days later I completed the shed. OK these were not 8 hour days and there were interruptions, including some weather issues that caused stops and starts, even moving door installation to inside. I’m a DIY person; over 50 years have assembled a lot of furniture and other items so this is not my first rodeo. I would guess a retail store crew could do it in a day.