We just received our easy shed. It's great that you've put up a video of your experience, I've learned it's going to take a bit more than i thought to get it together! Thank you.
Thank you, I am waiting on a bike shed from Easy Shed. I hope it's smaller size is easier for me to put up virtually on my own. You video is a good reference point. Female power works for me.
I'd wish I have watched your video before the purchase. Totally agree with your comments. The shed quality is no problem but the design of assembly can be better. Playing aroung with those self-drilling screws with no pre-drill holes are very frustrating.
Great video. I bought a 4.5x2.25 easyshed. I read the instructions and it's been sitting in the box for about a month now as I've not been looking forward to building it.
3 weeks for delivery - not bad. I've been waiting over 4 weeks now for mine and its still not in sight. Its been traveling down the Hume Hwy from Albury to Melbourne for the last 4 days 😖 I figured it must be on a sleigh being drawn by a couple of Chihuahuas
I have just started assembling my 4.5m X 3.0m Easy shed. I have had to return the gable ends, whoever cut these ends on the machine was asleep on the job. One side was 2090 instead of 2100 and the other side was 2110 instead of 2100. Apart from the longer and shorter ends, the in between sheets on the ends where also much longer. Completed assembling the roof, I have preferred to use silicon in addition to the screws, NO Way am I going to place screws in the roof section like described on the plans. Many of my sheets are torn at the corners and bent. Lets see how this shed turns out.
As my sheds are a permanent fixture, I simply used high grade glazing silicon and glued the bottom channel to the concrete, never, ever moves, same with the roof, use silicon to the wall edge. You are correct, too many fkn screws, much better just using silicon.
Good job mate. I had a similar experience. Took me 2 full days but I had the help of my son. I found the roof the hardest, mainly with squaring it up. I also bought 4 right angled brackets and screwed them into each of the top corners which helped. Funny you had the same issue with the doors that I had. Perfectly fine when assembled on the ground but not as easy to install once it's up. Satisfying once it's up though.
@@aussiedadlife I've caulked around the edge but found that I also had to caulk on the inside where the panels sit inside the frame. Water pools in there and seeps through. I also seem to have a small leak in the roof ridge line which I'll caulk as well.
Same. I had to silicone outside and inside completely at the base, but that’s because it’s supposed to be installed on a stepped slab or similar, so that the shed base perimeter is a bit lower than the inside. I didn’t know the inside dimensions though when we poured the slab, so we made it flat, not stepped. I’ve just bought a 6 x 3 x 2.4 shed, and I’ve made the floor stepped this time, constructed out of 200 x 50 treated pine, about 40 x 3 mtr lengths in total. With screws it worked out costing me about 1,000 dollars which is about 600 dollars cheaper than my 3 x 3 concrete base. Thanks for your video.
Been doing the 5x3 shed, it's now, Blown out to three half days )17 hours and now needing a fourth. Biggest problem I find with the assembly is the poor material quality. I'm piloting all the holes because the steel gauge is so thin it bends away, no matter how gently I press on it. The metal often tears when I pull out the drill bit. The roof has been a nightmare, The half roof panels droop about every 600mm, making it impossible to slide into it's slot. will finish this comment when I finish the shed.....
I see what you mean by time consuming, I’m on day two tomorrow which is putting it together, other than that everything is here, no missing parts, so worth the the money 👍
Can’t put mine together has missing u sections. Parts supposed to arrive on Monday. Five easy steps! Step 1 go through the parts list and make sure everting is there!
@@plokijij7856 give yourself two days to put it together, less stressful, and make sure it’s not windy as it’ll blow over if you’ve nobody to help. I braced the sides from the fence which made it much easier
just finished assembling my 4.5 meter shed panels. one question when you fix the back panel to the first side panel, which overlaps which. side on top or back on top? it's taken me 1 week as I'm 71 and my wife as a valued helper has recently had a shoulder replacement..
I think it was around 1.3 cubic metres. Got it delivered via cement truck and wheel barrowed it in. Around 10cm in depth with reo bar and drilled into the existing path to stop movement
Best tip is to watch the Easy Shed videos provided on their website. Australian owned company, made from Australian Blue steel too. Made to withstand Aussie weather conditions! This is a great product.
Yes forget about easy to install, I installed a 3 x 2.5 shed this week and it took me 3 days. The manual not always clear and detailed and what bugs me the most is how flimsy the thing is I will not recommend them if you looking for a quality shed.
Hey Mate. About to do their 6 x 3. Question re flat slab vs rebate, are you getting any water in the shed under the walls? Did you seal it? If so with what? Cheers
Yes I get water under the shed when it rains heavily. I plan to seal it but just haven't got around to it yet. I only store items that don't matter about getting wet such as mowers and chairs etc.
Any chance you can show a close up photo of the ridge line. I can't get my roof on properly. It won't sit flush at the top as it wedges into the top hat. Can't figure it out and easyshed weren't helpful
Now im filled with dread. We have the 4.5 x 3.75m at 2.4m high being delivered tomorrow and my wife and i are putting it together. Would you recommend that we both obtain divorce lawyers in advance, cheers
How did you go with the shed build? My dad and I have ordered the same as you and are patiently waiting for it to arrive. Did you have any major issues with the build? And have you faced any issues since completion? Ive head the doors can give grief.
@@lukesmith112 Your right about the doors, they were a huge pain to fit. We are still married so I guess that's a pretty good indicator. We have had some extremely windy days and the shed didn't even flex a mm so I am very pleased with that. We put ours on a concrete water tank so could not build up the level inside so water proofing the shed took many goes, but that is not the manufacturers fault. All said and done now that it is up I am happy we purchased it. Hope this helps, cheers and good luck with your shed.
@@darrenoatesfinefurniture3648any tips on getting the doors squared up once the shed is up? Put mine up yesterday and the doors are awful, even though we triple checked the square before screwing it all in lol
It is 5 step assembly, once all panel are constructed, then the 5 steps come into play. I built a 4.5m x 3m shed easily following the instructions correctly.
Yeah the instructions were pretty straight forward, everything went where it was supposed to and screwed together ok. I need to work on my joke delivery lol.
Air rivet gun does a far easier, nicer, stronger, quieter job. Thanks for sharing, doing it yourself was a better end product, Other company half assembled theirs, And not nicely.
No luck here, doors didn’t go together with large gaps and hinges sprung out of shape. The plastic guide for hinges is useless with the holes now much larger. My measures were exactly as required but the shed instructions weren’t good enough. Don’t have any idea where to go here as the doors don’t fit together.
If you want to build you own shed with a 200 piece jigsaw and you like that go with easy shed. I will never use them again. I should have used Brisbane garden sheds. 4 sides and 2 pieces for the roof.
Water does seep through between the concrete and the base, the concrete is not dead level or completely smooth. If you wanted to silicone it up that would work.
I put 2 bolts into the concrete on each side. It's rock solid and not going anywhere. The doors are flimsy and wouldn't stand up to anyone with a big screwdriver if they wanted to get into it though.
@@aussiedadlife The doors were definitely the concern, I bought the 6 x 3 meter one for $700 it’s been sitting in the boxes in their backyard for three years.
@@bobtailsquid *"it’s been sitting in the boxes in their backyard for three years"* Sadly, you might need a new shed. If you managed to keep the shed dry, you might be able to save it. If the boxes got wet, it will be corroded. I had one in storage during covid....It was only for 9months, and all the sheets corroded due to moisture getting in between the sheets. Bluescope Steel says that you cannot store Zincalume sheets without them being separated with airflow between each sheet. You might be lucky, but I wasn't. I'm not a shed installer, but I did one for a friend over covid, and then it had a flow on effect, everybody kept on asking me to do their shed. I put mine away, I even put a tarp over it and inside another shed so it wouldn't get wet. After 9months, I've finally found the time to do my own and it was destroyed. That was New Generation Zincalume, I'm not sure if colorbond is better in storage or not. You have probably installed your shed by now, and if so, I would be interested to know what condition it was when you unpacked it?
These types of sheds always end up with saggy doors. Need to go around with wedges and prop up certain areas of the frame between concrete and base u-channel. Very flimsy things
Yep i bought one of these sheds thinking the side panels were pre assembled and drilled so you just need to put them together in 5 easy steps. 243 screws and then it tells you that you need tin snips to hack bits off it. Dumb.
So stupid TH-cam won't let me Post a pic. But the bracing must run from the top inside door corner (hinge) down to the middle outer edge of the door. (The like lock will be in the other side) you tuck the bracing under the frame edging then scree it down. I had to trim mine a bit so I could close the doors as they were not 100% square
Yeah I've just put one of these together and it just about killed me. It's a great shed but there's no universe in which this was anything like a five step easy installation! No wonder they're advertising for installers on their social media 😂😂
We just received our easy shed. It's great that you've put up a video of your experience, I've learned it's going to take a bit more than i thought to get it together! Thank you.
Best of luck !
Thanks for your video. We have also taken 3 days and our experience sounds quite similar to yours. Glad to know it's not just us!
its a journey allright!
Fantastic! Realistic presentation of what it actually takes to put these things together. Much appreciated!
Thanks mate
My 7x7x2.6 was put up in same time😂🤣 I dread the old garden sheds mate, you did well 👌 should come with a free bottle of Scotch 😂
Agree on the scotch!!
Excellent video mate! on our 2nd day of installing our 4.5 x 3 easy shed, not so easy as they make it out to be.
Thank you, I am waiting on a bike shed from Easy Shed. I hope it's smaller size is easier for me to put up virtually on my own. You video is a good reference point. Female power works for me.
Best of luck!
I'd wish I have watched your video before the purchase. Totally agree with your comments. The shed quality is no problem but the design of assembly can be better. Playing aroung with those self-drilling screws with no pre-drill holes are very frustrating.
Great video. I bought a 4.5x2.25 easyshed. I read the instructions and it's been sitting in the box for about a month now as I've not been looking forward to building it.
Best of luck mate, take your time and don't rush and if you can get a helper it will go a bit quicker
They say easysheds but everyone i know who has brought one says they are not easy to put together at all.
Birds of a feather flock together. Maybe you're all shit at building things. Just a thought
I have bought a big one and I'm becoming concerned!
3 weeks for delivery - not bad.
I've been waiting over 4 weeks now for mine and its still not in sight. Its been traveling down the Hume Hwy from Albury to Melbourne for the last 4 days 😖
I figured it must be on a sleigh being drawn by a couple of Chihuahuas
I have just started assembling my 4.5m X 3.0m Easy shed. I have had to return the gable ends, whoever cut these ends on the machine was asleep on the job. One side was 2090 instead of 2100 and the other side was 2110 instead of 2100. Apart from the longer and shorter ends, the in between sheets on the ends where also much longer. Completed assembling the roof, I have preferred to use silicon in addition to the screws, NO Way am I going to place screws in the roof section like described on the plans. Many of my sheets are torn at the corners and bent. Lets see how this shed turns out.
Love how the chickens and dog got in on it 😂
As my sheds are a permanent fixture, I simply used high grade glazing silicon and glued the bottom channel to the concrete, never, ever moves, same with the roof, use silicon to the wall edge. You are correct, too many fkn screws, much better just using silicon.
Hi. Sound slike a good tip. Can you provide a link to the silicon you used? Thanks in advance..
Good job mate. I had a similar experience. Took me 2 full days but I had the help of my son. I found the roof the hardest, mainly with squaring it up. I also bought 4 right angled brackets and screwed them into each of the top corners which helped. Funny you had the same issue with the doors that I had. Perfectly fine when assembled on the ground but not as easy to install once it's up. Satisfying once it's up though.
Yep I've done the same 2 bolts each wall and not moving. I do need to run some caulk around the bottom to stop any water pooling through
@@aussiedadlife I've caulked around the edge but found that I also had to caulk on the inside where the panels sit inside the frame. Water pools in there and seeps through. I also seem to have a small leak in the roof ridge line which I'll caulk as well.
Same. I had to silicone outside and inside completely at the base, but that’s because it’s supposed to be installed on a stepped slab or similar, so that the shed base perimeter is a bit lower than the inside. I didn’t know the inside dimensions though when we poured the slab, so we made it flat, not stepped. I’ve just bought a 6 x 3 x 2.4 shed, and I’ve made the floor stepped this time, constructed out of 200 x 50 treated pine, about 40 x 3 mtr lengths in total. With screws it worked out costing me about 1,000 dollars which is about 600 dollars cheaper than my 3 x 3 concrete base. Thanks for your video.
Exactly! 250 screws in my shed. Unbelievably time consuming and somewhat dodgy with some instructions and fit.
Been doing the 5x3 shed, it's now, Blown out to three half days )17 hours and now needing a fourth. Biggest problem I find with the assembly is the poor material quality.
I'm piloting all the holes because the steel gauge is so thin it bends away, no matter how gently I press on it. The metal often tears when I pull out the drill bit. The roof has been a nightmare, The half roof panels droop about every 600mm, making it impossible to slide into it's slot. will finish this comment when I finish the shed.....
I see what you mean by time consuming, I’m on day two tomorrow which is putting it together, other than that everything is here, no missing parts, so worth the the money 👍
Keep on plugging away mate
@@aussiedadlife just finished, I feel more exhausted doing that than I do my job 🤣🤣
Can’t put mine together has missing u sections. Parts supposed to arrive on Monday. Five easy steps! Step 1 go through the parts list and make sure everting is there!
@@plokijij7856 give yourself two days to put it together, less stressful, and make sure it’s not windy as it’ll blow over if you’ve nobody to help. I braced the sides from the fence which made it much easier
Well done. Very patient with yr little ones helping!!😁
Haha they sure try my patience most days !!
just finished assembling my 4.5 meter shed panels. one question when you fix the back panel to the first side panel, which overlaps which. side on top or back on top? it's taken me 1 week as I'm 71 and my wife as a valued helper has recently had a shoulder replacement..
Just checked and my left side sits over the back panel and then the back panel sits over the right hand side if that makes sense.
Thanks for realistic video of the 500 easy steps. Great info before I buy.
Very nice. Have a had good and hard job. How many bags of cement did you need for concrete floor? How deep was the concrete floor?
I think it was around 1.3 cubic metres. Got it delivered via cement truck and wheel barrowed it in. Around 10cm in depth with reo bar and drilled into the existing path to stop movement
How much did it cost you for the slab all up?@@aussiedadlife
Best tip is to watch the Easy Shed videos provided on their website. Australian owned company, made from Australian Blue steel too. Made to withstand Aussie weather conditions! This is a great product.
This is a garbage product, don't lie lol
Loved your vid mate…5 easy steps 🤣🤣🤣
yep 5 easy ones, 500 hard ones lol
Well Done, informative Video. I have yet to unpack the boxes for a bigger shed !!
Thanks! And best of luck with yours, just take your time and you should be fine.
Great work...i see concrete slab was not rebated? How did you waterproof the shed mate?
Haven't mate, I don't have anything on the ground that can be water damaged
Onya ADL!
Just unpacking a 6x3 “Easy-shed”. It also says “5 easy steps” LOL! 🤥😂
Best of luck mate!
Yes forget about easy to install, I installed a 3 x 2.5 shed this week and it took me 3 days. The manual not always clear and detailed and what bugs me the most is how flimsy the thing is I will not recommend them if you looking for a quality shed.
Hey Mate. About to do their 6 x 3. Question re flat slab vs rebate, are you getting any water in the shed under the walls? Did you seal it? If so with what? Cheers
Yes I get water under the shed when it rains heavily. I plan to seal it but just haven't got around to it yet. I only store items that don't matter about getting wet such as mowers and chairs etc.
Thanks for the info. How did you do the top hat on the roof. My guess is that you can't walk on it. lol
Need a mate to help lift it up. You do half the roof at a time
The top hat is screwed on to half first then you slide the second half in a d screw from the bottom
I'm putting together the 3m x 3m version at the moment. I agree on the "5 easy steps" - it's more like 5 easy sets of 5 steps.
And a million screws!!
@@aussiedadlife- 490 according to the sticker on the bag!
Edit:490
Any chance you can show a close up photo of the ridge line. I can't get my roof on properly. It won't sit flush at the top as it wedges into the top hat. Can't figure it out and easyshed weren't helpful
This thing is doing my head in. Can you show how the roof actually fits and connects on? I can’t find a clip of it anywhere
You need 2 people and fix one half of the roof and the spine together then slide the other half of the roof on
Now im filled with dread. We have the 4.5 x 3.75m at 2.4m high being delivered tomorrow and my wife and i are putting it together. Would you recommend that we both obtain divorce lawyers in advance, cheers
How did you go with the shed build? My dad and I have ordered the same as you and are patiently waiting for it to arrive. Did you have any major issues with the build? And have you faced any issues since completion? Ive head the doors can give grief.
@@lukesmith112 Your right about the doors, they were a huge pain to fit. We are still married so I guess that's a pretty good indicator. We have had some extremely windy days and the shed didn't even flex a mm so I am very pleased with that. We put ours on a concrete water tank so could not build up the level inside so water proofing the shed took many goes, but that is not the manufacturers fault. All said and done now that it is up I am happy we purchased it. Hope this helps, cheers and good luck with your shed.
Divorced yet? 😅
@@darrenoatesfinefurniture3648any tips on getting the doors squared up once the shed is up? Put mine up yesterday and the doors are awful, even though we triple checked the square before screwing it all in lol
It is 5 step assembly, once all panel are constructed, then the 5 steps come into play. I built a 4.5m x 3m shed easily following the instructions correctly.
Yeah the instructions were pretty straight forward, everything went where it was supposed to and screwed together ok. I need to work on my joke delivery lol.
Great review cheers 👌
Thankyou!
I’m dreading putting mine together. Great job, thanks for the video
It's a bit of work!
Hi, great video, thanks for showing. Did you use the pop rivets for the hinges or did you use the self tapping screws throughout the entire assembly?
Self tappers for everything. It didn't come with rivets.
Just ordered mine 6x3 , 5 easy steps , 780 freakin screws WTF ??? 250kg coming
Ha ha good luck mate!
Thanks - very helpful
Air rivet gun does a far easier, nicer, stronger, quieter job.
Thanks for sharing, doing it yourself was a better end product,
Other company half assembled theirs,
And not nicely.
Cheers mate
No luck here, doors didn’t go together with large gaps and hinges sprung out of shape. The plastic guide for hinges is useless with the holes now much larger. My measures were exactly as required but the shed instructions weren’t good enough. Don’t have any idea where to go here as the doors don’t fit together.
Mine have sagged quite badly as well
If you want to build you own shed with a 200 piece jigsaw and you like that go with easy shed. I will never use them again. I should have used Brisbane garden sheds. 4 sides and 2 pieces for the roof.
Hi nice video.
Are you able to fit guttering onto that shed?
You could Jerry rig something up but it wouldn't look the best
Might I ask if heavy rain might seep through the shed from the concrete slab or between colorbond and the railing. thanks.
Water does seep through between the concrete and the base, the concrete is not dead level or completely smooth. If you wanted to silicone it up that would work.
Good vid but unless your home is steel frame get that timber away from the house otherwise ur going to end up with termites
Do you need council permission, 2.4m heights?
Not sure, every council are different. I think you would be ok for 2.4 though.
Need to show the inside view
Do you find that it’s quality? It seems flimsy from other videos
I put 2 bolts into the concrete on each side. It's rock solid and not going anywhere. The doors are flimsy and wouldn't stand up to anyone with a big screwdriver if they wanted to get into it though.
@@aussiedadlife The doors were definitely the concern, I bought the 6 x 3 meter one for $700 it’s been sitting in the boxes in their backyard for three years.
@@bobtailsquid you could beef em up with bolts instead of screws where they connect but would need a bit of stuffing around, extra bracing as well ..
@@bobtailsquid *"it’s been sitting in the boxes in their backyard for three years"*
Sadly, you might need a new shed. If you managed to keep the shed dry, you might be able to save it. If the boxes got wet, it will be corroded.
I had one in storage during covid....It was only for 9months, and all the sheets corroded due to moisture getting in between the sheets.
Bluescope Steel says that you cannot store Zincalume sheets without them being separated with airflow between each sheet. You might be lucky, but I wasn't.
I'm not a shed installer, but I did one for a friend over covid, and then it had a flow on effect, everybody kept on asking me to do their shed. I put mine away, I even put a tarp over it and inside another shed so it wouldn't get wet. After 9months, I've finally found the time to do my own and it was destroyed.
That was New Generation Zincalume, I'm not sure if colorbond is better in storage or not.
You have probably installed your shed by now, and if so, I would be interested to know what condition it was when you unpacked it?
These types of sheds always end up with saggy doors. Need to go around with wedges and prop up certain areas of the frame between concrete and base u-channel. Very flimsy things
Yep i bought one of these sheds thinking the side panels were pre assembled and drilled so you just need to put them together in 5 easy steps. 243 screws and then it tells you that you need tin snips to hack bits off it. Dumb.
Yep bit of a letdown. But hey keeps us out of the way of the kids and missus !
Nice work mate. These things are never straight forward. I got mine up in 3 hours. Trade background but
Thanks mate, took my time as didn't want to have to come back and drill new homes etc lol
@@aussiedadlife - I've done a lot of these sheds. Nobody, can do them in 3 hours.
Hey mate building one now, confused how the door braces fit?
On the inside, diagonally I will grab a pic
So stupid TH-cam won't let me Post a pic. But the bracing must run from the top inside door corner (hinge) down to the middle outer edge of the door. (The like lock will be in the other side) you tuck the bracing under the frame edging then scree it down. I had to trim mine a bit so I could close the doors as they were not 100% square
I'm gonna pay someone to do mine, I don't want the stress
Ask for a fixed rate!!
Easy shed is terrible cheap crap. Missing parts. Wrong instructions
If only they were still that cheap 😂
Ufft I just bought the exact same shed at half price from the same mob, that will piss you off
Hopefully it takes you half the time to out up hahahaha
Yeah I've just put one of these together and it just about killed me. It's a great shed but there's no universe in which this was anything like a five step easy installation! No wonder they're advertising for installers on their social media 😂😂
Haha maybe I should apply!!!
Not easy at all!
This man is a certified flog. I can tell by looking at his face
This bloke is a certified flog. I can by looking at this comment
@@fattlane1866 then does that make you a certified flog lover because you’re watching a flogs video and commenting on a flogs comment? 🤪👳♂️
@@blackprincegt shit. you might be on to something there.. 🤔
@@fattlane1866 😉😂