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Nice shed - one person install
I read the reviews on here first and decided to go with this model. It took a week to arrive at my house. Free delivery and they put the two heavy boxes in my backyard for me. I never could have gotten those boxes home, much alone moved them by myself. With the boxes in the yard, all that remained was unpacking and assmbly. My pad was already paved, so that lengthy step was not part of the process.
I would recommend, if you buy this, go to Lifetimes site, enter the shed model # and look over the PDF of the instructions. That helped me. I didn't think I was going to be able to get it all installed alone, but I did. It took 7 hours the first day and another hour and a half the second to get it weather tight. I haven't installed the shelves yet, so maybe an hour of that left.
The roof was the hardest to put on alone, but it is all done from inside on a ladder, so its a matter of getting the plastic panels to line up to be screwed in. It went ok. The last panel took some work to get on, and that was where another set of hands outside would have been a big help. So if you have two or more, this would be easy. Most of the work can be done by one anyway as it's simple putting pieces together, like the doors and gables.
I took the advice of one of the other reviewers on here... the latches they supply for the left door ( upper and lower ) to stay shut are odd. Just go buy bolt latches and drill them into the hardware. Much easier. I'm very happy with the way it came out. It's really like putting a huge puzzle together and they did a pretty decent job with the instructions. I recommend this shed kit.
January 2011 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase