@@BeingBarton What size did you actually make the wooden deck? I am going to buy the 10 x 8 shed. Not sure if the deck size needs to be a little bigger than the shed. Thanks
@@edwardtrudeau5523 Our foundation is 8 x 10. The wood sheets came in 4ft x 8ft measurements, so we just put 2 and a half sheets down. It worked. We have a foundation building video that talks more about the base. It's long, though. 🙈😅
I'm in the middle of my Arrow shed build, and your video is most helpful. You folks are a delightful family, and the video is quite entertaining. Thanks for posting, and God bless :)
I just assembled this exact shed by myself. Clamps, Step ladder and a little duct tape to hold the screw head in place. (The step ladder was my other person) and I assembled the back first, then the front. Easy peasy. I did enjoy this video BTW. Thanks
@RuuthieWrangler Nice! We appreciate your comment. The duct tape idea is a winner. It's good to have some experienced voices out here offering encouragement. Assembling these sheds can be done! Even if your other person is a ladder. 😉
Thanks for the upload. Not something that can be assembled in a few hours.. The last time I built one of these sheds was 40 years ago and now I will be assembling one again. You gave lots of good hints. Making a few assembly mistakes are typical, i bet the second one went up much faster.. One thing I remember doing was not tightening all the wall screws, which allowed me to jiggle the walls a bit to make the screw holes line up. Finally tightens them up at the end. I had also figured out to use a vise grip to hold the nuts and clamps to hold the walls when assembling. I also added vents with screen to keep the bugs out in the gables to keep it cooler in the summer. Thanks again for the upload.
@covercalls88 Oh, adding vents is such a good idea! 💡 Very nice. And waiting to tighten the screws all the way is a really good tip. We had so much trouble getting the roof panels to screw in on that first shed! 😂 The second one was so much faster/better. It's amazing what a little bit of experience can do. 🕺
Oh Boy! First, Thank you for sharing your build. I offered a friend help to build his shed, Silly me, I thought it would be simple, put the base down and put the walls up. I now see clearly what we will be doing, and he says he figures a days work. ( 8 hrs) we shall see. Many thanks again for sharing your adventure
@Kate Mih I'm so glad you found our video. And what a nice thing to offer your help to a friend! We wish you much success and good humor as you tackle this project yourself! 🙂👍
We finished our 8 X 10 Shed over Three days. 1st day or afternoon I built the deck and got in level , 3 hrs. Second day Starting at 9 am , Wife did the lay down while I mowed the 2 acres we live on. about 11 am we started doing the bottom frame , took two hours and stopped for the day. Day Three we started at 9 am worked till noon took a lunch break that turned into a major rain delay. Started again at 3:00 and worked until 8 pm to finish except for the edge trim,About an 8 hour day . It is pouring rain today So no finishing, the project is weather tight . We are both 72 and in good health and have done many projects together . This is doable and you need to be organized. The printed numbering for material will rub and wash off so Protect it from rain. Follow the instructions even when they seem confusing. Listen to your wife,, She is most often correct. Videos were excellent and answered many of our questions and made project much easier. Appreciate the advise in the written material cautioning to stop before starting to put up sides unless you had time and energy to complete project. We could have gone on after laying down the frame but would have been hungry, angry and tired if we had continued on and tried to complete in one day. We have 50+ years of working on projects together and really enjoy the project. Oh, did I mention this project was built during the Covid 19 isolation
@John Murphy You guys are rock stars!! I hope the hubby and I are doing things like this decades from now...boy, I can appreciate the need to stop when you get hungry, too! 😂 We love each other, but there are limits to every task. I am thankful we had the time to wander through this project together. 🙌 We appreciate your comment and love your insights. Thank you!
@@BeingBarton This is Judy, John's wife. We have had lots of practice doing projects. John has one important rule that he always states when working on project or moving large items , "no one is to get hurt" If something starts to fall, let it go. People are more important than stuff. He is also a good teacher. I grew up with a single mom who was very good at repairing stuff and putting things together. John also gave our 4 granddaughters tool boxes when they were in elementary school to encourage them in repairs. Have fun with your projects.
@@johnmurphy6941 That is so cool. 🙂 And it's wonderful advice for other people, especially the kids...no one gets hurt. If you start with that as the focus, there is a better chance you'll remember to let something drop versus reaching to catch it in error. We really appreciate you guys. 💕
@@AlanMolstad Hello, The base measures 8' x10' . I layed down concrete pavers, our ground is very level. I had two 4x4 's 8 ft long and two 2x4's 10 feet long. Attached them and Made sure it measured equal distance corner to corner. Then added additional stringers, I then used two 4 x 8 3/4 plywood and one I ripped to 2x8 and screwed each to the frame. very solid , used about 200 deck screws to attached, Also painted.
I bought this shed a couple days ago. Have nothing but regrets! It took me 2 days just to get the floor finished. Leveling an uneven sloped area is some back breaking work! I finally started assembling the shed today. Its extremely flimsy, and the instructions aren't that great. Been a total pain and so disappointed!!! I'm halfway done I think. If I thought my husband would be ok with helping tear it down. boxing it up and loading it back up to return I would do it in a heartbeat. Y'all make it look easy and seem very happy, our experience was quite different! The video helped some. Thanks
@Jamie Nunnery Ugh! I do understand. Aaron did NOT want to do this project. At all. Not before. Not during. My mom was in her last days with pancreatic cancer. She wanted these sheds. It was the last thing we did together outside of the house...shopping at the local Home Depot for them. We took months, Lord help us. It was so hard. The box was so heavy. The instructions were confusing. It was a difficult time, and we just tried to appreciate not being alone, essentially.
Just bought one of these for a garden shed to store my mowers, weedeater, and tools. I'm taking a weeks vacation in April, hoping me and my son can assemble in a week!
@Chris Leathco Yes! That's awesome. :) You can do it! I would say that even a person doing 90% of the work themselves could do this in 3 days of good weather.
Victor forseca Thank you. This was a really hard task, but it is still something a lot of people could do. We wanted this to be helpful (and maybe encouraging). Are you planning on assembling one yourself?
Being Barton- Yes, As soon as the warm weather comes, around mid April I plan on building the same one. Your video was definitely helpful and after watching I feel I can take all your advice and hopefully no surprises. I think the other hard part is the base and flooring, but where I plan on installing it is pretty leveled. Thank you again, and you have a very nice family.
I wanna rest standing up too....because of that angry Squirrel....lol Thanks for sharing....I'm going to need the help because in exchange for all the mechanic work my buddy has done on my vehicles over the years, I agreed to layout the stringers, escavate for gravel and set into concrete premade pier blocks, draft and then asseble a floor, before I then actually put the shed together. Suggestion to all. Silicone around the entire base inside and out, as well as other gaps or holes with hardware that might allow water inside. And along the bottom, in between the existing by design holes, I recomend using some self taping sheet metal screws to add aditionl securements so things aren't as flimsy in the wind. Also, some of the larger gaps where air is flowing to freely, can be filled with small amounts of spray foam....it really expands so think 1/3 then you're filling.
@Desiree Goulett Wow! You've got your work cut out for you. 😅 We are sending you encouragement! You can do it! 💪 Thank you for the good advice on how to improve upon the assembly instructions. These sheds can definitely benefit from the tips you've mentioned. Let us know if you come across other things during your build! We appreciate you. 🙂👍
Hi, love the video, you guys are so fun, I wish I could hang out with you all the time, oh wait, I can ,I just subscribed. Great video , very informative, just got a shed and need to build it, not looking forward to it but got a better idea about how now , thanks to you 👍🏻
I did 1 solo. It took 4 days. Did 1 with my brother and it took 2. In case I ever encounter another I kept the instruction and made my own notes so that I dont have to read every detail.
After watching you make this im going to attempt it myself. I bought the same shed 2 months ago and paid someone to build it but he took off with my 400 bucks. I hope I can do it faster than 2 months! You guys are great!
@Jessica Tee You can definitely do it! The second shed I put together in a couple of weeks mostly by myself...and it would have been a 3 day project at most if I were able to fully dedicate to the assembly. I didn't include some of how I did it in this video...but there were times I screwed panels together or wall channels in place holding the sections together from the inside and screwing outward (against the instructions). I also found longer screws when attaching the roof panels...screws that are designed to hold drawer handles on. Longer screws held the panels together, allowing me to get down from the ladder and put the nut on the screw/bolt without the pieces separating. If you have any questions or could use advice/encouragement, we are here! Crossing my fingers for you, friend. 🤞
I just bought this Shed last week. I did about 85% alone and my wife helped me hold up some walls. I got it done within 3 days. It was so satisfying when I finished. The instructions sucked though!
@Cesar Arenas 🙌That is awesome! We wasted so much time redoing the same steps. What a mess. I'm glad you have a more optimistic assembly tale! 😂 We appreciate you!
9:26 “It took us a minute to figure out that this bar needs to go on the inside” Me after I _just_ put the bars on the outside and screwed it in the opposite way: 👁💧👄💧👁
@cjcoolmoed It was a challenge for us, but we are first time shed builders. 😅 You can definitely get it together and probably finish is a much shorter time than we did. 🤞🍀
A suggestion for new owners of this kit...get some white masking tape and a sharpie pen...label each part number and step number and put tape on each part. Some of my parts got wet from dew and the numbers washed away. This will make the process much easier...at a glance you can see the part number and step number during assembly.
I bought this shed kit MONTHS ago just now starting on it today lol cuz I couldn't find anyone that would put it up or they wanted 5k um no, I got the bottom put together then it got to the wall on part 3 n couldn't find the 2nd part plus I was too hot 😂 I'll continue tomorrow, it'll be easier since I have the pieces organized now
@@BeingBarton I'm doing it a little at a time, & I don't have the English instructions cuz my mom gave them to someone that said he'd put it up 🤦♀️ fck it I just need pictures n this video 😂 i got it 💪
Top tip, make your base waterproof or you will have a rotten floor in no time, bottom edge won't keep water out. They leak like the proverbial sieve and condensation.
I wonder how much it would actually leak if tape was to be cut under ridge cap.... Mine gets too hot and would like it to vent. Also my actual assembly(excluding foundation)took my wife and I a day. I had previously assembled some lower frame pieces and stored them under my truck in the garage. I did what I could because we had to wait for the weather to be right.
@general_chiang45 Nice! According to the Home Depot website, it should take two people 12 hours (under the right conditions) to put this together. You and your wife sound like a good team. 🙂
I have pavers in my backyard and it's leveled. Do I still need a base? It will be covered by PVC walls and out in the corner. Will it free stand without drilling into my nice new pavers?
@MikSane The leveled pavers sound really nice! I would still anchor this shed, though. We live in the South, and the weather can bring really high winds. I don't think the shed would stay on the ground if it wasn't held down. If the PVC walls you're talking about offer protection from wind, than maybe that will be enough. Sorry for the late reply.
@Blake Dudley I just did a quick check, and the Home Depot website states that this shed requires 2 people and 12 hours to install. Anything is possible, though. If you're weather is good and you know what you are doing...maybe 6 hours is enough time? 🤔
Pro tip… Seal the bottom of your floor and the top of your floor and save yourself a ton of headaches money and time having to replace the floor in a couple years!! Even if you have pressure-treated wood it won’t last a couple Canadian winters! I learned this the hard way. Also seal with caulking underneath the entire shed to keep rain or water from pooling into your shed sitting and rotting. I am not looking forward to redoing my floor🤦♂️ even better pro tip, don’t buy this type of shed, build your own with a wood frame and complete metal sides and roof. It will last a lifetime and is about 10 times easier to do. Plus you’ll never have to deal with those stupid tiny screws and nuts in the dermis most difficult locations. Any men will have trouble with the screws with big hands
@evildug b The sheds we bought came with a 'bonus' floor framing kit...and it really did add quite of bit a stability to the floor. I feel better storing heavy things like ceramic molds and oak logs without worrying about the floor bowing. One of the sheds we built the additional floor in, the other one we didn't. It's personal preference, I think.
@Halodemal Oh, my...I don't remember. 😅 The kit should come with a parts list inside the instruction manual that shows what the pieces look like and how many there should be of each. I highly recommend taking the time to inspect the pieces against the list. You might be able to find the parts list for your specific model online. I'm pretty sure I was able to reference the manual after we threw our physical copy away by searching online.
@Bianca Ortiz We spent the better part of 6 hours getting the roof and door assembled...but I believe it can be done faster. We are a solid 'average' at this kind of task. 😅
@Edward Trudeau The flooring measures to exactly 8 x10. Ideally, you would have a base that's slightly larger than the shed...but we purchased 2 of the 4ft x 8ft sheets and then had a sheet cut down to 2ft to get the 8x10 base. We have a video that shows our base assembly, and we talk about the size of the panels around the 12min mark. 😃👍
Did you make the shed floor exactly an 8x10 as well? Noticed there’s a slight underhang of the floor from the shed floor frame so just wanted to ask before I started on my wood floor
@TPiz 4Shiz Our intention was to build an 8x10 base...but I didn't account for the inches added when screwing the edges together. I also didn't check the exact length of the 10ft beams before screwing them in. I shared about that at the 11:30 timestamp in the foundation building video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvSA5PBTmFs.html. 🙈
@Yury Kerimov Both of our shed kits came with metal rails to use as supports under a platform floor...but we didn't need to use them because we built a sturdy platform base for each shed. Even though we didn't need to build a floor on top of the platform, I wanted to try out the rails that came with the kit. 😅
@@Poppys-toca-world Yeah, we only did the extra floor in the one shed. I wanted to see and also to show what it looks like fully assembled with all the parts in the kit. I hope you enjoy your shed as much as we have.
How the hell did you get that brace attached to the brace? On mine the screw holes on the door are way too big and the screws just go through and don’t anchor
@Icy Choppa If you do it start to finish, a person with little to no experience can do this in 3 days. Our second shed I put up 90% by myself, and it took me something like 15-18 hours. 🙂
@1776 Savage Thank you! The shed foundations are 8 x 10 ... and we did a video of that project here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvSA5PBTmFs.html
bought one, paid a handyman to help and it was the worst investment i've made in a long time. save your money, patience, marriage, skin and just buy a wooden one that has assembly included. My kid threw a football and skipped off the ground and put a huge dent in the side.
@Joanna Paredes If you are able to pull the gable sections together using the gable brace, that might fix your issue. We had to force pieces together more than once during our assembly. 🙈
Wow...i appreciate you getting back to me. Ive never done a shed assembly😂...and this will be my last. I did find the brace and a lil wiggle here and there helped. Im at the point where 4 roof panel are up(another -show). Again thanks for encouraging eords and your video. Have a blessed and healthy holiday.
My mom and I purchased this item a few days ago and we were wondering if we need a wooden floor or not. We have a cement floor in our backyard that can fit the shed, do we need wood or not?
@Trickster211000 You do not need to have a wooden floor. A cement slab is perfect. We have the same shed, constructed on a cement slab, still standing after 18 years. :)
@@Trickster211000 My mom used bricks to kind of secure the base, if you will. It's never shifted or moved...I hadn't even thought about it. 🤔 I can't explain why that has worked. But yeah, bricks. That's something.
@Jonathan Price Is there a model number listed on the way fair site? 🤔 I would try to match up the model number if you aren't sure based on the design specs. We went with model #NP10867. I hope this helps!
I have this shed for over a year now. me and the husband tried building it only to find out the permit was $175. Is that normal in most places? First time home owners here so learning as we go.
@Danielle Aronoff Wow! That is news to me. Do you mind sharing where you live? We live in Hall County Georgia...and we really appreciate being on unrestricted land with no HOA in a county that is lacks on building permits. 🤷♀️
We filmed a part one video that focuses on our shed foundation. :) We purchased material at our local Home Depot and had them cut the floor panels to size. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvSA5PBTmFs.html
@Dave Johnson Hi. The boxes are extremely heavy and very large. We filmed the boxes in the bed of our truck for the foundation building video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvSA5PBTmFs.html Skip ahead to 0:34
I just finished installing the floor frame on mine but its not square. Off by 4 inches. The holes aligned well though. Can i continue with the assembly ??
@Elver Gudo Hi. The floor frame was the last piece in our assembly...so I am a bit confused. Maybe your directions are different? Or I might be just not understanding what you mean by continuing with the assembly. Have you constructed the walls and the roof yet?
@@BeingBarton havent done the roof or walls. That is next. Instructions said to assemble floor frame, beams , and edges. The. Put floor frame together. However , dont know what to do because floor frame doenst square. Although holes aligned ok. I measured frame across and there was a difference of 1/4 inch. Dont know what to do. .. Should i Proceed to assemble the rest of the shed ??
@@av01230 Right. Okay. My hubby said that's a tough call. It's a good sign that the holes aligned...that's my gut feeling. This shed requires a bit adjusting to get things lined up all throughout the build. We kept shifting the sides all the way up until we put in the floor kit that goes in at the end...I do remember that our box came with a floor framing kit that they called a 'bonus'...so I am assuming that you are referring here to the bottom section of the shed that runs along all 4 sides. In our build, if we had put in the metal sections that run under the floor in BEFORE attaching the walls and the roof, there is no way the shed would have gone together. You have to have flexibility to shift the shed when lining up each piece. Does that make sense?
@jesse luna Hi. :) You will need: a ladder, a level, pliers, a screwdriver (phillips), and a tape measure. It will save you time if you have a power drill and an awl. Safety glasses and gloves are also recommended.
@Fotingo No rust on the ones we just built. But the first one mom built 2 decades ago...that one has some rust on the outside. It's still a wonderful, dry, sturdy storage building.
@Dan gabrielson Well, as you might have guessed...we didn't follow that guideline with consistency. And! Because life will teach you, we both cut our hands. 🙈 That metal is so sharp. Doh!
@Andrew Butler The kit did come with weather stripping tape. We lost it...then found it just after the step that needed it. 🙈 So we didn't get the tape on the entire roof. On the second shed, we had the tape from the start! But we used too much and had to finish with clear packing tape. 🤔
@Eric Ramirez I'll keep this in mind, thank you. All of our footage comes from my phone, and I do tend to hold it close to whatever I am filming. I hope the video was helpful to you in some way. We appreciate your comment. 🌻
