Rubbermaid Plastic Small Outdoor Storage Shed, 53-Cubic Feet, FG5L1000SDONX

Overall, it's a good storage shed, very sturdy, good looking, and doesn't leak in the rain. It's nice and roomy. Assembly isn't too difficult if you're good at following pictograph instructions. But it's definitely a two-person job. My husband and I took half the day to put it together on a concrete slab. You'll need a ladder, especially when assembling the roof, and a power screwdriver. The only complaint is getting the doors aligned so they open and close freely. Even though we built it on a perfectly level concrete slab, it's still slightly misaligned so that we have to kick the bottom of the door to close it all the way. It's not that big of a deal to me, so I'm still giving it 5 stars overall.

We were a little nervous given the mixed reviews of how putting it together would go, but it was pretty easy! Instructions were relatively clear, parts were all labeled, and took 2 of us about 2.5 hours to do, so not too bad.

The shed is well built and generally easy to put together. The walls are panels that have little nubs that you can force into grooves in the plastic bottom floor of the shed. That part is simple enough. The annoying part is that the roof is 3 pieces separate, long pieces that extend from the back of the shed to the front. While conceptually simple, the difficulty is that (assuming you are doing this by yourself and are of average height), the instructions expect you to lift a 3x6 piece of plastic over the back wall of the shed and align it into the plastic grooves along the edge of the walls of the shed, twice. (The grooves are the kind that are T-shaped, if that makes sense. Think of a male T-shaped piece of hard plastic sticking out of the wall of the shed, and a female shaped T indentation in the plastic roof, and you need to slide the two T shapes together). With the plastic bending this way and that, and with limited visibility (or balance, if you are on a ladder), the exercise of "sliding" the roof forward from behind the shed to the front gets really annoying really fast. I think they would have been better served by having the roof be a simple "push down" exercise, rather than a "slide-to-lock". There's certainly enough support for the roof within the shed (metal internal braces, internal hooks with screws, etc.). Ultimately, getting the roof on by yourself (or even with help) is a pain. Do-able, but a pain. And you need to make sure you have enough clearance behind the shed for yourself and for the roof sliding exercise you need to do. Shower Thought: Looking back at the exercise, I suggest to anyone building this shed that you actually connect the wall panels together (pushed into the floor) and then leave enough space to tip the entire shed over and slide the roof on. It'll be much easier, if you have the space for it. Separately, the doors are hard to align. Even when the shed is level, if your base is slightly not level, the doors will not level. You can solve this by either forgoing the hinge cutouts that are internally located (and just drilling the hinges in as convenient) or by forcing the shed level after-the-fact. In any case, the hinges are a potential point of weakness. They aren't "real" hinges. Just pieces of thin metal that wrap around the plastic edge of the door frame. Think of curling your fingers but not making a fist. That's the shape of the hinge (made of thin metal) wrapped around the plastic of the door. It's annoying to install because the hinges will keep falling off the door and a kid hanging on the door after it's installed may threaten the metal. Anyway, overall, it's a fine shed, and the roof (once finished) is sturdy. But there are some points that could be improved in its construction.

This small building is a great value for the money. Lightweight and the floor was very sturdy. Good instructions, we had 2 people put it together. So far everything that we have stored in it has not gotten wet. It offers great protection for our items so far. The storage capacity is great if using it for stackable storage bins and cushions for outdoor chairs. We built a platform of wood underneath and it fit perfect. It has to sit on something solid, not the bare ground for best results. Would recommend if needing something for storage quickly.

We bought this shed several weeks ago. It was an absolute nightmare to assemble due to very bad instructions. Because the company is clearly cutting corners, there were no written instructions, only pictures. My husband watched a video, that helped. Without it, we would have been lost. Still, it wasn't very clear on every detail. Moving on: when we pulled all the pieces from the box, the back panel had significant damage. Thankfully it was on the interior. At that point, your not going to typically want to return it because handling the box itself is too difficult. My first guess would be it got damaged in shipping but oddly enough, there were no visible signs of damage to the box. Last issue: once all assembled, some of the pieces popped up on the roof and we could not get them to click back down. The dormer section never clicked in properly. We ended up setting bricks on it. One may suggest we did not assemble it right. I could offer that when you view the photos I shared, you may see for yourself how shallow the grooves are were the pieces slide together and that no matter what we did, most sections did not securely click or lock in as they should do to very poor, CHEAP craftsmanship. Perhaps we got a lemon. We'll never know because its not worth taking back apart due to weight/handling and time! Buyer beware!

Once I received the shed it took me months to get my area prepared. I choose a space where the ground was out of level by over a foot corner to corner. The shed only took about 6 hours to put together, I did it by myself. My back ground is in engineering so it was not a challenge for me. Follow the instructions carefully. There are no extra parts. Once together it looks great and works great. The only issue I had was the protective film on the plastic windows, it did not want to come off. It took me about an hour and chemicals to remove it.

Very flimsy material (I hope they hold up during hurricane season). Doors don’t close properly and have to pushed into the properly closed position. The only solid part is the floor. I set up the shed on cement floor. The walls so flimsy that I suspect after next year’s hurricane season I’m gonna have to purchase another shed. Overpriced for this type of quality. Setting up was not that difficult, one person did the set up with occasional assistance needed. Several wall sections were not originally lining up properly & had to be reinstalled. It took about 4-5 hours to complete the job.

Great shed! Awesome for the price. My husband and I (who happen to be very handy) put it together in a few hours. We didn’t use a concrete slab, but made a base border out of 4x4’s and got crush run delivered then raked it out to make a flat base. That’s been working great and we fit so much in it including riding lawn mower, wheelbarrow, shovels, rakes, etc. And it was under the size to require a permit from the town (it’s for a commercial building we own) so that was also a win-win!

Easy to setup. What I expected. No sure about durability.

Looks really good very easy to install and products very good. The price IP is very reasonable. I have a good bargain.

After the assembly the shed seems to be somewhat shaky and not very stable.

He comenzado el armado de dicho producto, hasta el momento sus piezas están completas, no puedo opinar más porque, cómo ya lo dije, apenas comienzo el armado, me falta checar qué tan resistente es el material expuesto a la interperie y su color que no cambie rápido.

El armado es un poco laborioso y se necesitan de 2 a 3 personas sobretodo en el techo, pero cumple con las expectativas y es de excelente calidad