Garden Master Sheds

Wouldn’t recommend unless you're planning to pay someone else to build it for you. I wanted a shed that would be cost-effective and quick and easy to build. I custom designed my shed on their website. It’s 2.3m x 1.5m with a door in the end wall. The base shed cost $1,500. For strength, I added the”Kwik frame” kit ($300), corner protectors ($114), and also a louvre window ($310) for ventilation. A total of $2,200 which seemed like a premium price given similar size sheds (without the additional framing structure) could be bought for around $700. When you order the shed, they don’t tell you at all about the challenging of dealing with swarf (metal filings). These are the result of drilling all the holes for the rivets. If you don’t remove them, they quickly start to cause rust. They get awkardly trapped in the U-channels that surround the frames of the walls and roof. You need a high pressure blower or hose to remove them and you’ve got to be fastidious about finding them in every little spot. I was disappointed that the internal metal frame kit arrived full of swarf (metal filings) - nobody had even bothered to remove any of it before sending it out and it’s all over the frame and throughout the packaging. The website advertises “Assembly couldn’t be easier” but that’s far from what I found. There were many reasons for this: - As others have already mentioned, the instructions for custom sheds don’t match the ones included so you have to build the shed kind of blind. A number of instructions/steps seem non-existent (e.g., there were no instructions for how to actually install the window into the shed wall). Also the parts inventory listed in the instructions were different to the parts for my shed which is very confusing. My shed was so difficult to build, they had to send a rep out (which was a couple of weeks wait), and even he couldn’t figure it out - he had to call another installer to help him via a video call - and even then it was a mission. We were riveting things together, then drilling them out again, then riveting them back together - there was a lot of unnecessary holes. I don’t call that “easy to assemble”. - There are discrepancies in the sizes of the metal sheets they’ve cut which means things don’t line up.. They don’t mention this in the instructions and I had spent a lot of time trying to figure out why things didn’t line up. I was glad there was a phone number to call, but the staff there had limited ability to help. - The pieces just don’t fit together easily and it doesn’t seem to be clear how they fit together. Parts of the shed are quite bent and wavy. - The door brace was catching on the door jam and I ended up having to angle grind part of it off so the door could shut Other issues: - As another review mentioned, the bottom channel to the walls and the lower end of the roof with the end channel will catch debris and leaves which will just sit there unless cleaned out on a regular basis. - The powder coating on the steel of the shed is very fragile and scratches easily - I already have many from all the excess handling. - You have to brace the metal sheets from the back with your fingers when drilling holes because the metal flexes so much. The instructions don’t mention this. It’s dangerous - fingers got drilled into with my build. I believe these sheds are meant to be made with better steel than other sheds so hopefully it lasts now. Parts of the website says it has a 50 year warranty, but the instructions only say 25 year warranty. Either way, that seems fairly decent. I ended up with a shed that already has surface rust, dents and scratches from sitting around during construction and having to be assembled, disassembled and reassembled so many time. They have given me a $200 credit but that feels like a token gesture given the huge amount of mucking around this has been. I orderered this in November and am only just finishing up now. In future, would probably just buy a cheaper one or build my own.

Great quality, instructions and assembly videos are a great resource. Love the sure frame system!!

Five GM3815 GardenMaster Sheds & Floors assembled by 0800 MrShed. Recessed floor fixtures (photo 3) used on the back wall of the sheds as I was unable to access the back of the sheds.

Good shed, very sturdy and the team were great to deal with..would recommend

Got a custom shed quick delivery. The instructions for custom sheds don't match the ones included which makes a few of the steps a bit more complicated to follow then required. Good price and a sturdy build