Features:

  • OUTDOOR STORAGE: Shed for storing bikes, mowers, and patio furniture
  • DURABLE: Multi-wall resin panels are engineered for strength and stability
  • FUNCTIONAL LID: Sliding lid for easy walk in access
  • INTEGRITY: All-weather construction provides water resistance and UV protection, maintaining appearance of shed
  • REINFORCED FLOOR: Sturdy floor to support a tractor or heavier items.Interior dimension:50.25 inch x 71.75 inch x 50 inch
Easy Installation, great product.

The Suncast Glidetop Shed arrived one day earlier than expected. Had the package put in my garage and disassembled the packaging so I could carry the parts through my home since my access to the side of my house is basically unusable. On a calm morning I enlisted the help of my wife to steady the panels during construction. This was the absolute easiest, straight forward assembly with the best fitting panels of anything I purchased (such as desks, bookcases) that I had to assemble. All the parts are labeled and fit perfectly. I didn't record the time accurately but we finished in under one hour. The shed looks impressive and is sturdy. The glide top works as advertised and is definitely needed due to the low height. On a calm day I am sure I could have assembled this alone, but my wife kept me company so that was good. She was impressed that I did not use even one curse word which was an all time record for me. GREAT PRODUCT, I would recommend and purchase again.

Great little shed for storing riding mower

My association prohibits residents from installing any outdoor shed except for this one. Amazon seller delivered the shed, a fairly large box in perfect condition. Shed low profile 4ft 4in height met the association 6ft tall or less bylaws and my 42" riding mower fits inside perfectly, freeing up space in my garage for a second car. The materials look sturdy and assembly was fairly straightforward. I laid a foundation of gravel then 12ea 20x20" concrete tiles and the shed lays solid on the ground. The sliding top is a big plus, allows me to drive my riding mower all the way into the shed with space to get out and lock it up. Perfect purchase for those with restrictive association bylaws. Recommended purchase.

Perfect for our intended use

This was fairly easy to put together. We built a foundation of pressure treated 2x6s and exterior plywood to the specs provided by the manufacturer. Two of the panels on one side did not slide together easily and even with a bit of mechanical persuasion (rubber mallet) were about 1/8" short of fitting together perfectly. This did not affect the structure or make it less weather-tight, but we did spend more time than necessary trying to get it to fit as intended. All of the other pieces slid together fine. We purchased this for a lawn tractor that fits perfectly with no room to spare front-to-back and just enough side-to-side to push it in with the deflector held up with a bungee cord as the attached photos show.

Very Nice! Recommended

I bought this on in Feb 2014. It is now 2017 (April). I was working so much that I never even opened the box until this last week. I figured by this time, having set out in my yard that the contents must be ruined. They weren't. They were as good as new. I then figured that me, a female, now retired at age 70 would be hard pressed to put this together alone. I put it together in an hour. Alone! Very good instructions included. All the bolts and tools needed, also, included. I live in a condo with a small yard (concrete on one side and a flower garden on the other--and no garage. I needed a place to put things--a 1400 square feet of living space with 3 bedrooms is not enough room for all the things I have collected. And, I had the problem of HOA rules about how high a shed in my yard can be--picky-picky HOA! This sweet little shed is ideal! It satisfied their rules and my needs. After completing it, I thought to myself, "What a wonderful playhouse this would be for kids!" And being a beautiful Spring night, I tossed in an air mattress and a sleeping bag and 'camped' out in it for the first night after putting it together. Fun listening to the outside sounds of nocturnal bliss. The next day I put all my overflow into it--much roomier than you'd think. And, yes, the floor is sturdy enough to walk on, sleep on, whatever. I am so pleased. Wish I'd put it together three years ago! My whole place is so organized now, I don't know what to do!

Great storage shed!

What a great product. I was intially skeptical becasue of the size but it worked out perfectly. The sliding top is a great feature. It's spacious without taking up too much space. (It is failry large though but it works for us). The absolute best part of this thing is putting it together. It was a breeze. Easy for one person and everything just fits together. It took about 45 minutes. And for something this size, it's incredible. My only complaint is that the door seems to sit just slightly open. We use a lock to make sure it stays closed so water doesn't get in from the gap. Pros: - Incredibly easy to put together - Sturdy and has some weight but remains maneuverable - Sliding Top is great - Spacious but doesn't take up too much space Cons: - Door doesn't close flush (at least on the one I have)

Nice little shed

Needed a small shed that would fit in my small back yard, but still hold quite a bit of stuff (a professional tile saw, paint sprayer, generator, lawnmower and some yard tools. I did some research on this shed, measured the stuff I need to store, and I'm pretty sure everything will fit, no problems. Probably with some room to spare. In any case, if it doesn't fit, that's not the shed's fault, it's my fault for not making sure things would fit before I buy it. Using the plans on the company's website, I built the wooden platform in advance, and anchored it into the ground with 4x4s and concrete, since I live in hurricane-prone Florida. The materials for the platform ran about $150, and with the help of a friend, we knocked it all out in under three hours. Arrived on a freight truck, they put it in my yard where I asked them to, all great. Shuttled the pieces to the back yard and began assembling. I was worried it would take me a few hours working alone. I had the thing almost entirely assembled when I ran into a problem. One of the threaded holes for the large plastic screws that holds the base of the door was stripped. Not from over-tightening, like it was already bored out too big. So, thinking quickly, since the floor comes in two identical pieces, I thought maybe if I tore it all down, flipped the floor around so the back was in the front, I would have better luck. Unfortunately, same problem. I think maybe both my pieces came off of a bad run of them or something, it seems odd that the same fitting on both pieces would have the same problem. I haven't contacted Suncast for a resolution yet, but I will (it was already pretty late in the evening so I assumed they probably don't have any customer service lines running this late). Even still, with putting it almost completely together, taking it almost completely apart and putting it all back together again took me less than 90 minutes. I would guess less than an hour total if I had assembled it all without issue. The problem is that if I have to wait for Suncast to ship me a replacement part, I'll also have to disassemble and reassemble it yet again. I'm hoping they have some other kind of fix. As it was first being assembled, it seemed a little wobbly, and I was worried that I got something shoddy, but once the whole thing was together, it feels pretty solid. It's important to get it on a very FLAT surface - I had a bit of a dip in one corner of my platform that I didn't notice when we built it, but the assembled shed was all skewed. The doors didn't line up right. I was able to detach one corner of the platform and jack it up a bit until everything was nice and even again, and then reattached it. Aside from those minor problems, it was great, with easy assembly. I would only anticipate coming back to take off a star or two if Suncast customer service turns out to be especially rude or unhelpful.

There's a right way and a wrong way to assemble it, and the wrong way is fine!

Read the reviews of this shed, and it will become clear that a lot of the concern is over the assembly instructions, which tell you to either build a concrete foundation or a wood platform for the shed to sit on, and then to anchor the shed to it. Not doing so voids the warranty and, according to the manual, "will cause catastrophic failure, rendering the unit nonfunctional." If what I actually wanted was a shed, as in a permanent structure that will last as long as the house does, I would have followed those instructions. But what I wanted was a big box to keep my bicycles in. If the big box eventually starts to warp several years down the road, or if it moves a bit during particularly windy storms, or if a little water gets in, that's fine with me. So instead of building a foundation, I just put it together on my cracked and uneven asphalt driveway. I tried to find a section of the driveway that was level left to right, but it does pitch a bit toward the street (I oriented the shed with the door side toward the street). Once assembled, I could shove the empty shed to move it, but not easily. I'm not in an area that gets really high winds all that often; a 50 mph gust is about as high as I've seen here, even from thunderstorms or tropical systems. Under those conditions, the shed may get nudged by the wind so that it slides to the other side of the driveway, but it's not going to fly in to the air and become a projectile. Frankly, in really high winds it's much more likely to get in trouble by having a tree fall on it, and that's not the shed's fault! Since the driveway is not quite level (between 1 and 5 percent grade, I think), I was worried that the doors might not move freely on the hinges, or that the sliding roof wouldn't slide right, but everything worked just fine. I should be clear: I wouldn't recommend putting this on a 10% grade! Assembly was quite easy. I did it by myself over a period of maybe 90 minutes in fading light. The first step, which involved shoving two halves of the base together, was the hardest with a single person. The instructions were clear, and the hardware worked well. I'm very happy with the finished shed. When I bought it, I'd thought the sliding roof was a gimmick, but it turns out to be very helpful for getting the bikes in and out, because I can walk a foot or so in to the shed while pushing the bikes in to place. My one quibble is that the roof doesn't haven't channels for water to run off when it rains, and since it's textured plastic, quite a bit of water accumulates on the top when it rains. It is pitched to the sides, so it's not inches of water, but it's more than you'd get on, say, the hood of a car. So then, when you slide the roof open, the water often sloshes down in to the shed. Since I'm using it for bikes, that's not a big deal--maybe the seat gets a little wet. But I would find it annoying if I were using the shed for things that needed to be kept dry that, while it does a great job of keeping it dry when it's closed, the process of opening it can cause water to spill in. tl; dr: For me, this is a five-star storage box for my bikes. Easy to assemble, reasonably good looking, easy to get the bikes in and out of it, in the price range I was willing to pay.

Great Storage for Restricted Spaces

This shed fits perfectly under my deck which only has 54" clearance from the ground to the under side of the deck. I built a platform using 2 x 6 treated lumber for the frame and 5/4 treated lumber for the top. At the moment, I'm storing my brush chipper, snow blower, tractor snow plow blade, power washer, string trimmer, hand truck and various shovels and rakes. Soon I'll bring out the winter equipment and store my lawn mower and leaf blower. I was able to assemble the shed by myself in about 45 minutes. Homeowner restrictions prohibit structures elsewhere on the property, but this shed is the perfect stealth solution to my storage needs.

Exceeded my (already high) expectations

This mini-shed exceeded my expectations! I was easily able to assemble this alone in about an hour. The hardest part was getting the large and heavy box to close to where I planned to have the shed. I used a dolly to get my box to the right spot, and was able to do that alone. I am handy with tools as a homeowner, but I'm no professional construction dude! In my case, I assembled this on a space of level concrete around our pool, so it is perfectly level and with a secure sub-floor (other reviewers are concerned about the floor bending on soft ground, but not in my case). I have to say that the engineering on this is excellent, and the instructions are incredibly easy to follow--perhaps the best I've seen. I did use a rubber mallet to gently "tap" the walls into place, and found that very helpful even though the directions do not suggest that. It's worth buying one just for this assembly, and then having it for when you need it again in my opinion. Each part was labeled (A,B,C...) when they pourde the models that created each individual piece, so there's no way to have a label peel off. If you follow the directions, it goes together very easily, and the finished product is quite sturdy. Mine is currently home to a gasoline pressure washer and hoses/fittings, a huge winter pool cover, a 4-bike rack (large, heavy), about 6 huge flower pots (think small-trees) nested inside each other, and a couple of garden hoses. There is room left for more stuff too. The height of this shed is about rib-height on a 6' male. It rises to just underneath my pool fence, so I'm hopeful that my HOA won't complain that I have a "shed," which is not allowed by our HOA. The slide-back roof operates smoothly and makes accessing items in the rear simple. It also looks very pleasant and non-obtrusive. The weakness of this box is the locking mechanism. It has holes molded into the roof and door handles that line up so that you can use two padlocks to secure the roof to the doors, and the doors to each other. They work fine, but if a crook is determined, it would be simple to defeat them. The door handles only attach with two screws each, so it would be easy to rip them off with a crowbar, and since the locking holes are in the handles, that's the flaw in the design. Still, if you are concerned about using these in a high-theft area, you probably should be shopping for a real wooden or metal shed, not a plastic box. I do lock mine as a mild deterrent, and I'm not concerned about theft where this is located. If you want an exceptionally well-made "baby-shed" that's larger than a deck box, but smaller than a real shed, this is it!

Perfect

I received my shed yesterday put it together in about a hour and a half by myself and I'm pleased! This is the perfect shed for my needs! I already have a small shed but needed to clear floor space! One word of advice make sure it's level! Mine was off a little bit which caused a minor problem when I got to installing and closing the doors! Had to shim it up maby a half a inch! No biggie! Lawn mower,snow blower, weed whacker, gas cans shovels,bags of weed n feed all neatly inside. I still have room it's perfect! Nice!

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