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Lifetime 8' x 17.5' Outdoor Storage Shed Dual Entry, Tan
4.1 out of 5 stars
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  1. 5 stars59% (87)
  2. 4 stars19% (28)
  3. 3 stars7% (11)
  4. 2 stars5% (7)
  5. 1 star10% (15)

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Apr 10, 2020
Jackie47
5 out of 5 stars review

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Love the shed.

Great looking shed. It takes a minimum of 2 people plus a third to help hold panels in place while insuring they are even and inserting screws. Instructions are not written for novice assemblers as there are helpful hints that are not included.

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Apr 5, 2021
Arm
4 out of 5 stars review

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Built to last

Pros: It seems like it was built to last a long time. Cons: confusing instructions, a lot of work and a lot of reading instructions. I felt like I could had built one out of wood faster.

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May 18, 2021
dave
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great product, Great Customer Service

I am highly satisfied with the product, and I never do these reviews but I felt like I needed to let others know this is a good product. As a mechanical engineer, I think this product is well engineered and was easy to put together. I was a little hesitant with it being a plastic, but the screws do work well and I fell like there is enough metal to make it strong. There are a ton of pieces to put together but the order in manual is great. The YouTube video was awesome and needed. My only recommendation would be to label all the metal pieces with easy to remove no residue stickers. They should also add a note in manual about the doors with the longer rods go in the short end, I had to figure it out from the video. I was missing a window on the door but they immediately sent a replacement one, great customer service!

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Jun 24, 2017
Grandmeow
5 out of 5 stars review

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Surprising great construction

We are almost finished with the construction of our shed. Maybe you should offer a bucket of patience with the kit because we almost used up all of ours! It would have been helpful if all of the pieces and parts were properly labeled rather than having to guess when checking the parts against the inventory sheets. Overall it has "gone together" quite well and I can't wait to move my potting bench and yard implements into their new home.

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Mar 22, 2021
YIHT
2 out of 5 stars review

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Might be solid shed, but instructions are disaster

Shed might be decent quality but the assembly instructions are horrendous!! I am extremely handy and very capable of following assembly instructions. But the directions here were horrible. I've built Cheap furniture from China that has better instructions and labeling than this Shed does.....shameful coming from an American company.

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We are sorry to hear that you had trouble assembling your shed. We would be happy to help with any specific questions you have. Please email us at reviews@lifetime.com.

Oct 17, 2022
DuckyDude
5 out of 5 stars review

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Simple Assembly

After reading others installation reviews, was worried about challenges with assembly. Watched several of the factory YouTube videos for help PRIOR to arrival, which was a huge help as I already knew what I was looking for. With 2 people, we had no major issues during assembly. The 2 items that were slightly obscure in the instructions are floor piece orientation and door hinge bar selection. Pay attention to these two items, and you should have no issues. The base site was already prepped, not including that the total installation time was around 11 hours.

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Jan 8, 2019
VLMaples
1 out of 5 stars review

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Incomplete kit, unacceptable wait time for replacement parts

Ordered our shed form Sam's with assembly included. Took a month to get assemblers here, only to find out it only had 1 ceiling truss instead of 11. The assembler requested overnighting the parts, but Lifetime said 3-4 business days was the best they could do. We have to pray that the weather and temps hold another week and that the boxes, which unpacked cannot fit along my garage wall, now left on the patio, will hold up to probable rain. I am *very* disappointed in the unreturned and delayed phone calls and emails, but this final straw of slow shipment is unacceptable!

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We apologize for the shipping delays and are working hard to get these parts on their way to you! If you have any more problems with assembly please feel free to contact me directly at reviews@lifetime.com

Aug 22, 2022
Erik
4 out of 5 stars review

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Flat means flat

Shed is great - but you need a perfectly FLAT 20 ft long surface, or you'll have issues with the last roof pieces. There is a gottcha, for the floor (where the mid doors are) - not well explained in the docs. I also had to use some shimms under the roof to get the mid doors to fit right. All in all, good shed.

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Jan 7, 2019
Nick
5 out of 5 stars review

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Missing parts Order

Stopped dead in our tracks when we found we were missing part DSQ and 20 screws DTK. No problem getting parts when I called but will take about 5 days to get the parts. Trying to inventory all parts before starting May b a good thing but prepare to take several hours to do so. There are a lot of boxes and bags that are not all well labeled. Make sure you have three people when doing the wall build, especially if ther is a breeze. Make sure doors get put up AFTER the complete wall build. Also, when doing the wall build, only put in top and bottom screws on each panel to start. You may need to take a whole side down and redo install when you get to last corner piece and find it is too long because the sections were not pounded together tightly enough.

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Dec 1, 2020
Midwestern Family
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great Shed

We are very happy with this shed. The only issue we had when putting it together was the dormer pieces that go above the side door were very tight. Other than that no real issues. Make sure you plan ahead and read the instructions all the way through first before starting. You will not get this shed built in an afternoon either. We had several hours in sorting the pieces out and building the trusses and everything else we could ahead of time.

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