How To Assemble A Craftsman Or Suncast 4x6 Resin Shed
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2020
- In this video I show you how to assemble a Craftsman 4x6 Shed. I show step by step how to assemble this shed and attach the doors. I show how to attach the S Bracket on the roof of the shed. I also show how to attach the door hinges to the side of the shed. Thanks for watching!
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I just bought one of these and put it together SUPER fast because of your video!!
Thank you for this video. It made the assembly so much easier!
Great Video! Wife and I watched this before assembling 3 yesterday. Followed the video's instructions for the 1st one and learned some ways to speed the other 2 along.
Tips:
Cut the box open along the upper edges, halfway, creating a flap from which to slide all contents out, while keeping the integrity of box so it can be your work surface.
Lay the roof on the box and install railings and L brackets, set it aside side.
Then, lay the doors on the box and Install all door hardware except the hinges BEFORE you install the doors (this is much easier than installing the hardware once the door is hung.)
Also, Use the Philips head screwdriver and mallet to punch out all holes for the the door handles and lock latches, this will make it much easier to push the designated bolts through.
Once all parts are on the doors and roof, THEN assemble it all together, per instructions.
Snapping the hinges into place can be a pain. The trick is to ensure that the edge of the hinge is fully seated in the groove, THEN push/snap the rest of the hinge into place. Half of the time, the hinge screw will not find the threaded hole on the hinge right way...if you sort of play with/manipulate/squeeze the support surrounding plastic, it will help the screw find the hole.
The shed is incredibly well designed and easy to assemble. And when it isn't 94 degrees with 90% humidity and no shade, with a hurricane heading your way in 4 days (FL) ...its actually kind of a fun husband and wife activity to share.
Since the screws don't actually screw into the plastic, you can put them through and start them into the hinge threads, and THEN snap the hinges onto the walls, and finally tighten everything up. That's a whole lot easier than getting them snapped on and then trying to get the screws lined up by feel.
I just bought this unit and your video was very helpful thank you
Thanks, Todd. I just finished loading my tools, a few bags of soil, fertilizer, extra fence pickets, and extra wood pieces into my 4x6 Suncast, which I bought at Sam’s on sale for something like $329. I am very happy with the finished product, although it took this inexperienced builder a lot longer than most suggest, mostly because I built the foundation and the shed almost entirely by myself and it was hot outside. My son and wife helped a little at various times, but having a helper throughout the process certainly would have made a huge difference, especially with the foundation and the doors. My schedule prevented me from working on it until a few weeks after I bought it, plus it took me several hours (over various days) building the wood foundation that the instructions recommended. I’m glad I built the wood platform, which I placed on four large pavers at each corner (the pavers sit on 4 inches of gravel that I poured into four paver-shaped holes). Although it was a lot of work to prepare the base to get everything level, it was worth it. Another plastic shed I built 15-20 years ago is having problems with the doors because I placed the shed directly onto a foundation of pavers that I placed directly onto the ground without preparing a proper base. The rain and poor water flow around the 7x7 shed caused one side to sink, which now makes it difficult to open and close the doors. Fixing that problem is the next project. I also understand that there are some building codes that require doing all the fancy stuff I did, because having the space under the wood platform keeps bad thing from happening to the wood, or to the bottom of the shed.
I’m also thinking of building some shelves. Maybe I’ll post a video about the shelves,
Thanks for watching Steve, sounds like you got a great deal on the shed! It definitely helps to have 2 people! Good luck on the shelves and fixing your other shed.
Great video. I was stuck on the hinges based on the instructions. The visual clarified the confusion. Piece of cake. Great job.
Thanks for watching, I appriciate your feedback!
One of the best “how to” videos I’ve seen. I’ll be assembling this exact same shed today! Thanks!
Assembled the shed in about a hour with the help of this video! It was a piece of cake!!
Just bought one. Looks like you saved me some hassles especially with the roof. Thanks.
Thank you for this step-by-step walk through! I was able to put my shed together in no time.
About to purchase this shed but didn’t know what to do about the base. I like the paver idea you have and will be using your instructions to build the shed. Thanks.
Thanks man! I was confused with the s bracket while installing but figured it out didn’t look for any videos until I got to the door hinges, In which case you still helped a lot.
Thanks for watching, both the s bracket and the door hinges were a little tricky!
I just build it, your instructions are on point!!!!
Thanks for the video. I was definitely confused on step 12 until I watched you explain it.
Amazing 5 star video instructions!! my husband and I saved hours. thank you!!
Thank you! Glad it helped!
When mounting the roof I noticed that instead of applying pressure from the outside to get the holes to line up you can loosen the top bolt and lower the bracket enough to line up the holes insert the bolt and tighten the bottom one and then retighten the top bolt.
That's what I did.
Very informative!Glad I watched your video,before my install!
Since the screws don't actually screw into the plastic, you can put them through and start them into the hinge threads, and THEN snap the hinges onto the walls, and finally tighten everything up. That's a whole lot easier than getting them snapped on and then trying to get the screws lined up by feel.
Great job on explaining... very detailed and easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thanks for watching appriciate it!
Good job! I have the same unit from Suncast via Home Depot. They stamp the doors for private labels . Those hinges are a PITA. I still have one that the bolt won't screw in the threads. I drilled out the 1st hole a tiny bit larger, making it a little easier for the bolt to go thru. The one hinge I couldn't screw, I just added a machine screw in the empty hole in the hinge that went into the shed frame
Thanks for watching and the feedback. There have been lots of comments about those hinges!
Your video was so much better than the instructions that were provided!!! Thanks a million
Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you! Definitely helped out!!
Awesome video Todd. This made my shed build easy!
Hi Jack and thanks for watching! I am glad this video was helpful!
Excellent video!
Really helpful man, thanks.
Thanks for the demo. I just bought one and your video helped me out with the assembly :)
Thank you for watching, glad it helped!
Instructional video greatly appreciated!
Thanks for watching, I am glad the video was helpful!
Great video - made assembly much easier.
Thanks for watching and I am glad this video helped!
Thanks - just bought one, your video is very helpful
Thanks for watching, I am glad the video was helpful!
Thank you! The video was awesome!!!
Thank you for watching, Appriciate it!
I’m here because of Step 12 lol!!! Thank you for saving my bacon!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad the video helped!
Thank you for this. Very helpful 👌
Hi Shane, Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
Thank You I appreciate it! I am glad the video was helpful!
Nice job and some good tips. I'm ordering this shed soon.
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you liked the video!
Thanks so much for the video . Help so much. You where right there is a confuse to assemble last metal brakete on roof. Instructions in book don't specify if front or back. I put on back then I looking and saying to my self is something wrong, that when I went to you tube and find your video 📹. Also attaching brakete to door 🚪 and frame of wall sucks. I couldn't do it. You where right to much paint or screw to big.What I did I force the screw first few times to metal braket using wd 40 and drill enough to catch it . Then I force the hinge with screw together and and tight it. Works then I noticed name craftsman. And I says sh.... no wonder I have problems 😢. But is done. Hopefully people call 📞 and they corect problems. Greetings. If can posted my experience and opinions I wish I could send few pictures but I don't see options to do that. 😢
Loved the tutorial! Quick question, how deep did you need to dig for your pavers? This is the exact method I'm panning.
Good video! how has the shed been holding up since installed? and maybe that gap at the top of the doors is for some venting? I am about to buy this same shed. you were a lot of help!
Would you suggest caulking around all the seams to make it more waterproof?
Thank you for this Clip ! Good Job my Friend .. Is this the 106 CFT Shed Sold at LOWE's .. ?
Do you "have" to anchor the floor to the concrete pavers?
Thanks! Great video. Go Dodgers World Champs!
Thanks for watching, appriciate it!
As for the foundation, I know it needs to be level but can it slope? My house has a great spot on the concrete for a shed, but the pad slopes away from the house. Thank you!
Hey what is the 2 door clips at the top really for? To keep the door closed?
Thanks Todd! I got to that S bracket and couldn’t for the life of me figure out where or how it went. Then the hinges.... jeez...
Thanks for watching, glad this helped! Those are both tough parts!
Did you secure the storage unit to the stones or is it just sitting on top?
What did you use to hang your rake and broom up on the back wall? Great video.
Hi thanks for watching! I just leaned them up in the corner.
The video is great. Good detail on the S-bar, orientation missing from the manual. The doors are not nearly as easy to put on as Todd suggests. The manual does not explain that hinges are compression, no screws or bolts to hold them on. The bolts compress the hinges against the plastic; they appear to do nothing. By myself (I'm 73 years old), it took over an hour to mount one door.
Thanks for watching and the detailed feedback for other's!
Since the screws don't actually screw into the plastic, you can put them through and start them into the hinge threads, and THEN snap the hinges onto the walls, and finally tighten everything up. That's a whole lot easier than getting them snapped on and then trying to get the screws lined up by feel.
@@markpruett5496 Yeh, but a drill is a whole lot easier. I just modified the installation to the way it should have been designed: nuts and bolts. I can't believe that Craftsmen engineers have to be so ridiculous with the design. It is the last Craftsmen shed that I will buy, and I certainly will not recommend one to any of my friends.
Is the shed foundation screwed into the paver foundation ?
What was the point of those bolts through the hinge? What purpose do they serve?
Mine didn't come with hardware kit at all. Any idea where I can get one?
Thanks a lot for the instruction. I used your video to put mine together today. However, I cannot figure out what the little black L brackets are for. The manual says they are “door brackets”. I noticed you did not use them or mention them. Any idea what they are for?
Never mind, I just figured out what these two brackets are for. They go at the top to stop the doors from moving too far into the shed.
Nice, glad you got it! Thanks for watching!
great video! step by step, i want to pickup on e from lowes, with my Mazda cx9 SUV do you think the box will fit in to my car, if 2nd rows and 3rd seats are all fold down?
Thanks for watching, I am not familiar with that car but the box is huge! Good luck if you try it!
No way.. Really need something the size of a pickup truck bed wide.
I am curious if you were able to transport it in your Mazda. I have a CRV Honda and thinking about taking it out of the box. What's your advice?
Lots of complaints about the Suncast online about the door hinge design. People are saying that the door is only held on by the hinge being pinched on. Yours clearly also had through-bolts. I'm curious is everyone is missing them or not understanding instructions correctly?
The bolts don't really go through the plastic- there a sort of divot there so that the plastic is out of the way. So the easiest way to do it is to start the bolts in the threads, THEN snap the hinges onto the walls after the fact.
Anyone have any good links / ideas to purchase some good shelving for this great shed? Prefer the same resin type like the shed materials itself, any help would appreciated?
How long did it take you to complete the assembly of the shed? For the screws that go into the S bracket did you have to use the drill or were you able to do it just with your hand? Thank you!
Hi and thanks for watching! It's been a while so I don't remember for sure but I think 3 hours or so from start to finish is about how long it took my wife and me together. I was able to put the screws into the S bracket by hand. Thanks again for watching and good luck on your build.
So @7:20 securing those 'black pieces'. The Suncast shed brackets I got were unpainted, galvanized steel. If I lined up the holes in the brackets, with what look to be the hole positions on the plastic roof ceiling, the bracket would be way off centered. The roof would not have fit on the structure, as one end of the bracket would stick out and take up all of the groove for the side walls to fit into, when trying to put the roof on. I had to evenly center the bracket, so both ends left room for the walls to fit in there (I just screwed into the plastic at that position). ALSO, my brackets where stamped to wide. They did not initially fit into the long groove, across the roof ceiling, where this bracket is suppose to fit. I had to hammer along the whole length of the bracket, so it would eventually fit into the long groove. (The width of my brackets were 2.1 inches, trying to fit into the groove that's only 2.0 inches.) What a PITA.
Thanks for watching and writing your well written review. I'm glad you got it completed!
The hinges are a pain in the.... I left them for today after putting the rest of the shed together. Only one screw worked, and the rest wouldn't catch. I'll have to bring extra patience with me this afternoon.
Hello, How long would you say it took you to assemble the shed? Thanks
Thanks for watching, I would say roughly 2 hours for us.
How do you add shelves inside this shed? My mom has one and I read that versatrak rails are compatible but i have no clue how to install
Hi thanks for watching! You can download the manual for this one from the lowes website. They say you can make a wood shelf and tell you how to secure it in the instructions. I haven't seen an actual shelf for sale. Let me know what you find out!
@@ToddsGarage Thanks for the tip - but I didn't see anything on the lowes page regarding shelf manual.
Is the paver base necessary!
Hi its a good idea, if you don't the doors may not close evenly. Thank you again for watching!
Why is it whenever I build one of these I always run into issues. (Warped roof where doesn't fit properly in the back, missing parts like the plastic bolts etc.)
Thanks for watching, I feel the same way sometimes! Hopefully you got it figured out!
Can this unit be disassembled to move to an new location?
Hi and thanks for watching! I am not sure, I haven't had to disassemble mine.
@@ToddsGarage Okay, Thanks for the reply.
@@lamoenstartj5769 Thanks again for watching!
Alright guys.....
I must of said that in the video! Thanks for watching!
Do you need a permit to put something like this on your property?
How much did pay for the shed?
I paid about $500 for this one i believe. Thanks for watching!
Got stuck on step 12
I have done very similar with Woodglut designs.
Thank you for watching!
@@ToddsGarage I really love your channel Todd ✌️👍
Appriciate that thank you!
This sheds design has a fatal flaw that essentially makes it worthless. The roof is slanted foreword towards the doors. Water drips down the front and clings to the underside of the roof getting in even when the doors are closed, soaking the inside of the shed every time it rains. Even if you don't put tools on the floor, you're still left with a dank, moldy disgusting unusable 600 dollar piece of plastic after a few days of heavy rain. You're better off just building your own shed from PT plywood.