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There were 2 joiners missing along with a sheet but Chie was very helpful to have the parts replaced. Unfortunately some of the parts were not distinctly marked but the video was very helpful to aide the assembly. Very important to carefully handle… Read more · 1
the colour bond sheets to avoid scratches. Would help if the screws were more clearly identified in the instructions.
Follow-up · 1. I used a screw driver, rubber hammer (to lock the panels into the channels), drill (drill bit is supplied) and shifting spanner. 2. Yes, it is water proof. 3. Assembly took about 4 hours, there is a need to carefully study the videos and the written instructions. Also it takes some time to check that no parts were missing, crucial step, as I had 2 parts missing.
This product is hopeless shouldn’t be allowed to be sold! None of the pre drilled holes line up, the quality of the tin is terrible! So disappointed with this product Show details
A Nice shed but diabolical to assemble - we needed 4 people to assemble it and push/ hold pieces in place, lots of holes didn’t line up and needed to be redrilled, video instructions were annoying as we had to keep stopping while we worked through the process, we couldn’t see the shed details in the video (hopefully a paper print plan would have… Read more
better for this), and there were lots of scrape marks on the sheets of tin when unboxed by us but hopefully we can get matching paint to touch them up. Very noticeable on Monument (dark charcoal grey colour). It drove us all crazy and took 3 days (12 hours in total) to assemble it fully due to the mental effort of putting together (still without the ground bolts installed). We will never assemble one of these ourselves again - I’m more than happy to PAY SOMEONE to do this horrible task if we ever replace it!!
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Excellent size, roof slope type and number of doors – First thing I did after opening the box was to check off the parts from the list. I was missing the single door overhead jam. I called the US phone number and selected service and it rang twice and hung up. I tried again and the same thing happened. I checked their website and saw that the customer service started 7am Brisbane time and I was… Read more · 1
calling a half hour before that so I was going to wait and try again in 1 hour. 30 minutes after I originally called them I got a call from Ron Santos their customer service rep. This surprised me and impressed me for their concern about customer satisfaction. I told him about the part I was missing. He took my information and said he would start the process of ordering the replacement part after I respond to the email he would send me with the proof of purchase photo. I did this and Ron kept me posted all the way with the process of getting the part, when it was shipped and the shipping number. Ron gets 5 stars for all the customer support he provided. Since the missing part was not one that would stop the building of the shed and could be put on at anytime, I assembled the shed after waiting for people to come out and cut the tree next to where the shed was going. I watched the following Youtube video before assembling the shed which was helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7UrtYeZ20 I followed the included instructions and if there were questions I would refer to the Youtube video. The instructions were missing a key part of drilling and putting in screws to the 6 snaptite channels that are connected with the CSJ joining connector at the CSJ connection. This is key for keeping the channels strongly connect. You find this out when trying to move and handle the front, back walls and the roof. If I would have double checked with the Youtube video, I wouldn't have missed it. This was the only issue I had in assembling it. The video also mentions about using 5 no. 8 20mm screws on the single doors channel connected on the back wall. He said the screws were included, but they are not and not on the part list. I went out and bought some 3/4" screws, but they were a little short and used 1" ones instead. This adds extra strength. It's all assembled and I'm quite happy with it.
Charlotte customer service – Charlotte was absolutely amazing in helping us with our order as one of the pieces we received was not correct. With one short email she had the right piece straight out to us. Great communication and made it a breeze! Such a pleasure to deal with! Show details · 1
AbscoSheds 3x3m shed – Model 30302gecok. A solid shed when put together. Two people are definitely needed for the build. Good for the price. Don’t expect it to be perfect. Included Paper Instructions are very limited and you need a good visual and problem solving brain to put together. Otherwise use the app. Lots and lots of little metal screws. Impact driver a must.… Read more · 1
Mounting Bolts are 5/8 size head. 17mm doesn’t fit. Concrete anchors are solid. Drill 10mm hole. Came with a additional mistake piece 90a. and was missing the required door panel hinge piece 89a meaning I had to create my own solution.
This shed is perfect, 3 doors! – This shed took my husband and I two days to put together. One day to assembly sides, roof, doors. Second day to actually assembly. Instructions were simple but we did watch the YouTube instructions a few times too. Some of the holes had to be redrilled as didn’t line up, but no big deal. Had a missing part for the latch, wasn’t structural, so… Read more · 1
contacted Absco and easy, part arrived within the week. Sarah at Absco help desk was lovely and easy to deal with. Loving this shed with the side door and front door. Would definitely recommend
Space saving bike shed – Needed space in the garage and the best way to achieve this was with the Absco Bike shed. Downloaded the instructions and read them thoroughly. Took my time and it was easy to assemble. Real happy with the finished product. Show details · 1
We unpacked our shed and to our surprise the colour was a dark brown but on the front of the box it stated the colour was Monument and a swatch of a very dark grey / black shown in the front of the box, which is what we wanted There was painted scraped off the doors and other panels and other panels and many holes didn’t line up The Snaptite… Read more
method allows the sheets the slide back and forth in the channel which makes life more difficult as they move around during assembly, I suggest the assembly guide should say “insert screws at ends of sheet to secure sheet in place”. The lid also needs an overhang at the front and back to help stop the water driving in To our dismay the screws are starting to corrode so will probably replace those with pop rivets. Overall some good concepts but the detail has let it down
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Positive reviews
Good value, good service, not easy to install – The product is good for this price; it looks good after assemble; the service is very good! I got help from Sarah when I request a part; the instruction is also clear enough. But I need to remind that this product is not easy to install. Some holes is missing, so you need to drill by yourself. The most difficult part is to link the "four walls"… Read more · 1
together. You need to either cut the wall plate a little, or force them into, anyway, it's not easy.
About the design, it MUST be installed on slab, to be strong enough, according to the instruction. But if you don't want to, like me, you can add 8 corner bracket in the corners, to strength the structure.
Ideal for my three bikes – The package included everything to make assembly of the shed quite easy, (dare I say easier than IKEA) One panel was damaged, probably during packaging. Fired off an email to Absco, detailing the damage. Received a super quick reply from Charlotte. Some more info was required by Absco which i was able to supply. The bike shed is now 95% complete,… Read more · 1
Absco have notified me to say that a new panel will be delivered in a few days. All good. Thanks to Charlotte it was all easy.
Fantastic customer service, honest opinion no bribe accepted! – Bought two bike sheds from a supplier but sadly a couple of pieces were missing. I called Absco expecting to be fobbed off but the service could not have been better. Sarah Reyes was great, sent me the replacement parts and unusually in this day and age, apologised for the inconvenience caused. Will definitely buy their products again. Show details · 1
Negative reviews
Bought a classic cream Absco bike shed from Bunnings. Was glad it was in stock because it was a 6 week wait if not in stock. Had a very bad installation experience though. Got there in the end but it took 3 days for what should have been a simple install. One of the panels was the wrong size, was stamped 39D but was about 150mm too long but with… Read more
the 6 week delay to get a replacement, and the need for an urgent shed, I had to cut it down myself. There were screws (countersunk) in the pack which were not in the instruction's packing list. There were screws in the instructions (FAST005) which were not in the packing list or in the pack, had to improvise there. The instructions lack important detail such as is the picture a view of the front or rear and which is top or bottom. Lots of wasted time turning panels around. Many of the predrilled holes did not line up and had to drill new ones. There are two predrilled holes in the front doors which serve no purpose and let in water if not blocked up. The finished product was out of square (not because I had to cut down a panel) and the lid lips do not fit well. All up a poor quality product, poor quality control in the factory (wrong sheet, missing screws, etc) with bad instructions. I would not recommend Absco sheds.
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Finally we got there! – Purchased the bike shed from Bunnings, Australian made and reasonably priced. Started assembly using only the printed instructions, not a smart move. Fairly quickly ran into trouble when we discovered we were missing critical parts. A call to the help line and, ably assisted by Clark, we ultimately received the missing pieces. Stage two of… Read more
construction was done step by step with the video running on an iPad, a much smarter way to go. Assembly is not for the faint hearted and should only be done with video assistance, even for the well experienced! Finally fully assembled and it looks the part. Bolted to the slab it gets good strength. Painful to get there, but a real sense of achievement when complete.
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Very poor shed – Purchased from Bunnings and had to wait 10 weeks for delivery. Box was damaged when I picked it up (which is likely not Absco's fault). Panels were scratched, holes not punched correctly, holes did not line up, design issues causing the top pad bolt to not engage, large burrs left on the edges. Overall a poor quality product that I have in my… Read more
backyard that frustrates me to even look at. Contacted Absco via messenger with photos, they tried to help but gave me 20 questions to answer which didn't help. Built another branded shed in the months prior and it was of much higher quality.
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Recent reviews
It had the corners of two walls dented and we had to reshape them so that the walls could fit. The instructions are terrible and the pictures are unclear. The drilled holes don't all line up. The arms to hold up the shed's roof are screwed in - why not a hinge? It looks ok, but if I had known this I probably would not have bought this product through Bunnings. Show details
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ABSCO SHEDS Logic? – I have just started putting this together... after putting it off for a year. Screw holes not lined properly, and metal sheets not cut exactly the same length. Thank god I had an angle grinder to cut the front panels, for doors to fit. 3 pad bolts, and only 2 pad bolt hasps? ridiculous. Show details
Horrendous instructions – The instructions lack detail. 6 hours of my life I won’t get back. Don’t do it! Show details
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Not worth the trouble – I bought the 3mx1.6m skillion roof model 30153BK with the 3 doors. Appalling manufacturing quality control, lots of missing and misaligned holes, and in my case a defectively located hinge. Absco were responsive on email and quick enough to send a replacement part, but rather than wait 7-10 days I removed the hinge and hacked a relocation (the… Read more
first photo shows a correctly positioned hinge, the second is incorrect, by a lot). The snap lock system is nice but saves marginal effort because so much time is spent trying to understand the written guide, and fix the poor manufacture and design. For example, why provide screws and nuts as a rivet alternative for the hinges when the user must figure out how to hack room for the nuts? Also, yhe manual doesn't explicitly indicate that screws should be used to reinforce the channel splices. If you don't do this with the roof panel and lift it like he does in the video, I found it collapses in half. Most of the excessive assembly time I was shaking my head wondering how this business has survived. But.. the videos are great, they help a lot, and love that Qld accent.
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A good product that fits the bill – We bought it to protect pool equipment and it does that well. And customer service was very friendly and helpful in helping with a small issue. The videos were also very helpful. A good addition to the instruction booklet as this was sometimes a little hard to follow. Overall a good product. Show details · 1
Not as strong and durable as I expected it’s really flimsy material – Disappointed with it . wished it was made better. sort of a waste of money . I would not buy this product again and wouldn’t recommend anyone else to purchase this product. Show details
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Not a great design, but works – Ordered this Absco bike shed from Bunnings for our 2 bikes. Bunnings implied it would take 2 weeks, but it took a bit longer, When delivered it was missing 2 channel pieces. Sarah in the Absco admin dept was a pleasure to deal with and arranged for the correct parts to be sent to us, but this took longer than she had estimated. Assembly went ok -… Read more
took 4-5 hours with 2 people - though some pieces were illegibly labelled, lots of holes were misaligned, extra holes needed to be drilled in many places, there were a few extra holes not required, (presumably because some pieces are used for multiple products), the instructions were not always clear (pics of the roof show "diagonal brace" pieces that do not exist) and the design overall is not great: The side walls are not well braced to retain 90 degree angles between each other. Unlike the pics / diagrams online the shed does not have diagonal bracing on the roof, nor props to hold the roof open. Overall the final product is a little "flimsy" but it fits our 2 bikes (only just) and looks quite neat and does the job.
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Happy with finished product but had some issues – Pleased with the finished product, suits our use perfectly, but had a few issues. Manual supplied was not the one for model purchased (downloaded correct one from the website). Minimal protective packing so couple of panels were scratched by items moving about in the carton. Assembly was tricky, even with two people and for someone adept at DIY,… Read more · 1
and took much longer than expected. Instructions took some figuring out, tutorial videos were helpful though. Many of the holes did not line up or were absent, so the drill was never far away. Some parts were missing - Tom has been extremely helpful in rectifying the missing items, thanks Tom!
App is useless - instructions are terrible – Instructions are terrible. The app didn’t have my model of shed. The tip videos had no sound. Guess I’m going to have to guess how to put this shed together Show details
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Loads of room – Great shed , Plenty of room easy to assemble . Love the large door for easy access And looks so good in pale Eucalypt. I can even fit a fridge / freezer inside. Thanks Absco sheds Show details · 1
Absco Bike Shed – Requested by: Michelle Santiago - I purchased a standard bike shed 1.5 x 3m. I had a pretty tight space and the door design had to be very specific so this worked out perfectly. Show details · 1
Absco Bike Shed Seemed the perfect answer, but is flimsy, leaks like a sieve around the front in heavy rain – Leaks in heavy rain, the bolting to the floor is the only strength it has. Front with two doors is poor door frames. Idea is good, execution very poorly done. Show details
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Great shed – Customer service and online website was good and shipping easy. Prompt delivery and assembly was easy, quick and instructions included. Colour matched the requirement. Easy setup and whole family assisted Show details · 1
Good bike shed for our backyard – I purchased the shed to store our bicycles as we don’t have a garage at our property. It sits well in our backyard without taking much space but is able to have three bikes in. Definitely worth the purchase. Clark was helpful. Show details · 1
Excellent value – We purchased an Absco Space Saver Shed 18/04/2018, 1.52m x 0.78m for $199 - which is very good value when you think seriously. Yes you need to spend a day assembling it and yes some holes aren't quite punched through or don't line up and yes you have to drill some holes yourself but what do you want for $199! The finished shed is great, its sturdy… Read more · 1
and solid thanks to the skillful craftsman who assembled it (thats me). My wife felt very loved because of all the effort I had to put into assembling the shed and bolting to the floor.
We then purchased a Absco Bike Shed 26/06/2018, 2.26m x 0.78m x 1.31 for $265 which is also good value. Same as before - a day to build etc but still worth the money.
I guess if you paid a professional to assemble and install one of these sheds it would cost you $800 all up. Its comes in a convenient flatpack, and if assembled and installed well, will be strong, rigid and weatherproof.
I am spending time to write this review because I have been offered $20 Coles voucher (many thanks CLARK) however the review remains completely honest.
Hope this helps.
Good bike shed, but instructions could have been clearer – Good value bike shed and good quality, but the instructions were extremely hard to understand - and this is from someone who can build ikea furniture without instructions. Would be great if they were slightly clearer images or the parts were more clearly marked. Show details · 1
Bike Shed – Exactly what we were after, looking forward to the Asbco qualtiy. Simply Sheds was also great to deal with, and awsome pricing. The free metro shipping was a welcome surprise ;-) Thanks AINSLEY Show details · 1
great little shed – I used this shed to keep the kids bikes out of the weather and it has been fantastic, set it up and forget it everything just works as it should AINSLEY Show reply
Great product – Paulo was great in advising us about the correct product for our needs. I would recommend using this company to everyone It does the job at a good price and well made Show reply
Perfect product great easy transaction – Michelle was awesome to deal with quick to email us after our purchase, we are excited to have an affordable fix for our clutter under our patio. Very good product Show details · 1
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