Assemble an Arrow Brand Brentwood Metal Shed - Part I

The Brentwood 4x5 metal shed from Arrow Industries is easy to assemble and provides a very convenient outdoor storage area or workshop. This is broken up into two parts, Part I has all the preliminary information and all the steps which the manufacturer says can be done by one person.

Part II contains the steps which the manufacturer says require two people. The second person doesn't have to do much but they have to be readily available and smart enough to hold sheet metal in place.

The two parts may be done separately but in particular all the steps in Part II should be completed in a single session. This sessio will consume several hours and the party of the second part will need to be handy.

I have no affiliation with any of the manufacturers or products I mention including Arrow. I have one and I am putting it together so I made an instructable...duh...actually this one will be referenced in a future instructable regarding how to do science at home. But I digress.

I'm sure there are many, many, many other fine products out there which offer features equal or superior to those offered by the Brentwood shed.

As may be the Arrow brand shed, specifically the 4x5 foot Brentwood is where we are and so I suppose we shall begin.

Step 1 Planning ahead

There isn't really a bill of materials per se. You're going to need an Arrow brand Brentwood model 4x5 shed for this to be really useful.

I got mine at Home Depot. I had to order it and it took a couple of weeks to arrive. The package is very manageable and didn't seem particularly heavy although it was bulky. The entire container was approximately 33x72x4 and fit comfortably in the back of my light pickup. I managed to get it from the truck to the back porch but it wouldn't have hurt to have gotten a hand.

I chose the Brentwood primarily for size considerations as it would fit comfortably on my existing patio. Consequently I did not have to prepare a level site. If you're planning on placing this on open ground or pouring a new pad you'll need to have that in place before starting assembly of the shed.

The majority of the connections in the Brentwood are made with self-threading sheet metal screws. This is a good excuse to get yourself a cheap powered screw driver. Check out the Big Lots site, they have a line of inexpensive power tools for the casual user. I didn't get my driver from there but I have gotten some other useful things like a $50 drill press and $20 'Dremel' knockoff.