YardMaster International Reviews 

Well thinking I was making a good choice of sheds, I purchased a Yardmaster 10 x 8 version, which in actual fact is more like 9 x 7 but i guess they measure the outside of the frame and not the shed itself. preparing a nice flat base i began to put the shed together, with i might add very little to no help from the manual other than it identifying the parts. building the roof was ok as long as you keep it square at all times and whatever you do dont lean on it, it will bend. using the screws provided, well they are a bit of a joke as 8 out of 10 dont hold and just push into the pre punched holes, I would suggest you purchase the next size up for the build if you dont want it falling to bits. the frame all laid out has the same problem with the screws, and i was careful to turn the torque setting down as far as it would go on my screwdriver. The metal is just a bit thicker than tinfoil and is easily damaged so care is needed. Overall look of the shed is good and has been well designed but sorry it is really let down by the thin metal and mostly useless screws and lack of instructions, there are videos on YouTube that helps to give you an idea of how it goes together in a hall on a piece of carpet totally flat, which is probably far away from where it is going to be used. If by chance you make the mistake, as i did of purchasing one of the Yardmaster sheds, well im sorry as you should have read this first, please make sure you place it so the prevailing winds dont drive any rain up the roof and under the ridge plates as it will get very wet inside. (maybe some flashing tape over the gap under the ridge plates might be a good idea). Would I purchase another Yardmaster shed? Not on your life, even at half the cost, biggest waste of time and money i have come across in a long while.

Giving a 1 start would be harsh but the 10x8 metal shed - stay away. The instructions are terrible. I would like to say trust the process but there really isn’t one. We had to watch their video over and over. Took a total of 10 hours to put it up. Holes were not lining up even tho we went through everything step by step.

Poorly machined and Absolutely terrible instructions.

By the time you’ve paid to have the base done and the metal shed you may as well pay someone to build you a decent wooden shed from scratch

We had a 10 by 8 yard master metal shed, this took 8 hours to put together, it’s very flimsy and horrible to put together! I will never purchase one of these again! Don’t waste your money

Yardmaster 10 x 8!!!!
What a joke, and I wish I had looked at the reviews before we bought this piece of s...t from Argos.
. Size of base is different from the what was quoted.
. Badly machined - only 20% of the holes line up
. Screws are too small for the holes.
. Instructions....well my 3yr old grandson could have written better, and you can't work out anything.
. Leaks like a sieve after a small shower.
. sharp edges.
Yardmaster themselves couldn't give a toss, as called for advice before we even started putting it together as the edges were not folded enough, and they didn't seem to care really.
Spoke to Argos who said we could get a refund, but we would need to take it down, my husband is disabled and the person who helped my put it together is not available anymore.
Totally useless, so I am now having to go out and buy a load of silicon to try and stop the leaks. We would never buy another and if I could have given it a minus I would have done.

Do not buy!
Instructions very hard to follow and the shed is a pile of rubbish. Door bearings are bad and everything is flimbsy.

Fitting instructions hard to work out. Holes don’t line up very well, flimsy panels. Certainly not 4ft ( I don’t count roof overhang) more like 3.5ft wide.
Don’t bother buying!!!

Not fit for purpose. Appalling instruction manual that doesn't correspond to reality, or offer any actual insight into how it fits together. The online tutorial video is not helpful in the least. It's constructed of the flimsiest of materials that bend and buckle with the lightest of touches. Every panel had at least one misaligned screw hole, meaning that the panels don't fit together, and screws constantly shearing. Doors that don't align or close correctly and frequently jam. Took 10+ hours to assemble and leaks when it rains. A truly appalling piece of overpriced junk that they should be embarrassed to sell.

Absolutely rubbish!!! Took 2 very competent men and a not as competent man 2 days to assemble. So many issues it's impossible to mention. But it was up finally in May and filled with the usual shed stuff. Christmas eve, along came a storm and peeled off panels like opening a tin can!! The whole frame bent and buckled rendering the shed a dangerous liability! It's now completely taken apart and away to the dump. Less than a year it's lasted!!

The only reason I’ve given this one star is that I can’t give minus stars. The instructions are a joke. They include two see through panels that I thought were packing and nearly threw away. It leaks like a sieve and we have spent hundreds of pounds on glue, expanding foam and flash tape to find it still leaks. Orla Scullion from Yardmaster is arrogant and doesn’t give a damn. Sheds who sold me this don’t respond to phone calls or emails. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!

We purchased the Castleton 108AEYZ Anthracite shed and have had a terrible time from start to finish with this company and this product.

It started with the delivery being sent on a grand trip around the Republic of Ireland, before it eventually arrived with us 2 weeks late. We were out of the country by this point, so had to risk the shed just being left on our drive. No apology offered for this mess-up.

Construction was unbelievably time-consuming. We're experienced DIY-ers, but it took 3 adults an entire day just to assemble the roof, then the best part of another day to assemble the frame and side panels. It took 4 adults to lift the roof into place, then another morning to finish attaching it to the sides.

There are a number of serious design flaws:
- The screw fixings are very lightweight and offer very little 'bite' into the steel, they all spin and lots of them just threaded
- Washers don't form a good seal, so it leaks like a sieve
- Not secure in the slightest. The doors and handles are so flimsy you could prise them open with a wooden spoon, but to be honest you would probably just unscrew one of the side panels instead (all the fixings are on the outside), curl it back and walk straight in
- Door handles are secured with tiny bolts (no washers), that almost pull back through the pre-drilled holes
- Impossible to bolt down at the corners once finished, because the bracket is so close to the corners and there is not room to hammer in the rawl plug
- Side bars are very flimsy, especially where they are jointed (we bought additional lengths of timber and screwed through to these to try to strengthen the sides)

As for the instructions - wow. I'm an architect, so I'm pretty used to construction diagrams, but these were poor. Lots of guesswork required, some steps completely missing or printed so small they were unreadable. We finished the job with hundreds of surplus fixings. One bag we never even opened, and we still have no idea what they were actually for (in spite of 3 people each reading the instructions and trying to work this out).

And as for the product description. Anthracite? Well, parts of it are. What Yardmaster don't mention (or show on any of their visuals) is that the top of the roof and the doors are shiny galvanised steel, so the whole thing now reflects back at us like a mirror when we look down on it from our house.

In short, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID!

Just finished my 8ft shed it was built in stages as had a toddler. It's true the holes don't line up but if you handscrew in at angle till it beds issue solved.

For the price cant fault. It the instructions are off putting at first but study then enough and it clicks not a DIY'ER me and wife put it up in 5 hrs with no issue really besides forgetting to place the very last brace above door quick 10 mins to remove doors and place and it was done. Will see how it holds

yardmaster 10x8 foot metal shed
dreadfull product have now spent 3 days putting up shed and still not finished none the holes match instruction our pointless as they make no bloody sense what so ether if this shed when its done stands the test of time I will be very surprised so from my point of view avoid this yardmaster metal shed at all cost I have put up other metal shed in past and they went up easy with no problems but this one trust me I am no diy novice but even I have got to the point at where im ready to put this product in the skip

Dreadful product and awful customer service. Website shows image of flooring panel, which you can purchase at much extra expense. BUT they do not supply the panel displayed, only the metal frame for it. Customer rep told me to read the small print and had quite clearly dodged this issue before. Avoid this bunch. Seems there business model is a one time rip off rather than repeat business.

Wow, scathing reviews.

Me and the wife just put up a 13x10 Yardmaster shed.

I agree that the instructions aren't very clear at times, but if you look on ahead you can usually figure it out. It's all pictorial. Frustratingly the codes for each section aren't exactly the same as in the packing list, with items being point something e.g 273.16, but the .16 isn't on the packing list.

As said before, the panels are staggeringly thin, flimsy, at 0.3mm thick, but once constructed they are solid enough.

The self tapping screws have such a broad thread that they just spin and don't pull tight, which brings me to my main issue.

The nylon washers are solid, not soft, so have no give at all to allow them to seal. If the screws pulled tight instead of spinning, then the washers may seal, but as it is, they don't. So but some rubber or soft nylon washers for the roof. If you don't, it will leak. I'm now going to have to replace them all, meaning the roof has to come back off.

As said before, a lot of the little holes don't line up, but the screws will self tap into the incredibly thin metal.

We built it in a day. I think the prep work making sure the base was flat and level really helps.

Make sure each section is square, and then the panels should go on fine.

As I've said, once built, it's solid, despite screws I can turn by hand.

Use a membrane under your concrete base, and leave it long enough to bring it over the base frame, so you can trap it between that and the side panels, that way the base is totally sealed from water, so you won't get condensation.

Just make sure you replace those roof washers.

We recently purchased a 9.6x9.6 yardmaster metal shed and whilst electing it found multiple parts damaged when we contacted yardmaster customer service after many emails their link didn't work eventually spoke to a customer services person called caroline her attitude was DISGUSTING I ASKED FOR PANELS TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED PARTS ONLY TO BE SENT A SMALL TUB OF PAINT I WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU BUY FROM THIS COMPANY

A bean tin is more structurally sound than one of these dystopian sweat boxes. If they forced these diy kits on Guantanamo Bay inmates, they would have found Osama Bin Laden a week later.

Not only is it torturous to build, it's honestly like it's been designed and engineered by a team of Liz Truss and Salvador Dali, hungover after a night at the rodeo. Its like an avant-garde after throught following a plan to make as much money from a pile of stamped sheet steel as possible. It's probably not even real steel.

For you sadists our there that do plan on buying one, I would suggest growing another set of arms of asking Magneto if he is free for a few days. Probably best to have the Samaritans on speaker phone too.

Shed (4x6 metal ) took ages to get delivered and then on opening the box was dismayed to see how many bits there were. I only got as far as the first 2 pages on construction as so many bits could be put on the wrong way. Poor design and no thought for the poor person having to construct it.I’d rather have paid more for delivery and get pre-assembled bits, than waste my life with tiny components. They should give more information about the construction time. It should have had better labelled components. Eg top , bottom. Plus the labels it did have were not waterproof and as it was left in the rain, had washed off. Some components were identical but labelled differently. So when things didn’t fit, it was impossible to figure out why. It used small screws instead of bolts, these were very fiddly and didn’t grip well. Overall, the sort of DIY that makes you wish you hadn’t bothered.

If I could have rated zero I would have. I have never dealt with such an incompetent business. I ordered a shed which I was told would arrive between 3 - 14 July. They can’t give an accurate date and assume people should just be home. Anyway, it arrived July 19, thankfully someone was home. But, it gets worse. Wrong shed. Paid over £600 and received one that costs £250. Don’t know how many times I’ve messaged these people since ordering beginning of June. Now waiting on a refund and them collecting the shed. Do not go near this company if you value professionalism.

i bought the 10x17 the parts are so flimsy and the insructions are so hard to read i started builing it and couldnt understand the instructions so i employed 2 professional flatpack guys and it took them 2 days to build costing almost the same as the shed its self

I bought a Yardmaster Toplight Pent 85SP18 8ftx5ft metal shed. It was delivered in 7 days. I built the base on breeze blocks and my two sons built the rest over two days because of the weather,total time was about 6 hours, ( only build on a calm day ) only 4 or 5 holes didn't line up so we drilled new ones. It's watertight after heavy rain and I'm happy with the shed, I think it's a good buy.