Rowlinson Garden Products Rowlinson Shiplap Wallstore

Having filled our small garden shed to the brim, we needed to consider taking our two mountain bikes out and finding an alternative, purpose built shed to keep them both in. I read a lot of Amazon reviews giving this particular little wooden bike shed a bad review, but let's be honest - the reason you're considering this little bike shed and the fact that you're even reading this review is the cheap price, right? I mean it costs £200. There are alternatives out there for £500 upwards, sure. But for a mere £200, surely that's peaked your interest?Well it did mine. So I bought it and it arrived in four sections. The first two appeared via a courier on the Thursday and the remaining two sections the following morning via a completely different courier. Bizzare.I built the bike shed within 6 hours myself. It would have taken me less than 2 hours, but some of the wooden pannels were cracked, damaged, split and didn't line up properly. But for £200, all the wood is supplied and someone has pre-cut to size, nailed all the pannels into flat pack formation, pre-treated the wood and then delivered it to your door. So I see this shed as more of a skeleton or a base model to get you started rather than a complete all singing, all dancing full package. Overall, very simple to build.Now, I was lucky enough to already have the tools to repair the damage and modify and improve on the design to make the doors more secure as they are incredibly flimsy as well as strengthen and upgrade the floor base, walls and roof as I was putting it all together. As mentioned in other reviews, all of the different screws and nails are thrown into one single plastic bag. I'd recommend binning the lot as they're exceedingly cheap and aren't capable of securing very much at all.So after about 6 hours, I'd built the bike shed fitted an anti-door removal system, double steel security bars, high security padlock, theft proof coach bolts, raised the base off the ground, fitted a small roof extension to cover more of the doors and fitted a high quality roof felt. Just need to apply some external paint now.So, to sum up, if your budget is £200, this is a great wee base shed to keep your bike in, but you will have to chop and change a few bits of it to make it completely water proof and more secure.Oh, and just for the record, my bike and my wife's both fitted with child seats on the rear fit comfortably in this little bike shed.Photos attached of our new, heavily modified bike shed. I'd definitely recommend if you're handy with tools and DIY as it's an honest wee bike shed for the price.

Had some initial delivery issues. The Seller does not physically hold stock, but orders directly from the distribution centre. this meant the delivery was not complete with the roof felt missing. This took about 2 further weeks to resolve. The reseller gave me a small discount for the inconvenience.Onto the Shed itself.it is well made. Similar sheds at B&Q are £100 more, so a good deal.It arrived as a flat pack and despite the other reviews, it took me on my own, just under 90 minutes to put it all together. I am only 5ft 8” and I did not find any real difficulties in lining up the panels and screwing them together.I did replace a few things, 2 bolts at £7 each, The door hinges at £20 for a pair and hasp and latch lock for a further £20.I also invested in Longer Galvanised Screws and also large Screws with Bolts with extra timber on the inner side of the Door to gain extra security. This all added to a further £20 or so.The timer protective paint was a further £15.As I was using this store 2 bikes, I found that there was enough space above them to have a shelf and the ply board and extra timer came to a further £20.So overall, it was £210 for the Shed and a further £110 or so to make the shed Secure and have organised storage space. But considering the finished product, it was exactly what I wanted, so very pleased.A good Buy!

I bought this product because the description said the wood was pressure treated however when the shed arrived it was not pressure treated and the manual stated it he’d to be painted with a wood seal every year which was what I was trying to avoidI spoke to the manufacturer who advised me that I was correct and the shiplap shed was not pressure treated but they made an overlap shed of the same dimensions which is pressure treated but I needed to speak to Amazon about a returnAmazon immediately arranged a return and refund and I now have a pressure treated shed which is what I requiredThe sheds are both good quality however the hinges are screwed on the outside of the doors so for extra security -you would need to get bolts which cannot be undone from the outside if you need the contents to be safe.

Easy to assemble. Could do with extra screws and nails. There are no extra so if you bigger up the screw head then you have scramble around your own spare screws to find a replacement. It could do with instruction on how important it it to keep each fitting square do that the doors will fit at the end. Mine shed came with a felt roof too short for the shed. The company rectified it, but it take a week and half to get to me. So check that you have the right length of felt before you start assemble.

This shed was easier to build than I had expected, taking about four hours, and only occasionally needed two people. Power tools - drill and screwdriver are a definite advantage, and a nail gun instead of a hammer would also have speeded up the process. Be very careful in aligning the doors. There would be an advantage to fitting extra fastenings on the right hand door rather than relying on the top turning clip and the hasp (which is very flimsy).This shed would not resist attempts to steal the contents if it were padlocked, so don't use it where high securty is needed.A very useful and neat shed to place against a garden wall or fence without taking up too much space.

Not a bad shed at all. However check for damage as the door edges are subject to damage at the ends by poor carriers. I got money back as I complained and carried out my own repairs to the door. Apart from that nit a bad shed. Managed to fit a huge ladies pendleton with 28 inch wheels and my smaller mountain bike with no bother. Going to modify by adding a cross shelf along the top part so I can store other stuff in the wasted space. It does have to be coated with Ronseal or cuprinol otherwise it will rot so be prepared for a few hours work in addition to the 3 building it.