Sinik

Nice one Paul - watched your video with interest having recently built a Keter Factor 6x6 and now past the point of no return, having taken a jigsaw to the side walls at the weekend. Also inspired by Astrobloke Glenn (do Keter have an affiliate program?). Like yourself, I wouldn’t describe myself as an expert DIYer. The Keter instructions make assembly of the shed straight forward enough, but from there the best thing I found was to take one’s time to figure stuff out. My build’s not perfect, but is functional, and pleasingly withstood the mother of all thunderstorms that passed through Sydney this evening without any signs of water ingress. Next for me is to add some insulation - got up to mid 30’s this afternoon (not unheard of to reach 40c), so definitely want to take measures to reduce the temperature inside, before leaving gear in place. Definitely frustrating and yet a satisfying project. Look forward to seeing your progress from here.

Thanks all for your thoughts - leaning towards gate track (have noticed quite a few around while walking the dog, and certainly look as if they will stand up to the outdoors without issue). As for the pergola, might have to construct it and deal with consequences later…😬

Inspired by the many that have gone before me, I’ve taken the plunge and now have a Keter Factor 6x6 plastic shed that’s waiting to be assembled for my backyard observatory. The intention is to make the roof a roll-off though my current conundrum is whether to use v-groove style gate track or extra long drawer tracks. The benefit of the latter being no extra support frame for the track (seems that the right drawer rails will support much higher loads than the plastic roof). The significant other says she doesn’t want me to put up a structure extending from the back of the shed that she’s reluctantly permitted (which she already refers to as “the Folly). Her main instructions have been “just don’t stuff it up”. Price wise, here in Australia, both options seem to come in at a similar cost. Would welcome any opinions here - my preference is currently to obtain and use some drawer rails, though main concern is how durable these will likely be - guessing that they will be subjected to dew, dust and the like. Also, if I wanted to automate the roof in the future, would that be easier if using a gate track system? cheers, Chris