Aotearoa / New Zealand

The instructions started out ok, some ambiguity but I just skipped the drilling hole steps to start then when the pieces were coming together it was clearer how it fit together so I went back and drilled the holes (after fixing bits I got wrong!). It always had a picture of a drill bit to show where to drill holes. But as I went through the steps, there were parts it didn't say to drill, and towards the end it just assumed you knew what you were doing. It would say for this step you need 4 screws, then have a picture of the placement of two screws and just had some screws hanging out along the side of the picture. I eventually worked out these screws were supposed to go in the same place on the back, but the screws weren't anywhere near that position in the picture.

One step showed how to rivet one corner, two each side for 4 total on the corner. Then said you need 8 rivets for this step. There are 4 corners so I just riveted the two back ones with 4 each but who knows what they meant 😆. My assumption is they needed more reinforcement because the roof hinges at the back.

And then one step said I need part C8. I didn't have many parts left, and there was no C8. It said I needed 6 of them but I had 8 C1s which looked the same. They were for the corners to hold the walls together (four on top, four on bottom). I have no idea how 6 of them would work, you'd have two corners not attached.

The bit I found most frustrating about the instructions was that they never said which way around to put the steel sheets. You had to pick through and work out where it would end up to decide if this was an inside or outside facing bit, and it would change on the same page so sometimes it would show the front and sometimes the back. The sheets are a different colour on the back so it matters. Plus some sheets are cut on an angle or have pre-drilled holes so you don't want to get it wrong.

It's a shame they don't post the instructions on their site for us to all laugh at.

Also, it's not mentioned anywhere but you need a rivet gun. I got the cheapest one, which was less than $20, and did the job fine. I've never used one before, and only worked out you can change the attachment for different rivet sizes, it was a lot easier after that 😆. You also need a drill and screwdriver.