Sort of a rubbish shed... Any rights?!

rellarips

Hello, need some expert advice please!

We bought a shed just over 12 months ago. We are now moving house and need to take the shed with us.

Found out this weekend we can't dismantle it at all - the company we bought it from assembled it in our yard using concealed head nails and a nail gun. We can't even get a crowbar in to lever it apart.

Got advice from a couple of professionals who laughed at the idiots who'd put it together and made it a 'permanent' feature. The only way we will get this down is to tear it down. Should have used bolts, screws, nails... Anything but a nail gun it seems.

Do we have any rights at all if we go back to this (shed) company to complain?

Thanks for advice!

shaun_from_Africa

Unless it was advertised as being able to be disassembled or you mentioned before it was put up that you wanted to be able to take it apart for moving in the future, I don't really think that the people who sold and put it together have done anything wrong.
Yes, some companies may have used screws or bolts but this doesn't mean that it is the only way to do it.

You say that you "can't even get a crowbar in to lever it apart", but I would take this as being a good thing as if all the panels are tight together then there is little or no chance of it leaking.

bsms1147

I've never known anyone to take a shed when they move...

rellarips

Thanks Shaun, appreciated! Not good news though, although my husband did comment to the guy who erected the shed that we would be moving it one day. But that's not much help now I guess.

Bsms- we have been in a rented house. Slightly too long a story but the landlords 'shed' (as old as methuselah) fell down and we needed a shed for the stuff we own that wasn't crushed under the rubble. He was obviously happy for us to provide our own. Hence why we would be taking it with us (plus we need it).

Nilrem

I suspect a lot of sheds assembled on site may well use nails as it's a lot faster than screws.

You may be able to get a flat/utility bar (like this) in to prise it apart rather than a traditional crow bar, as that's what is used to open a lot of crates that often have the lids nailed on.
We have a couple in the garage because they'll often get in where a crowbar won't (I had to use one yesterday on something I'd nail gunned in place years ago).

shaun_from_Africa

Why not tell your landlord that you will be taking down the shed before you move out but if he wants it left, you would consider leaving it and selling to him for a good price.

If you can see where the nails went it, you might be able to get them out using a nail puller.
There are a couple of different types available , this sort than you hammer in around the head of the nail then lever it out:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-STA055115-CLAW-BAR-12IN/dp/B000RHZY3E/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1442195383&sr=8-9&keywords=nail+bar

Or this type
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-NAILPULL-600mm-24-inch-Puller/dp/B001CKAR4Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442194952&sr=8-2&keywords=nail+puller
which is harder to get used to but they generally work better on softer wood.
I've used the 2nd sort many times to get nails out of packing crates but the tool I use is a professional version of that shown and would be far stronger.

The first type is fairly cheap and it may be worth giving it a go.

bris

Isn't having a shed erected well a good thing? The problem you actually have is that you are just not competent enough to dismantle it.


Get an expert in, they can do it properly, the right person with the right tools every time.


Your title is misleading, there is nothing wrong with this shed, in fact the shed was well erected and built to last. If it blew down in the wind your complaint would be the installer used insufficient fixings to erect our shed, some people are never happy.

mattyprice4004

Sounds like they've done a good job, if they've used a nail gun and it's still rock solid a year later.
Send them here, I have a fence they can fix.

Sagz_2

I had the same problem with a kennel and dog run, the plan was to dismantle it and erect it at my new house. 4 men, 3 hours later and I had a removal van full of firewood and metal.

Unfortunately, if it wasn't described as being suitable for dismantling I don't see what you can do.

powerful_Rogue

rellarips wrote: »

Got advice from a couple of professionals who laughed at the idiots who'd put it together and made it a 'permanent' feature. The only way we will get this down is to tear it down. Should have used bolts, screws, nails... Anything but a nail gun it seems.

So the 'professionals' mocked the installers for doing a good job of making sure the shed would remain secure for sometime.

There is indeed a few idiots, however that wouldn't be the original installers in my opinion.

cookie365

Last time I moved house it was an absolute nightmare peeling off the wallpaper.