Life is Good Sheds, Garages, Carports & Shelters

Sheds, garages, carports, car shelters and utility shelters, from a 4 × 3 ft garden locker to a 12 × 30 ft garage — plus run-in and corral shelters for horses and livestock, shade canopies for dogs, and the accessories that go with all of them. The brands on this shelf are Arrow, ShelterLogic, Scotts, Sojag and Gazebo Penguin.

Two kinds of structure share it. The rigid ones are steel, aluminum and resin: Arrow and Scotts sheds in galvanized steel under a hard-wearing polyester paint finish, Arrow's Resin Series sheds in multi-wall resin with a reinforced floor, Sojag's Everest garages in Galvalume steel with a roll-up door and a lockable side door, Sojag's rustproof aluminum Rainier and its steel Denali. The fabric ones are a powder-coated steel tube frame under a waterproof, UV-treated polyethylene cover — ShelterLogic's garages, carports, run-in and corral shelters, and Gazebo Penguin's white car shelters. Nothing here is wood or polycarbonate: no timber to rot, no panel to yellow.

Published ratings tell you what a model is built for, and they are on each product page: the ShelterTube garages are rated at a 35 psf ground snow load and 65 to 80 mph winds, the Sojag Everest 12 × 25 at 35 psf and 100 mph. The steel sheds leave the floor to you — most Arrow buildings ship without one, and a floor frame kit is a separate item with the flooring material not included — so plan a firm, level base first. Anchors, roof strengthening kits, enclosure kits and carport side and back walls are all on the two accessories pages. Free shipping on most orders over $88*.

Sheds, garages and shelters FAQ

Should I choose a shed, a garage, a carport or a winter car shelter?

Decide by what goes inside and whether it has to close. A shed is for tools, mowers, bikes and garden gear, in sizes from about 4 × 3 ft up to 14 × 17 ft. A garage is an enclosed building you can drive into and lock — Sojag's Everest in Galvalume steel with a roll-up door, or a ShelterLogic fabric garage on a steel frame. A carport is a roof on posts with open sides: the quickest to put up, and the least expensive way to keep sun, rain and sap off a car, a boat or a trailer. A winter car shelter is the seasonal one, a steel frame under a white polyethylene cover with doors and windows, bought in the autumn to keep snow and ice off the car. If you start with a carport and want it closed in later, enclosure kits and side and back walls are sold for several of them.

Do these structures stand up to Canadian snow and wind?

The ratings are published per model on its own page rather than for the shelf as a whole. Two examples: ShelterLogic's ShelterTube garages are rated at a 35 psf ground snow load and 65 to 80 mph winds depending on the size, and the Sojag Everest 12 × 25 steel garage at 35 psf and 100 mph. For Arrow steel sheds there are roof strengthening kits — extra roof beams and gable braces made for snow accumulation — sold by shed size. Anchoring is the other half of the job: anchor kits and permanent anchor sets are on the accessories pages, and a structure is only as steady as what holds it down. With a fabric shelter, keep the cover taut and brush snow off the roof rather than letting it load up.

Does a steel shed come with a floor, and what base does it need?

It depends which shed. Arrow's steel sheds are walls, roof and doors, and their own copy says the flooring is not included: the floor frame kits are separate items, a hot-dipped galvanized steel frame you fit after the shed is assembled and then finish with the flooring material of your choice. Arrow's Resin Series sheds are the exception — a reinforced floor is part of the shed. Whatever you put down, the shed needs a firm, level base: a concrete pad, a gravel bed inside a timber frame, or deck boards over the floor frame kit. Level it first — a steel shed goes together panel by panel, and doors that stick are usually a base out of level rather than a part out of place.

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