What is the difference between Outbuilders’ Sheds and Home Depot’s Tuff Sheds

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• Our last article explained the difference between
  our sheds and Costco sheds. It was quite shocking
  as the cost

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• Our last article explained the difference between
  our sheds and Costco sheds. It was quite shocking
  as the cost, material and labor were extremely
  toward our favor. Needless to say, we were less
  expensive, better quality and built within hours
  versus months. After we released this
  information, we were bombarded with questions
  about Home Depot and their Tuff Sheds, so here
  is the article you all requested!

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• First things first, Home Depot doesnt
  manufacturer the sheds nor do they own the
  company. In fact, the sales representatives at
  Home Depot are not trained too well on Tuff
  Sheds. When asking about what they are built with
  or what kind of materials, they simply do not
  know. Tuff Shed just offers their materials and
  Home Depot helps with financing and hires a
  person to build it onsite. This kind of
  arrangement has many side effects because there
  are many elements that are missing when it comes
  to custom designing, measuring, professionalism
  and the actual building of the product itself.

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• When investing in an outdoor shed, garage, barn
  or lean to, its important not to miss any
  details as the project could get expensive with
  errors, so every little detail counts. When you
  are at Home Depot, your choices for customization
  are limited from the people they hire to measure
  and build on your site to the customizations
  itself. Home Depot prefers you do not make many
  customizations because they know they cant sell
  it. Customizations for a Tuff Shed can become
  costly, and they set it up that way to discourage
  anyone from attempting to change the simple
  designs. For example, if you wanted to add a
  window, it practically could double the cost of a
  simple shed alone!

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• Home Depot hires a local licensed handy man to
  build your shed. This is an added cost that is
  non-negotiable. They have to first find one that
  is available and then schedule them to come to
  your house for measurements. Hundreds of reviews
  mention that it takes at least 2 weeks for
  someone to get to your house just to measure,
  then another two weeks to a month to schedule the
  building of it. In some cases, after paying all
  funds up front, customers do not get their Tuff
  Shed installed for 2 months! This is fine if we
  are talking about a large project like a garage
  or a mini house, but a shed? That is ridiculous.
  Here are some reviews.

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• Another issue we have found from Home Depot Tuff
  Sheds were the foundation. Many installers do
  not know the code for building in their county
  and often ask the homeowner to pour a foundation
  prior to installing. Some county codes will want
  you to have a permit for the shed if it has a
  foundation and if you build one without a permit,
  you could be eligible for fines or worse, have to
  tear the whole thing down. This happens a lot!
  That is why it is so important to have a local
  shed building company like us be there from start
  to finish to protect your investment from little
  mistakes that turn into larger ones.

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• One last issue is the material. Tuff Shed
  manufactures the shed parts at their facility in
  Redding, CA and ship the materials to your home.
  You are at the mercy of a conveyor with
  deadlines. The wood choices are not a priority
  nor are the materials when boxed and shipped. By
  the time the materials reach your home, you are
  at the mercy of a green installer whom doesnt
  understand how to fix bowed boards or worse not
  have the right equipment to install the shed
  according to the specs. The installer has their
  own equipment and many times will have to delay
  the build in order to find missing parts, correct
  equipment or worse not know what they are doing.
  Not all sheds shipped to your house from another
  state come with the proper materials as human
  error definitely comes into play.

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What is the difference between Outbuilders Sheds
and Home Depots Tuff Sheds?

• According to Home Depot, The Home Depots custom
  shed installers are local, licensed, insured, and
  have undergone a thorough background-screening
  process before conducting a free consultation.
  Sounds good right? Well, not all of them build
  sheds all day long like we do. The installers
  that Home Depot hires are on call to do side
  projects only to make extra income. They are not
  full time shed builders! You really do not know
  what to expect from your installer. With
  Outbuilders, we build 2 - 5 sheds a day. Its all
  we do! We know the county and the city codes in
  Central Oregon, have the right equipment, hand
  pick our materials and can have your shed build
  within hours and not months and for less money!
  Sounds like a no brainer to me.
• http//www.outbuilders.com/difference-outbuilders-
  sheds-home-depots-tuff-sheds/

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