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Keter Gemini 6x6.5 shed

Costco warehouses currently stock a storage shed, the 6 foot by 6.5 foot Keter Gemini storage shed (Costco Item #137927, $439.99 in June 2008).

This storage shed is completely made of a special plastic that is durable, UV and water resistant, and never needs to be painted. The shed has internal dimensions of 66 inches by 73 inches and the sloped ceiling is 79 inches high at the walls. (Externally it is 82 inches high, which will just peek over a 6 foot fence. It will probably satisfy most homeowner's association rules.)

If you have never installed a shed or other outbuilding, two important factors are the floor and anchoring to the ground. A well built wood shed would include a concrete pad that anchors the main support columns of the shed. This plastic shed includes a plastic floor, so all you need is a flat patch of ground. Finding a flat area that large is often tougher than it sounds. Since this shed is not anchored to the ground, it is probably not a good idea to install it in geographic locations where heavy winds can be expected, like hurricane areas.

The Costco price, $440, is probably as good a deal as you can find. For comparison Lowe's sells a 6 by 6 foot shed, the Heartland DIY garden shed for $799. However the Heartland DIY is a wood shed, not plastic. Tesco Direct sells the Keter Gemini 6 by 6 foot shed for the equivalent of $530 in the UK.

Keter sells sheds, greenhouses, doghouses, and other outdoor storage systems made of plastic. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Israel. Their products are sold throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.