Steelmates

In 2009, our journey began with the import of outdoor furniture from overseas. With Steelmates garden sheds being half the price of their competitors and no compromise on quality, we swiftly gained market share. Initially, we served Auckland only, but soon became pioneers in the industry by directly selling garden sheds and greenhouses to customers online through our website and Trade me NZ. In 2011, we established our Christchurch branch, which now caters to the distribution needs of the South Island.

Over the years, our customers provided us with valuable feedback, enabling us to understand the pros and cons of our outdoor furniture and to comprehend the expectations of New Zealanders and local hardware stores. Consequently, we decided to design and manufacture our own sheds and greenhouses, catering not only to the local market but also to customers worldwide. We have also expanded our product range to include steel and aluminium outdoor furnitures, such as planter boxes, pergola & awning, tool storage boxes, and garage cabinets.

Despite our growth, our company philosophy remains the same: providing quality products and services at affordable prices.

Though small, we are passionate nature lovers committed to protecting New Zealand’s wildlife.

With every greenhouse sold, we plant a tree through our "Greenhouse Grows, Tree Follows" initiative.

Each tree supports endangered species, restores ecosystems, and helps remove tons of carbon dioxide, fostering a healthier planet.

Check out the efforts we made

More Storage Space

Whether you have a mansion or a townhouse, it's always good to have more storage space. There are many things that are old or used occasionally, but are usually left unused, such as children's toys, bicycles, gym equipment or barbecue grills, which always take up space in the house but cannot be thrown away. You can store all of them in the garden shed, where your possessions will be securely locked away outside and you can free up valuable space inside your home or garage.

Well Organised Garden Tools

A garden shed is typically ideal for the storage of your garden tools, such as gloves, grip fork, lawn mower, hedge trimmer, or wheelbarrow and – fitted with a range of shelves and hooks – they offer a great place to store and organize your small hand-held tools. Simply hang your tools on the wall and you will know exactly where to find them.

All weather shelter

Most items are designed for indoor use and once outside, they are most likely to be corroded by the rainwater, resulting in irreparable damage. The material of the garden shed has strong anti-corrosion, it can provide shelter for your items outdoors, keep them undamaged and dry from all weather, lengthening their usage lifetime.

Small garden shed

You can browse our range of Small Garden Sheds starting as small as 1.7m x 0.8m, for all your hand tools and equipment, they can fit a small backyard; perfect for storing bikes, lawnmowers, bins and large garden equipment and patio furniture.

Whatever space you're working with, we have the right Small Shed to suit you and your needs.

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Narrow garden shed

Steemates’ Narrow Garden Shed is designed to fit neatly into the small space, which is a perfect match for your home and backyard.

It has a weather-resistant construction with an integrated floor panel to keep items dry and dirt-free.

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Big garden shed

Are you looking for a Big Garden Storage Shed or outbuilding to store all your tools and garden equipment? From 3.03 x 2.28m to 5.05 x 3.39m, Steelmates has a superb selection of big sheds available.

The Big Sheds offer a vast amount of internal storage space capable of stowing away bicycles, children's toys,  gardening tools, equipment, and even your boat.

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Customization

Looking for a shed exactly what you want? How about designing one?

Steelmates is equipped with an online custom shed builder, with the help of this application, you have the chance to design your shed from inside to outside. You’re allowed to customize the position of doors and windows, exterior accessories, interior accessories, painting colors, and so on.

Build custom made sheds

1. Stronger Structure

Steelmates garden sheds are configured with 0.32mm colour steel panels or zinc coated panels. All frames are in U shape, comparing with L shaped framing from other suppliers. For bigger sized sheds, extra supportive crossbars are included for added strength.

2. Higher Wall Panels

Wall panels height determines the height of the shed, especially the entrance height. Because larger package increase cost of transportation, kitset sheds are commonly equipped with wall panels less than 1.7m long. Steelmates sheds have minimum 1.8m tall panels.  It gives you more headroom, and no more watching your head when you enter or exit the shed.

3. Quicker Assembly

Majority of kitset garden sheds does not have the combined frames and panels. The installation starts from bottom up, where the bottom frames are set first, then panels are fixed onto the bottom frames. During this process, the panels are not free standing. A second person is required to hold the panels while the installer fixes the screws. The big shes can not be finished within a day, so the unfinished structure will need to be left overnight, unless spending extra amount of time to properly secure the structure, you will see damaged parts in the morning, or trashed in some worst cases.  Steelmates garden sheds, on the other hand, starts the assembly by assembling the side walls, the panels are capped with top and bottom frames. This procedure can be completed indoor.  The finished wall panels are then brought outside, with two screws every corner, the shed will be free standing within 10 minutes.  What's left to do are only the roof panels. Since the Steelmates supply the door assembled, all the field work can be finished within a day, no matter how big the shed is.

4. Comprehensive Anchor System

A good anchoring system will extend the lifespan of the sheds for years. Steelmates sheds come with corner brackets and dynabolts . Additional anchor clamps and dynabolts and nails can be purchased at extra.

5. Abundant Accessories

Steelmates provide all the related accessories such as skylight, Louvre windows and solar power lighting. Find out more here.

6. Lower Freight

Because Steelmates distribute a huge amount of sheds nationwide, we receive unbeatable rates from transport companies. With Auckland warehouse covers the north island, Christchurch warehouse covers the south island, there is no delay in delivering. Find out freight cost here.

7. Shed foundation sorted

We have done the math and provide floor plans for every shed we sell. The floor plan gives on you info timber specs and quantity. Just bring that to your local timber supplier and ask them to cut for you. More info on shed foundation can be found here.