This is a very solid gazebo. It took me about seven hours to put it together by my self. The directions are ok but not the best. The wood is solid and the steel fits perfectly. I would recommend it if your looking for a nice one for the yard.
Overall it’s easy to put together. I did it mostly alone. As long as you make sure everything is level and square, all the bolts for the roof supports and panels will line up. There are no written instructions, diagrams only. I needed to study the diagram, look over the parts for each step and figure the best way to do it. The posts are hollow with wood plugs in each end, and the cross boards are five pieces of wood that are screwed and bolted together to make the 12’ and 14’ long boards. The cedar wood seem light and soft so I used construction adhesive when putting them together. I also used longer screws and adhesive whenever I could. We’ll see how it holds up after this winter.
OBSESSED! We love this so much and it created a perfect backdrop for our backyard. We live in AZ and it took us 3weekends to complete in 114 degree heat and sunshine. We did customize it a bit and poured concrete footers and built custom block pillars bc we didn’t have a concrete slab to attach it to. Our main issue is once we were all done we realized we attached the whole roof upside down (the notches go UP by the way.) once the temps drop below 100degrees we are going to flip them all over and fix them. BUY THIS!!
The quality of this gazebo is excellent. But you do need a minimum of 3 or 4 people to put together. Instructions could use a few words to describe what to do, with maybe some tips on how to do deal with the harder areas.
Extremely happy that we made this purchase after searching and searching in different websites. This gazebo is solid. You do need an extra helping hand to set this up. We installed a rolling sun shade for protection for days we bbq when the sun is scorching hot and it looks very nice. Great purchase and satisfied.