Customer Reviews for Yardistry - 10' x 10' Meridian Gazebo - Coffee Brown
Customer Rating
5
Love this gazebo!
on October 21, 2025
Posted by: Red32
from Chicago, IL
We couldn’t be happier with this gazebo. It took a bit to put together bit the finished product is awesome. We will be spending many nights out on our new patio!
I purchased back in mid July 2025. The quality of fitment was just ok. The long rafter sections where bolts together, those joints weren't straight. Oh, and all the plastic shrink wrap that's on every single piece of aluminum roof panels, and all trim, i spent 2 weeks peeling. Youll need alot of patience. I mean a lot. The job was moving along, come to time for sheetmetal, it comes to a dead stop!!! So just a honest review and giving you all a fair warning before you decide to purchase. Also, if i may add, dont rely on the 3 bolts that are 1/4" on each rafter joint. Especially if it snows where you live. I shot heavy duty decking screws 12" apart where all rafters meet/join together. I also recommend to buy it already stained. Mine came in the yellow cedar color. I spent a few weekends getting everything stained and do it before you start to assemble. All just tips. Dont be me. Im trying to help make it easier on the next fella that is thinking of buying.
Everything went well and successfully assembled and installed. Started assembled parts inside due to hot climate with instructions that came with it and watched a couple online videos. Moved the assembled parts outside after the weather was cooler, assembled the frame and squared it. Leveled all four posts (some difficulty here due to tilted patio surface; had to compromise /accepted the tilts on all conners). Installed roofs as per instructions and watched online videos. A couple things for sure to help with the fitting when installing roofs on frame are to have the ends/corners of roofs laid on top of frame conners' medal brackets and to lift/raise center of the first big roof during roofs fitting. Everything else assembled and installed as per instructions.
The structure nearly went up without a hitch. Received the help of a neighbor (very knowledgeable on building issues), and his older son. He's also an avid internet user and found a tutorial on YouTube to follow on his telephone. I think your assembly instructions would be better from actual photographs, instead of drawn illustrations. Hardest work was the removal of plastic covering on roof panels. Found out cooler temperatures in early morning and shade helps with the tedious process. This could be noted in assembly instructions as a helpful hint. Otherwise, the piece markings and bore holes alignment worked as expected.
Material is good. Plastic on the aluminum takes 3 people 5 hours to remove, then leaves massive amounts of residue that takes days to clean off….. one side!!! Got it off with rubbing alcohol, 3 bottles. Instructions are not super clear, unlike the lovely greenhouse we go elsewhere. It will take another few days to get the residue off the inside panels. Looks pretty, but the plastic needs to be changed to foam or some other way of protecting the metal.
Very sturdy and easy on the eyes. I ordered it unfinished with Charwood stain (They just sent me the stain. I thought it would come stained in the color I requested).
This gazebo is everything we wanted and more. All of the parts fit together very well and it looks great on our back patio. My only criticism is the time it took to peel the plastic protective layer off of the roof sections of aluminum. Why not use thin cardboard between the sections? Orher than that the construction went very well. The manual was right on target.