Customer Reviews for Yardistry - 12' x 12' Meridian Gazebo - Coffee Brown
Customer Rating
5
Well designed
on July 5, 2019
Posted by: Fisherman
from Orange County, CA
Definitely worth it. You can do a lot with it if you're creative and handy. I built a deck for the gazebo and have started on adding my own touches (i.e. lights, fan, and shade). I got more ideas that i will be adding in the future. Its my little oasis in the backyard.
We just put up our pavilion and I love it. Assembly was pretty simple and the bug leak problem solved by putting some screen in the soffits during assembly. I just cut a 12 inch by 12 foot piece of screen and tucked it up under the soffits and stapled it it and no more potential bug problem.
I would give this gazebo a perfect 10 except for one big issue I have: after getting it up, the next day my hands broke out in blisters and fingers swollen - seems that I am allergic to the plastic covering of the roofing metal pieces. There is lots of plastic to be removed by hand. If you are allergic to latex get someone else to remove the covering!!!!!!!!!!!! We were 4 seniors who put this up: one in his 60s, 2 in our 70s and on in his 80s. Took us 3 hot, sunny afternoons and lots of water breaks. I did some sub-assemblies in the garage out of the sun but the strong essence of the cedar started making me woozy. With garage door fully open letting in warm but fresh air all was soon fine. We had one issue with following the directions: We had the outside roof triangle assembly upside down. Realized this when we came to attach the metal roof pieces. Fortunately, taking the piece off and reattaching it was minor. Later on the third day of assembly we had a BBQ for the 4 assemblers and wives. Looks great in our backyard on a 10 x 10 wooden deck/platform about 7 feet from the house. Plan to purchase a few cedar planks and attach to one end to serve as a windbreak and privacy screen. It would be about shoulder height down to knee level. Maybe a metal decorative panel(s) on a second side. Maybe a lattice on the third side to have plants growing up. Fourth side open to enter and exit. A few minor aches and pains suffered by the senior 4; however, it didn't stop the others from playing golf the next day or two later.
Recently, my wife and I bought a 14 X 12 Pavilion with Aluminum Roof from Yardistry. What attracted us was the quality of the materials and the design of the pavilion. I found that all of the parts were made of clear top grade cedar milled to perfection and the fasteners were not only all there but packaged and labeled for easy identification. The bolts, washers & nuts were top quality and black anodized for looks. All of the screws utilized square drive tops for trouble free installation. The instructions were very detailed and easy to follow along with the video done by Yardistry. I also found that Yardistry had friendly technicians who answered the calls quickly to quickly answer any question one might have should that be necessary. At 80 years old, I was able to construct this pavilion by myself in a few days with a little help from my wife for a couple of measuring issues where I needed someone to be on the other end of a tape measure. The only time that I needed additional help was positioning the two roof panels to their final resting location. Yardistry has my vote for being a company that delivers first class quality products at a very reasonable price.
This totally exceeded my expectation. Took a while to put together but mainly because we were putting bolts in wrong holes. I got two bar counters also. Those were easy to install. This was perfect over my sunken kitchen bbq area adjacent to my swim up bar for my pool. The counter tops are perfect so my drunk friends don't fall in into the sunken bbq area
I installed one after redoing the deck off my house. Had it for the first year And loved it so much I bought another one for the patio. The construction is excellent, good instructions, Each piece is heat stamped a #, and assembly is right on. It states 4 men for assembly. I assembled 99% myself with careful planning and had a friend give me a hand landing the roof and I finished the bracing. I would recommend which I added are hurricane straps at each corner. Other than that. Beautiful.
The assembly was rather simple considering the size & detail to the structure. Definitely need a few people for the roof. Would buy again if I ever move
In my backyard, they need to include sliding enclosure screen door kit so we can sit outside at night so we do not get bitten by Mosquitoes. Let me know when you make the kits so I can buy one.