The instructions read 1.5 hours to put together. No way, it took 3 men 8 hours (convoluted instructions and some machinery required as some holes did not match. Otherwise, a good purchase.

We live in a hurricane area so the base plate to anchor the pergola is minimum at best. Had to create new ones to handle high winds. You should offer heavy duty base plates for such areas. I understand it would cost more.

I had bought the Gazebo on display in the store, & paid to have it put up-well worth the $$. Then SAMS sent me an email about outdoor items on sale! I saw this & wanted a Pergola in the front patio because of the SUN here in OKC. Ok. but I didn't want to loose the winter sun. It was on sale for almost 1/2. I bought TWO. It took me several days, I layed it out on the lawn to assemble parts of it on some cardboard. It is HEAVY, & the damage comes from the DELIVERY GUY..to heavy for one person, the strapping is what is causing the "dent". Mine was very minimal. I had to have help standing it up, & connecting the pieces, (used a tall ladder to help prop it up), & leaned one side against the house. I had trouble w/ONE screw, I gave up trying to use it, & the next screw was fine.(screw was messed up) the rest went together w/no problems. You have to follow the directions in the order they are written, otherwise you will be backtracking. I LOVE THEM...for the $$ I got a HECK OF A DEAL. thank you SAMS!

Purchased this pergola after spending hours of research on it. The pergola looks nice and appears to be very heavy. Be advised, the dimension of the pergola should actually read 12 feet deep x 16 wide. I recommend highly having it professionally installed!!

We love it! Very sturdy. Looks great!

Perfect! Exactly what we were looking for

I’m a bit skeptical of kits, I was afraid it was cheap material and not sturdy enough , specially in our backyard where it can get windy. But I was pleasantly surprised. Material is pretty heavy and as described. My husband and I were able to put it together in one day- directions were ok, able to follow. One thing that we had issue with was the holes not lining up on one piece of the pergola, so had to forgo one screw, thankfully it wasn’t on one of the heavy structure parts. We skipped the canvas part , but can put in in the further if needed. Looks great, hopefully it holds up too.

We are waiting for a nice day in Ohio to put it together! The directions look like we will be able to get it together with a couple of our sons!!!

Love this

Took a bit to get, but think that is because delivery company was short handed. Looks great! Am excited to set up my patio under new pergola. Only down side was the instructions say 3 people 1.5 hours. That is waaaaay off! Would like to see that! 😂 We had 3 qualified people, 9 hours on a 90 degree day. Also no way you could only use the Allen wrench it comes with either. Also purchased separate anchors to drill into cement. Great quality and all parts accounted for. Would buy again.