This gazebo looks amazing in my yard and I'm glad I didn't pay $750 for the 3rd party to put it together. I read a lot of reviews of people having trouble with holes lining up. You cant tighten the screws until you have assembled the frame and then don't tighten the roof assembly until you have that completed also.It took me and 3 people 5 hours to complete. Much better than over paying in these hard times. Worth the money!

Well constructed. Pieces aligned well. Took two of us about a day to build (construction guys) - did this for a customer. Took our time to double check everything as we went. Definitely need 2 people to build. Primarily used 2 10mm sockets - don’t bother with a wrench. Used 3/8x3 bolts to anchor into patio slab.

Overall very nice, better quality than expected for Chinese, follow instructions to a tee and will have no problems Some reviewers had issues with hole alignments, hints, be sure assembling on level surface,,,,only snug all bolts till after putting roof on,,,be sure frame is square before installing roof and brackets. Only had a couple holes give us issues , nothing a little tweak couldn’t fix. Roof panels heavier gauge than expected. Took 3 people about 5 hours, ( 1 was wife ) and all in our 60s , tall friends help! It is heavy when done will need 4 strong people to move if needed

We wanted to build a large gazebo but with the cost of wood, it was impossible. So, we bought two of these and we're very happy with them! It was about 1/4 of the cost of what we were going to build and looks just as nice. We put both of them together ourselves. It takes 3-4 people to do this if you're older like us. One of the pieces wasn't cut properly so we had to cut a piece of metal off of the center piece so the supports could be screwed in properly. We live in a hurricane prone area so we're hoping it stands up to the weather here. But, as far as quality and beauty, this is definitely a 10!

The gazebo was shipped in two boxes totaling 500 pounds which easily fit in an SUV with rear seats folded down, or a pickup truck. The two heavy boxes were 90"x29"x13" (248 lbs) for all but roof panels, and 80"x28"x5" (248 lbs) for just roof panels. Heavy-duty cardboard shipping boxes had inner ~1 cm light steel box beam frame to prevent box crushing. Only two long beams had slight, inconsequential bend damage at one end. All parts were included along with some spare bolts and washers in case you drop any and can't find them. All parts were properly machined except one roof panel "#4" which had a bolt hole 2" mispositioned, which I marked and drilled from another "#4" roof panel as a template (there was no need to order a replacement panel). Assembly started with frame building, which then gave us the four 12" concrete tube footing locations to pour. You can alternatively build on a large existing deck with (3) 1/2" bolts through each of the four provided steel footing plates. They provide (12) steel L-shaped anchor rods to embed in concrete in the event you don't use your own 1/2" galvanized, embedded bolts. Once frame anchoring was complete and concrete was cured, the roof construction began with an inner frame of upward bars joining at a steel plate at the top, and horizontal bars between the upward bars. Then roof panels were added left to right, each overlapping the previous. That was a little tricky, to get panels aligned to screw in attachment bolts through to roof frame captive bolt holes. I used a fiberglass 8-foot step ladder to do all of roof frame-building and panel attachments. I leaned fiberglass step ladder against outer rail frame without damage when installing roof panels. My assistant had to be on a freestanding 5-foot step ladder underneath the roof to put spacers in between frame and roof panel as I installed the panels and bolts overhead. Most of the work was done with just two people, but at certain times we needed four people, including moving each of the 248 pound shipping boxes, erecting the 12' x 16' frame and pouring concrete footings. For all other assembly having additional people beyond two could make it go faster, but was not required. Shipment took 9 days, and then we completed construction in 8 days, including concrete curing time and time lost to record hot weather. Metal roof measured 152° in direct sunlight when outdoor temperature was 97°. All provided bolts were 6 mm diameter, and they included (2) small tightening wrenches which must be used in some tight clearance locations, but the vast majority of the hundreds of bolts were screwed in and torqued to 5 to 9 ft-lb using a battery-powered drill motor with six-point, 10 mm driver bit. That made it take far less time to do assembly. The completed gazebo looks very nice, and just hours after we finished construction there was a severe thunderstorm with high wind and a deluge of rain. The gazebo withstood it without any trouble, and the roof did not leak. The all-metal roof is high enough inside to fit a 7-foot tower-type propane heater during cold weather. Overhead clearance at side rails is about 6.5 feet, and inside roof peak is about 9.5 feet where wind chimes (or shade loving hanging plant) hook is located. Zippered screen curtains hang on sliding tracks on all four sides. They slide easily for tying back at the corners.

We love this gazebo!! We have high winds at our house and we were hoping that this was built well enough to withstand the environment. So far so good!! Honestly, this thing is very well built and wasn't too difficult to put together. It took my husband and I about 5 hours to assemble with the right tools and a ladder and it helps that we can stand on our deck railing to work around 2 sides of the structure. Definitely recommend 2 people for assembly. We were really impressed with the quality of the gazebo. Well worth the money and we are considering buying another one in the future because we have a huge deck to cover. I researched a lot of gazebos this size and the price on this one was also the least expensive that I came across.

We love this gazebo, looks great on our patio. It withstood 50 plus mph gusting winds. Thank goodness my husband bolted to concrete the night before the storm. It definitely takes 2 people to put the roof on. Easy to assemble, directions were easy to follow.

The gazebo arrived early which was great. The delivery guy didn't have anyway of getting it off his truck by himself, not so great. I was able to back my truck up to the 30 foot box van and between me, the delivery guy and my neighbor we were able to push it off into the bed of my truck. The assembly took 6 people 5 hours. That does not include the two hours spent pouring over the directions and watching random online videos to see other similar gazebos put together. It really helps to sort and layout all of the pieces. Have some containers handy to put screws in as you start "popping them out" of the cardboard packaging. Obviously the roof is the hardest part to assemble. We ended up using 3 ladders. We like the gazebo. It seems pretty sturdy. It's only been up two weeks. I do wish the gazebo had a way to hand additional blackout curtains. There does not seem to be anyway to add additional hooks, and the hooks for the mosquito net are too small and fragile to hold outdoor blackout curtains. That really is my only complaint. If you're looking for an inexpensive outdoor shade area then I would recommend it.

Everyone loved my gazebo, but as many reviewers have stated some screws just don’t fit in and / or are misaligned: I have a few troubled roof panels. Assembly is also a hell: it took a friend and I a total of 10h to put it together (with the imperfect mentioned results). Worth mentioning that we’re both pretty handy. The manual is convoluted and you’re gonna need two sets of tools, including two ladders. I’ll never do something like this again, but I’m happy it all ended up well.

Arrived in two large boxes, assembly like a large puzzle, need at least two HANDY people to assemble. Roof pieces arrived damaged, still awaiting replacement pieces that are backordered so we have a skeleton gazebo with no roof sitting in our back yard.