Only four stars because I would think that pieces in a kit would be cut with more precision. You will need a sander to fix the poorly cut pieces. Other boards vary in width and there is no fixing those since the larger width is correct but the defects can be hidden in the final product by the choices you make when assembling it. The gazebo is sturdy and a welcome relief from the sun. It has not yet been through all 4 seasons so I will add to this when it does if there are any changes.

The directions for the most part are easy to read and the assembly is fairly easy to put together. Why I give this a 3 star is because the roofing panels, all the side strips, well anything that is aluminum has a sticky plastic film on them. The assembly took 2 people about 8 hours until we got to pulling the sticky film off. That so far has taken us 6 hours.. My fingers hurt, I am cut up, elbows are raw from leaning on this roofing panel all day and how bad is this for the environment. If I had known that this film was on the aluminum panels I may have gotten the client to go with another company.

We had the manpower. Everyone watched the 'helpful hints' videos on line. We had all of the cedar components built in a couple of hours. No issues. Until we started to installing the aluminum roof panels. Dead stop. It took us 4 hours to peel the plastic film off. A ridiculous amount of time. Yardistry will respond that the plastic film is there to protect the panels. My response: Find a better way. The ridge caps, roof ridge track sections and roof trim sections all peeled easily. The panels, not so much. It was like a kind of torture! Lol. Also, look for parts inside the main posts, they're hollow and we had some inventory hidden in there. A solid product, well packaged, well designed. Could have done without the plastic film drama.

What an amazing Gazebo for the price. Great looking addition to my backyard. this was a really fun project to assemble instructions were great and all the hardware is there. also customer service was excellent when I requested a few replacement parts.

We bought our first 12x14 gazebo 7 years ago in the past two years wr added five more yardistry products a 12x16 gazebo two shade walls 12x16 masquito net and a 12x12 pergola also 10x24 pergola witch we added a roof too shade the patio quality products 1st gazebo 7 years old still looks great

While had a lovely wood deck and a pretty pergola, the deck needed constant maintenance and the pergola did not keep out rain, bugs, debris and pollen. We replaced this with a large stone patio and a large 12’x20’ Meridian Gazebo! We also purchased the mesh zippered mosquito netting, and I can say that this netting keeps out rain too! We had electricity brought up to the gazebo and have 4 receptacles, and even added a ceiling fan with a light. Now we can enjoy a comfy time under the gazebo, rain or shine. Love, love, love the new look and functionality of our patio!

I purchased this gazebo about a month ago and my 2 sons and I took about 11 hours to assemble. Instructions and online videos were very helpful in assuring proper assembly. Everything went together properly and looked excellent in the final product.

Myself and my wife built this together (o fighting, so you know the instructions were good). Fantastic and sturdy, eveyone that has has the pleasure to sit underneath has loved it!

Building this is very easy until it came time to take the plastic off of the metal roofing. I have more time into getting the sticky plastics off than the rest of the build. Very disappointing.

We have had ours for more than 6 months and it still looks brand new. So well made and My husband put it together by himself except for the roofing., Love it