Yardistry 10 x 10 Meridian Gazebo

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.

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.

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.

We are 97% of the way done. Quality seems to be excellent. We ended up glueing some of the joints, just because we do get some snow loads. The only negative things we have to say is that the directions needed some improvement. Watch the youtube videos! The biggest pain was removing the plastic wraps from the metal pieces. Instructions say to do that when you are ready to assemble. Don't wait. As soon as the box arrives get some friends and patient family members to remove the plastic wrap, store in a safe place. Removing the wrap was definitely the worst part. If you have the space, lay out the pieces in assembly order, read the hardware bag ID's carefully.

Sturdy and nice quality. Installation was easy and quick. Only reason this is not 5 stars is due to the protective film on the sheet metal roof. The film would not come off cleanly and I went multiple hours peeling it all off. Would probably not recommend based on the film which is weird because I am rating overall really high.

Took my wife and I 7 hours to remove the protective plastic wrap from roof panels and other parts no need for any protection or use paper between parts , weather was cool around 60 degrees . Gazebo went together very easily no issues took about 10 hours total quality is great had it now for a couple months with no further issues

This is my second gazebo. First one is 8 years old and still in amazing condition. This one seems to be built in with the same quality as my old one so Im sure that I will be great as well. But I must say that the protective film on the metal pieces this time was INCREDIBLY difficult and frustrating to remove. It took roughly 6 hrs for two people to remove it all and it left a sticky film on all the surfaces that still two months later is still sticky and has leaves and pine needles sticking to it.

Just finished the build , took all of 4 days . I give it a 4 star rating because it took 2 days to get the plastic off of the metal parts. the instructions are clear , diagrams are great . It even tells you when you need to have 4 people for some assembly. Great! The plastic coating was brutal! i would have help but they would only help for a short time and get frustrated and stop. Once removed pretty much an inch at a time it left glue residue all over the metal which we had to scrub with chemicals to remove. I had to leave some plastic inside as the metal as the metal was molded with the coating already on and I just couldn't get it off. I spent from noon until 8 one day and from 9-6 the next just removing the coating. It definitely took away from the project. I enjoyed the rest of the project. all the wood was in great condition and the Gazebo is a great addition to our yard.

The one rating is for the dumbest packaging have ever seen. They cover the roof panels on a blue plastic coating. It took, three people three days to get all the plastic off. Once you get it off, it leaves a horrible residue on the roof panels that not even good off or anything else will take off. It got to be so bad that I was ready to just build my own roof for it. Absolutely ridiculous and I would not wish this on my worst enemy.

The one rating is for the dumbest packaging I have ever seen. They cover the roof panels on a blue plastic coating. It took, three people three days to get all the plastic off. Once you get it off, it leaves a horrible residue on the roof panels that not even good off or anything else will take off. It got to be so bad that I was ready to just build my own roof for it. Absolutely ridiculous and I would not wish this on my worst enemy.