This is a well made product that goes together without any major issues. You have to be methodical and be able to decipher the pictures because there arent many words in the instructions. Give your self time to make mistakes and then correct them. I assembled the Gazebo mostly by myself in about 2 days. One person helped me with the raising of the roof and installation of the roof panels. Bob Gervais has a good description of assembly in his review. I assembled the roof structure with my wife on a windy day and I found it easier to put the cross pieces up first instead of the diagonal pieces. The cross pieces are shorter and less unwieldy. The only mistake I made was positioning the medallion at top where all of the roof structure pieces meet. I should have turned the medallion 45 degrees so the velcro parallels the second roof line. This would have better aligned the mosquito netting where there is an opening with the second roof. This was not a big deal. I also put the Gazebo on my deck and I knew I wanted to install a fan so I drilled a half inch hole (good for 12/2 wire) on the top of one of the legs and dropped a thin rope through the hold so I could snake wire through the leg later. This worked except the diagonal roof structure partially blocked the hole so you should see how this piece sits on the leg. The Gazebo has added a lot of enjoyment for us when we use our deck. It blocks the bright summer sunlight which kept us off the deck for most of the day. This was a great purchase for a sturdy structure.
Top shelf Gazebo
This is a well made product that goes together without any major issues. You have to be methodical and be able to decipher the pictures because there arent many words in the instructions. Give your self time to make mistakes and then correct them. I assembled the Gazebo mostly by myself in about 2 days. One person helped me with the raising of the roof and installation of the roof panels. Bob Gervais has a good description of assembly in his review. I assembled the roof structure with my wife on a windy day and I found it easier to put the cross pieces up first instead of the diagonal pieces. The cross pieces are shorter and less unwieldy. The only mistake I made was positioning the medallion at top where all of the roof structure pieces meet. I should have turned the medallion 45 degrees so the velcro parallels the second roof line. This would have better aligned the mosquito netting where there is an opening with the second roof. This was not a big deal. I also put the Gazebo on my deck and I knew I wanted to install a fan so I drilled a half inch hole (good for 12/2 wire) on the top of one of the legs and dropped a thin rope through the hold so I could snake wire through the leg later. This worked except the diagonal roof structure partially blocked the hole so you should see how this piece sits on the leg. The Gazebo has added a lot of enjoyment for us when we use our deck. It blocks the bright summer sunlight which kept us off the deck for most of the day. This was a great purchase for a sturdy structure.