R. K.
Looks great, WAY easier than building from scratch.
I put the gazebo on an existing octagon-shaped deck so it wasn't the standard installation. It took a while to figure out that everything would fit & I needed an engineering signoff on the deck so the city would issue a permit....this was the stressful part of it all. The huge package finally landed in my driveway and the project began. Was happy to see the roof panels were already shingled, though this does make them even heavier. It's a three person job - we were able to do it with me, my wife and her father but the panels did get heavy. Like any project this would go much faster now that I've done it once. The instructions were pretty good but we did take some breaks to think things through. The final roof panel had us a bit worried, there was about a 4-inch gap but we squeezed it together with clamps (as the instructions note) and it all came together. This wasn't an inexpensive project, but my time doesn't come cheap either. Assembly was maybe 10 hours (plus edge shingles & staining), I can't imagine how long this would take if I'd done my own design & cut each board myself. Yes, we could have hired someone to build it, but then we wouldn't have the satisfaction of having built it ourselves. It's a reasonable project for the do-it-yourselfer.