Amish Country GazebosReviews of amishgazebos.com

It is a good thing my husband knows how to put things together. He doesn't know how someone could put it together without knowing what they were doing. The floor wasn't lined up correctly and my husband had to use shims and rent a sanding machine to get the floor flat. Some parts didn't go together without a lot of help of knowing what to do. The top round of the cupola was very rough. It had to have fill put in before painting it white. Other than all this, it does look nice put together.

In general the Gazebo experience was satisfactory except for the following items. 1) Plywood boards used as ceiling for the Gazebo was rough and some of them had cracks in there. 2) No tar papers were provided to create waterproof surface underneath the asphalt shingles..

A great looking product that was manufactured for an fairly easy install. The pergola at the front of our house will increase the sale price by more than cost of buying and installing it.

As to the end item it appears well built and is certainly beautiful. The installers where some of the hardest working, talented boys I have seen; really tried to satisfy. The firms administration certainly lacks professionalism or a appreciation of the customer and others whole heartily agree. Friendly until they received their money, I asked for a projected delivery date so I could adjust my schedule they never returned calls and finally we received a call saying they would be next week. Resulting in a rush trying to reschedule appointments. After the installation we called and asked if they had any ideas on how to mount a wind vane? Their crew and I could not figure out a mounting at least they tried we never heard back from the firm. It was almost the difference to going else where.

We finally had time and weather to assemble our pergola and it looks great. Overall, everything fit with some pieces being a little tight and needing some wallops with a mallet to fit properly. We were definitely pleased with the color and design. Our only reservation which is the reason for the 4 stars versus a 5 star rating is the estimated time that the factory suggests is needed for assembly. There is NO WAY that this can be assembled in 4 hours by two people. This is a full day and more likely a day to two day project. There were two of us guys who are comfortable with construction and who did the heavy work with our wives helping with the lighter items. So that you don't waste time, if you don't own a commercial quality hammer drill for securing the posts into the concrete foundation, rent one as it will definitely save time. After spending 30 minutes using a home version to drill one hole, we went down and rented a commercial one from Home Depot. The other 15 holes took 30 minutes to drill and another 30-40 minutes to rout out the holes due to excess concrete dust causing the bolts not to go fully into the concrete. Have a good ratcheting wrench and work it fast. Once this was done, everything went smoothly, but it will take you some time and we were pleased with the results. The staff at Amish Country Gazebos were wonderful to work with and very helpful. I would certainly order from them again and would recommend their products to our friends.

There was no warning that the side rails were 65" wide while the front and back rails were 66". After setting the posts and attaching the cornices, I started on the rails. When I got to the last section, I was trying to install 66" rails where it needed 65" rails. needless to say there was no way to force them in. It took awhile before I decided to measure the openings between the template that I realized there was a difference. I then had to remove several rails and cornices that were were installed in the wrong place. Other than that, I am very happy with the finished product. I also want to add that the delivery man was very helpful in setting the package where I would have the least problem opening it and moving around the different components.

the joints on my vinyl gazebo were very tight and hard to assemble, it took a lot longer than a half a day to assemble, more like two full days of work including the roof.

Looked at website/brochures, decided on 2 pergolas (10x20 & 12x14 smooth cut "traditional wood"). Went to LA fair to see them - but reps/CEO did not know where the 9 were erected (1st day of fair) so we looked at wood stains, etc. and WAS ERRONEOUSLY corrected that artisan was the smooth cut. We contacted their office, sent PowerPoint slides with layouts, pics to get confirmation of design...their office did not have PowerPoint software so of little design help. Wound up ordering both gazebos artisan (changed from original "traditional"), 8 inch posts, added lattice to roofs. Several months later was delivered Artisan ROUGH CUT. We accepted and paid to have them installed (took 1/2 day..I could have done it in 2 days) - they did a great job. Called office later, they said they would seek to learn from their mistakes but offered no compensation. We spent $11, 548 - the artisan upgrade added ~ $1000. Very polite, but not as design helpful as expected and did not feel accountable for misleading us. Having said that...it does look terrific, great craftsmanship/quality, larger posts are a must as well as the lattice. I would recommend them, but you better know what you are getting - they just deliver what is ordered!