1 Year Update on this gazebo is out on this channel and for more gazebo and pergola builds, be sure to check out our new channel: Spirited Backyards, www.youtube.com/@SpiritedBackyards
@@jjs777fzr That link is to our new channel for more gazebo content. The 1 year video is on this channel. Here is the link to it : th-cam.com/video/64ENmib2wlQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sTuiOIze61ITyCLK
Hey guys, we just received our Erommy 12x20 gazebo that looks identical too your Kozyard. I read several reviews that stated the installation instructions were terrible, so I downloaded the pdf instructions from Wayfair to start looking them over... Right out of the gate...1st page "At least need 3person work together" 😅 and "required tools" just has 3 pictures of gloves, a drill, and a step ladder. I knew immediately the rest of the assembly instructions would be more of the same! No words, only pictures. Thankfully, we have you guys who sacrificed to bring us this great video! I turned 50 in November (still doesn't sound right coming out of my mouth) and have a bad back.. my wife doesn't think my 16 yr old and I can put it together, but after watching your vid, there is no way in hell that I'm not gonna try! Thanks for taking the time to bring us this video. I plan on having it queued up on my tablet when we start the installation.
Hi 1of1GT. Thank you SO much for watching and sharing the kind words and your story. This is exactly why we created this episode. There was nothing out there like it & we saw how helpful it could be. We just didn't think it would be this helpful. We absolutely have confidence that you two can do it. Just have your 16yr old do all the heavy lifting. You can operate the power tools. LOL. Come back and let us know how it turned out or even better, if you'd like to share, send us a picture to our email in the description. We love getting viewer emails. Take care and stay safe!
THANK YOU is an understatement. My husband, son and I tackled this project this weekend. Even with your AMAZING tips, it was a solid 12+ hour job. Took us 2 solid days. And boy were we spent at the end of each of those days. And we only had the 12x14 size. Your tips helped immensely as we went. We also faced mislabeled parts, and had a couple missed steps of our own along the way, including missing the extra hole in the middle roof brace on each side...so as we were assembling roof side one, we noticed there was no upper hole. Detour that took a good 30min to undo/reassemble the 4 bars in the right place. My husband and I work together best when I can watch an installation video...pretty sure you guys saved us a bunch of marital bickering along the way too. LOL You guys rock!
Hi Laura. Thank you VERY much for watching, sharing your story and the kind words. We appreciate you. This is exactly why we wanted to create this video so for it to help you and others, means a lot to Dana and I. We're also tickled that it saved a bunch of bickering. LOL. We enjoyed visualizing your story and thankful to be a part of it. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from your new gazebo. Cheers!
THIS videos was a MUST in putting together this gazebo. We watched your video in full, then section by section as we went to work on this project. Your tips and trials were SO needed as the instructions have few words. Your trial and err helped the rest of us. Thanks SO much. We finished this job in about 20 hours, my husband and I, both 63 years old. Thanks again!
Hi Peggy. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words with us. We truly appreciate that and thankful for being a part of you and your husbands journey. Big applause for you two completing it together! 👏
Just bought 12x24 Erommy hardtop. Looks almost identical. This video has to be the best installation video I could find. These two people were awesome. They really took the time and made the perfect video. They even called out their mistakes. They really took the time to talk about every single step. If you can't put the gazebo together after watching this video, give it up. TY for putting this video together for all of us. Fantastic.
Hi Jesse. Thank you so much for watching and sharing all the kind words and feedback. Dana & I really appreciate you for doing so. We're just two real people who feel it's important to call out the ups and downs on all of our episodes for many like us, that are not experts. So happy to hear this video will be helpful. Come back and let us know how your gazebo installation went if you don't mind. Cheers!
My wife and I FINALLY finished our Kozyard today. Roughly 20 hrs spread through 7 days. Your video helped us out A LOT. The installation guide is HORRIBLE! Lovely backyard, guys.
Hi Pahsative, thank you for watching and sharing your story with us. We GREATLY appreciate. We're so happy that our episode helped you both through your build. That's a win for us. Thank you as well for the kind words. We're incredibly fortunate. We invite you to subscribe as we'll have an update to our gazebo video soon. Stay safe!
Oh my Gawsh- We have the Purple Solarium 12x14 and your roof project “SAVED our ASSETS” and marriage and it was a rough time. Pictures were not working for us and had many surprises on installation. We couldn’t for the life of us figure out the roof installation and with the pretty picture instructions weren’t going to help. Taking the top off was the saving grace. THANK YOU! Ya’ll rock!
@josephkendro8047 hi Joseph. Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words and the humor. We laugh because we know exactly what you're talking about. We're thankful this helped you out with your assembly. Hope you have many enjoyable days under it. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. My wife and I are assembling ours and we are following your video more than the instructions. Your tips are definitely helping us through this process. Again thank you.
Hi Rodriguez. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're incredibly happy that the video is helping you that much. It's a huge compliment and it's doing exactly what we hoped it would do...help others. Good luck with your gazebo. If you'd like to show us the finished product, feel free to shoot us some pics to our email. We'd love to see it!
Hi Eleven. Thank you for watching and sharing. We really appreciate it. Trust us, you're not the first to let us know it was watched numerous times. That's exactly why it was made and we're thankful it has helped so many. What size did you get?
Great video! Although I finished my 10x12 a few months before you posted this video I still enjoyed watching it. Mine will be a year old soon and it went through NY snow like a champ! I did use flex seal clear at each screw on the outside of the roof and middle joints and any area that I could see the sun poke through, that really made a huge difference in no rain water coming through.
Hi NY Disneymom. Thank you so very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really do appreciate it. Especially that you have already built it and still enjoyed watching it. :-) . We're so happy yours did well in the winter. We had no problem with ours as well here in OH. This year I will do better of taking video footage to share with updates. Thankfully we've had no leaks on any of ours and we hope to keep it that way. Cheers
@@SpiritedWrenchers aww thanks, you guys are so sweet! I had a few screws that leaked a tiny bit and I didn’t trust that tube they included so used flex seal instead. So while I was up on the ladder putting the seal on the 2 or 3 screws I just did all of them :) I did mess up big time though, forgot to tie the curtains during a windy storm and every corner lost the hook that holds it to the 4 corners and tore a hole in each corner of the curtain…lesson learned to ALWAYS tie up those curtains! (good thing you can buy a replacement curtain) looking forward to your updates….all the best!
Huge Thank you!!!! My wife and I started assembling our 12 x 18 this past weekend. We are about 10 hours into the assembly and working on installing the lower roof panels. Ran into huge problem last night as holes not lining up on the lower holes of some of the roof panels. They are off by about 1/2". Tried loosening up some of the "E" bars but did not work. Was going to bring those in to work today and redrill the holes but decided against it and will try again tonight to push the panels over somehow. Your video has been a great help and would strongly advise everyone assembling these structures to watch your video first. Ours is from Purple Leaf and they should post your video on their site!
Hi Craig. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate you for that and for saying that Purple Leaf should put our video on their site. That is awesome feedback. Might have to reach out to Purple Leaf to see if they are interested in a deal. Did you figure out the hole misalignment issue?
My wife and I just finished the upper roof on the small 12x10 gazebo and I can't believe what a pain in the a$$ is was! Thanks for the video, because it did help after initial frustration!
Hi Buccos2004. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate that and for being a part of your journey. Congrats on your assembly. That's awesome. The roof can definitely be a pain. We hope you get to enjoy the gazebo for many days to come!
Hello and Thank you. We've almost completed the installation of our 12x20 Kozyard on our standalone 16x22 patio and this video was a great help, it's taken at this point about 16 hours over 3 weekends with the weather being in the 50s and windy each weekend. all that is left is to put in the screens and then the curtains and netting. This Old Marine and family have almost completed the mission. Thanks again for the video it was a great help.
Hi Jeff. First off thank you for your service. Congratulations on your purchase and assembling it yourselves. That is commendable. I'm certain that you and your family will enjoy it for some time to come. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Cheers!
Good news!!! Some things have been updated design-wise since this video. The biggest design improvement is that the bug screens are now sewn to the frame, not glued! And those frames are now notched to fit the peaks in the roof. Awesome job Kozyard! Now.... The biggest pain in the whole build... putting on those aggravating, hate filled, nasty little plastic spacing clips on the beveled ends of the roofing material with "double-sided" tape that doesn't stick. AT ALL! After an hour and a half and we only go the first 2 small pieces of the upper roof in place, I yelled at my kids to go get mom's hot glue gun. 😂 Worked like a charm! Not one popped off after that! No one can see those plastic guides anyway since they rest in the channel, so off I went with my glue gun. We love our new Kozyard.
HI Bandlady. Thank you so much for watching and sharing these updates and HUGE tip with our community. We really appreciate you for that. Glad to hear they have improved some things in those areas and now I just wish they would go back to the metal clips like they had with ours. The plastic ones appear to be the biggest point of frustration with customers now. Take care and we hope you have many happy days ahead with your gazebo!
You’ve done an amazing job describing the process and most especially those areas to watch for to avoid mistakes. Thank you. My gazebo arrives next week.
Hi Richard. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Congrats on your purchase. Come back and let us know how your assembly went. Cheers!
Kudos to you and the Mrs for making this video. My Wife and I bought this same gazebo and I'm not too sure we would have been successful with the build had it not been for your video.
Hi Steve, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and so thankful to have been able to help you and your wife accomplish the build as well. That's fantastic. We hope that it provides you many days of enjoyable outside relaxing just as our have. Cheers!
Thank you for the info about taking the cap off before adding the upper roof panels! We got stuck on this step, and thought we must be doing it wrong because we couldn't figure out how to add the roof with the cap on. We found your video, and were greatly reassured that we weren't too far off!
Hi Don & Wendy. Thank for you for watching and sharing with us. We greatly appreciate it and thankful we could help by slightly keeping your sanity with this build. LOL. Great job on tackling it yourselves. Cheers!
Hi @spiritedwrenchers. I watched your video a few times before I pulled the trigger on my gazebo. Your advice and “pause for the causes” really helped me and my crew get this done. It took us 16 hours over 2 days, but we did it’s. I can’t emphasize enough that people need to take those roof sections out on the first day and glue those plastic clips to the metal or you’r’e going to pull your hair out trying to get those things to settle in their groove without falling off. Loved your video, love your channel and we’re subscribed. Best wishes on your future videos. Thanks!
Hi Ed, Thank you so much for watching, sharing your journey, and kind words. We really appreciate that. We're glad that this episode helped you and your crew on the build. That is exactly what our goal was when making it. Your tip on the new roof clips is wise, and you're the 2nd one I've heard from, so I hope others catch wind of it. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from the gazebo. By the way, thank you for subscribing. That means a lot to us! Cheers!
Thanks for your honesty .most videos show the people working and everyone smiling and happy this is all almost an impossibility, because something is always overlooked and rather than be honest and get mad at ourselves we generally blame the other person working on the project with us .so thank you for being honest these things are good to build patience but nobody wants patience ,especially when you want the project done immediately. But believe it or not in the long run this will help your relationship if you just keep the word kindness in your vocabulary.
Hi Mike. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. I laughed reading your comment because it is really true. Not having the good and bad in all the other videos out there was a big factor on why we wanted to make this one. Certainly added time and energy to it but it has paid off 10 fold and it also helped us a couple learn more about our own patience levels and how to better support each other in those very frustrating moments.
You guys are ROCK GODS!!! Thank you soooo much for your video! I bought my "MELLCOM 12' x 20' " Gazebo at the end of last summer hoping to get it up before end of fall and no go... It is virtually identical to yours... I began the build last week myself and was able to do the majority on my own. My wife helped when I needed that extra hand. I am at the point of the roof build and your video has answered some important questions about what is needed. I thought of bolting the supports in hopes the would hold up until the top was on BUT started a scaffold build because I thought the bolts would bend the supports. Your other tips I am sure will come in handy in the next two days as I move through the rest of the roof install. I will come back and update on my progress as others may run into similar issues I have. Thanks again for your experience and the detailed progress reports, the details make all the difference!!! Much appreciated!
Hi Mike. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words. We can't thank you enough for that and for sharing your journey with us. We're excited to hear how it went and to be a part of it all. Please update us and If you'd like to share some pictures, feel free to shoot us an email. We love seeing everyone's finished gazebos. We hope the rest of the assembly is smooth and safe. Cheers!
I for one thank you guys. I bought one at the first of this month. They seem to have changed the instruction somewhat (probably because of you guys…lol) but yes you got to catch that E goes in between D and C.. so far so good. My neighbor did help me with rafters and top center piece. I look at manual and still come back to certain parts of your video..
Hi Butch, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We greatly appreciate that and being a part of your journey. Congrats on your purchase and we both laughed at comment on them changing the instructions because of us. Quite possible since this video caught their attention and they became a channel sponsor for a little while. Also sounds like you have a great neighbor. Those aren't common! Cheers and stay safe!
You two are the best! Thank you again. To anyone considering purchasing these units: WATCH THIS VIDEO. I left it open on my desktop and consulted well over 50 times in the past 7 days as I struggled through assembly. And they even responded to my questions in a more timely basis than the Purple Leaf people. DO NOT even try to follow instructions without consulting this video on every step. LEAVE EVERYTHING loose until the very end when all the panels are on and only then systematically tighten up fasteners. I give this video a 200% up thumb and will tell the Purple Leaf incompentents to hire these two to build a custom video for them on how to really do it. THANK YOU!
Hi Timothy. Thank you SO SO much for the kind words and sharing your experience with the community. It's a huge help. We are so incredibly thankful to have been a part of your journey and we hope you have many years of enjoyment from your gazebo. BTW...would love it if Purple Leaf contacted us to do a video for them. We'd be happy to do so. 🙂. Cheers!
Thanks for taking the time to post this, very helpful. Very important to read the manual front to back. The stick little tidbits like taping the spacers on the last page vs when you are putting the roof on. -XXXXXXXXXXX MOSQUIITO SCREEN AT TOP> Mine did that for a moment, it's from wrenching too hard on the screws and it makes a ripple. if you back your screws out and put them in by hand they will straighten out. There are a few different instruction manuals floating around. I found one that had us install the mosquito screens at the top after the upper roof was done. This seems logical and was less stressful. XXXXXXXXXXXX Also, The Silicone sealant isn't for the gap behind the center spacers, it's for the top channel to seal the gap for water drainage or else it will drip down the center. I had extra silicone left so i used it on the Mosquito screen at the top to seal the small gap at the roof. For those looking to buy this, I have the 10x12 one. and the roof spacers (that in the video are powder coated together and they had to fight with them)... are now plastic and a small piece of scotch take works great to hold them in place during assembly. The instructions also say to not tighten down ANYTHING until the end. I also used the little sand castle footing used for floating decks. the triangle fits fell right on top of them and can screw to them.
Hi SIR Spends-A-Lot ( I can relate to that name. Lol). Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words plus leqving additional tips for everyone. We really appreciate it.
Hi SIR Spends-A-Lot, I just got the 10x12 gazebo so am watching youtube. You mention that you put sand castle footing somewhere (last line) what are those and where did you put them? Love all the tips everyone posts. Thanks
@@cptcaiman hi there. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're incredibly thankful this episode was so helpful. We hope you have many enjoyable days with your gazebo. Cheers!
Two of us just days ago assembled a 12x18 gazebo. Took us a total of 14 hrs over 2 days. We definitely experienced some frustrations while positioning and securing the roof sections but in the end it all came together. I bolted it down to my deck and the next day a storm packing heavy rain and high winds swept through. No rain dripped through the roof and the strong wind had no effect on the gazebo at all.
Hi Jeezwhiz (love the name). Thank you for watching and sharing with us. Congrats on the build. That's a solid pace to knock it out that fast. Glad to hear it held up well with the storm. We hope you have many years of enjoyment out of it. Cheers.
Thank you- very helpful.We have the purple leaf 12 by 16 one and the manual was pretty good and clear and doenst have the mistakes yours had. That said, maybe we had too much sun and got confused where the P bar goes lol. We kept trying to fit it on the external frame instead of internal. We figured it out after awhile but had trouble fitting it until we saw your video. The video is helpful although my stubborn 70 something year old father was trying to reference the least amount of info lol. I, his daughter, helped him and it’s going smoothly. We just have the lower roof left. It’s my moms and pops gazebo but it’s just me and my dad assembling it. I organize all the parts for each step and hand it to him so he doesn’t do too much bending and he does the drilling and fitting. All in all, your video was very helpful. Cheers from Canada!
Hi J Joy. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story with us. We really do appreciate it as well as enjoy being a part of everyone's journey. We got a laugh of what you shared about your Dad and we're so happy our video helped with the parts of your assembly. We also built a gazebo for my parents so I can appreciate you doing the same while also making memories. We love it! Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers we finished the gazebo! The roof went super smooth- father fitted panels while I fitted the spacers and screw caps. Neighbors had it professional installed and told us we would have problems with the roof and were shocked we breezed through it. My dad is a retired tradesman so that helped lol and I kept us organized with tools and efficiency. Your video was great as I don’t like Manuel’s so I will be sure to share it! Cheers from the North!
Wow! What an incredibly helpful video. We are preparing to assemble our gazebo. Watching your video was step 1. Anyone who is assembling one of these gazebos should make your video step 1. Thank you both so much for your effort.
Hi Terry. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Knowing our videos bring value is exactly what we hope to do when creating them. Glad this one does that for you. Let us know how your build goes. Cheers!
Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We really appreciate it and honored to have been a part of your gazebo build. Congrats on completing it yourselves and we hope you have many enjoyable days under it. Cheers!
HI Kathryn. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and happy our video will help you all with your build. Good luck with it and we wish you many years of enjoyment out of the gazebo. Stay safe!
Thank you for this great video! My husband and I received ours this week and I believe all of your tips will really help! It was awesome to get a preview of the job. You guys are great. Hopefully the process will go smoothly for us.
Hi Linda. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Thats exciting about your new gazebo and happy we had the opportunity to help in your build. What size did you get? Was it Kozyard or another brand? Feel free to shoot us an email @ spiritedwrenchers@gmail.com with pics if you'd like to share. Good luck on your build.
Thank you for this! I'm in the middle of a build right now and your lessons have helped so very much! All in all it has been fairly smooth but the roof panels are turning out to be a nightmare! Great content and you make a wonderful team!
Hi Ray. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and thankful to be of some assistance with this video. We've heard from a number of owners about the roof panels now that the builder changed pieces to plastic. Very disappointing on that. Thank you for the team compliment. We agree. Cheers!
Hi Kasey. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it and thankful the episode was helpful you yall. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from your gazebo.
My wife and I were going to hire someone to assemble our gazebo. We watched your video and decided to try ourselves. Thank you very much for all your tips. You save us many pitfalls and wasted hours.
Lycan, thank you very much for watching, commenting and sharing the kind words. This is exactly why we wanted to make the episode. We're glad it helped and created a teamwork opportunity for you and your wife. 😃. Thank you for subscribing as well. Very much appreciated!
Wanted to say thanks. I watched this video a few times to get an idea of what I was getting into for my sister in law. My brother and I installed a 12x12 gazebo in about 8 hours. Yes, roof and some other instructions were not clear at all but it got done.
Hi Jack Bauer. Thank you for sharing your journey and the kind words. We really appreciate that and thankful we were able to provide some insight into the task that was before you. Congrats on the build. Very nice work on doing it in 8 hours. We hope you all have many years of enjoyment with it.
Hi, was your 12 x 12 a kozyard alexandar brand? I see you have it 8 months now and I'm wondering how it still is. Does it leak an. Even thru the roof venting area? Thank you
@@darbrown2859 it was 12x12 but not sure of the brand. So far it stays dry as long as the rain isn't blowing. Recommend a fan or something when it's warm. The dark color makes it warm.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this extremely informative how to video. My son got one of these and started assembling it last night. We also had some damaged pieces from shipping but not to bad. Looking forward to sharing your video with him and going on to the next steps. I wouldn’t like all that glue smeared around the screens either. We will be looking how to resolve that but perhaps they’ve already improved the glue since the making of your tutorial. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
Hi Justin. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the video with your son. We appreciate that. Good luck with the installation and thanks for allowing us to be a part of it.
Thanks so much for your video! We are purchasing the 12X20 and were really concerned with the quality of the instructions! Yours is a great instructional video and the manufacturer should include it with each purchase! My wife and I have been married 48+ years and still enjoy doing things like this together, but I couldn't agree with your wife more, choose your partner carefully or the frustration level with get too high! Thanks again!
Hi tdtoomey. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We can't thank you enough. Congrats on your purchase and for being married for 48 years. That's an amazing and rare accomplishment. Kozyard actually offered to pay us to go install them for their customers. LOL. We regretfully declined the offer but they became a sponsor of the channel and that was humbling in itself. We saw a need for this video and are blown away on how helpful it's been. Come back and let us know how your assembly went. You can even email us a pic of the completed job if you'd like to share. We love seeing them. Cheers!
Hi GK. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind feedback. We really appreciate that. Glad our journey helped you out and we're thankful you are a part of it! Cheers!
Hi Scott. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words as well as your journey. We 100% agree. If you can avoid this in the summer, do it. LOL. Good luck with your build and let us now how it went if you can. Cheers!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Because of tour video I feel confident enough to put this together with the hubby this spring. I'm studying this video like I'm preparing for an ACT exam! 😂
Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words and the great laughs BrownSuga0221. We're thrilled you and the hubby will be taking on the task for your own gazebo and know you two can do it. We're also happy to be a part of your journey and hope you have many relaxing days in the shade ahead of you. Circle back when it's all done and let us know how it went. Cheers!
My wife and I and hopefully daughter will be assembling the 10 x 12" version and I am very thankful for you detailed video on how to construct these gazeboes. We are ready to go just waiting on Fedex to deliver. Thank you again this will be a great help! Mike
Hi Michael. Thank you so much for watching our episode and sharing the kind words as well as your own story. We're excited to be a part of your journey with it. We wish you luck with the build and if you'd like to share the finished product, we'd love to see it. You can email us a pic of it.
One hell of an assembly video. Your heads up in area to pay closer attention to were great and I think the two of you worked good together. Thanks for the detailed video.
Hi A.R Johnson. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words with us. We truly appreciate that and we agree, we do work great together. Whether it's the gazebo or working on cars, we enjoy partnering together.
Just received our 10x12 Apollo gazebo and unboxed it. Hoping watching this video will make our install easier. Our unit has plastic roof panel brackets and instructions say to use double sided adhesive tape on the down side edge, I guess to hold them on better. None of the videos I’ve seen show exactly how these fit to the roof panels and none mention tape.
Hi Tina. Thanks for watching and sharing your journey with us. We've heard that about the clips from a number of people now so that's quite concerning on the change that was made. We're actually going to be a full assembly episode on a 10x12 from another brand at the end of the month so we'll see how it goes. Keep us updated on your assembly if you don't mind.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Funny on the engineering part. We actually both work in finance. Stay safe!
I'd like to thank you for the video. You saved me a lot of time and headaches with your points on what to watch out for. Made putting ours up a lot easier. Super Helpful
Hi Tim. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We made this video with just that in mind...to help others when there really wasn't any help out there. We're super thankful that we were a part of your journey in a positive way. Hope you have many days & nights of enjoyment with your gazebo!
Dan, thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. This is exactly why we wanted to create this episode so we're very happy it was able to help you out. Stay safe and take care!
I have the same one. Started building the roof frame on the ground. When finished it was upside down , as I thought the instructions were.saying, and impossible to life, flip upright and get n the wall corners is frigging impossible! Did you build like these guys?
Hi Chris, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. There is no better compliment for us than knowing our video helped empower someone in a purchase/assembly decision. Thats exactly what our goal was. Good luck with your install and we hope you get many years of use and happiness from your gazebo! Keep us updated if you don't mind. Cheers
Hi Jessi. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. These are definitely not cheap and a tough decision. It was for us, but we don't regret it at all.
Thank you for the video. We just received ours a few days ago (10 x 12). I picked up some tips will be watching again once we get started. Going outside now to check contents of boxes.
Hi Bennette. You're most welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing. Thats exciting. Good luck with your build and if you'd like to share us the final product, shoot us email with a pic. We've seen some beautiful ones so far. Cheers!
We just completed ours. It was 12 by 12. I agree totally that the instructions could be improved definitely as well as the top screens - those leave a ton to be desired!!! It was a fun project by we were pretty exhausted at the end of each day - thankfully I had a great brother-in-law that brought his son over to help my wife and I with the project. We are really happy with the product and were frankly shocked at how well the packaging was done - we had no pieces damaged at all. Thanks so much for the video - I reviewed it multiple times prior to starting ours.
Ron, thank you so much for watching this and glad it helped. Thats great news on your build and the help you had. Certainly a bonus. We love our as well and so happy we have it all done now. Its been a game changer for the back deck. Take care and stay safe!
Many thanks for your Video!! We were 4 guys working on the Gazebo and 2 women working on the roof parts with the Plastic clips. We took 2 days to complete this project. My Biggest issue was the Clip for the roof parts were plastic and they kept sliding off… Poorly Made…. We used small scotch tape to hold the clips to the roof edges! That was the main reason we took so much time! Again your video was totally helpful with our project! Big thank you to both of you!!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story. We're thankful to have been a help for you all. Sounds like a great team you had assembled. We're hearing more and more about plastic clips. Is yours Kozyard or another brand?
Thank you very much for all what you guys do on this video, It really helped us on how to put this gazebo together... It took us a few days but we finally finished it......Thank you again!!!!😀😀🙏🙏🙏
Hi Juan Carlos. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. We're so happy this episode helped you with your gazebo journey. A few days sounds about the average for everyone but glad you got it done. Cheers for a job well done!
Hi Diane. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and hope this video helps with you assembly. Come back and let us know how it went if you don't mind.
Thanks for the post.. we are now in the process of building the exact same one and boy… it’s crazy.. the instructions (I hate) the diagram (I hate) and the not so clear instructions (I hate) lmao.. but you all made it work.. 7 hours into and we had to stop… we will finish tomorrow for sure. Thanks for the video.
Hi Miguel. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words and your journey. We chuckled reading it because we know what you mean. We're happy we could help you through the adventure of getting yours put together. Let us know how it went when you have it finished. Stay safe. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers ok.. no problem. Here goes…. We completed the job 2 day process.. didn’t want to burn ourselves out… the only problem I had with the Gazebo. Which wasn’t in your video was (3) brackets that are on the top outside panels. And on the inside tops where the mesh is.. there is some light where there shouldn’t be.. we moved them around as much as we could but not sure if it will hold up… thanks for the reply
Hi Steve. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. Congrats on your gazebo. We hope the video helps with your build. Let us know how it turns out.
Spent the day fighting with the roof and holes not lining up. I feel your pain!!! The tip about loosening the screws on the bars that the roof mounts to is GOLD! I had come to the same conclusion after a few hours of fighting with misaligned holes, but gave up for the day. I feel encouraged that it worked for you, thanks. Also, have you had rain yet? I'm thinking that it's not going to be completely water tight because there are no grommets under the roof mounting screws. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you for watching and commenting about your journey, we really appreciate it. We've had rain and it only leaks in 1 spot and its likely because I overtightened 1 roof screw. Its on a center bar close to the edge. Im going to go back, loosen and add some sealant just to be safe. Not surprised though because of the thin aluminum. No big deal though. Let us know how it went when go back for day 2. Good luck with the last bit!
Having lost 2 gazebos in wind storms, and heard stories from others, I realize these are inherently weak yet you can easily fix this. The corner bracing just isn't enough, and unlike a house, there is no plywood sheathing on the walls proving the needed bracing for those wind storms that come with occasional high gusts that blow trees over. Here is how guy wires can replace the protection that sheathing otherwise provides, and kept my 3rd gazebo standing in scary winds. I recommend this: - don't even start the project until you have the guy wire or rope materials and attachment hardware in hand and part of your mission. (My first gazebo crunched up in a month...) - until corner braces at roof and pillers are screwed down, this is like a boat not lashed to a dock! Before stopping first day, put a temp (or final if confident) screw or stake on the corner posts, and use cargo straps or rope and put either external or internal diagonal guy lines. When you can attempt to push it over with force and it won't budge, an overnight breeze won't dance it off the deck into a crumple of twisted parts. - when all assembled, assure your pillers are firmly attached to the ground, but know these pillers are not stiff buried fence posts, they might as well be hinged at the ground! Any twisting from wind will tear the sheet metal of the pillers or exceed the strength and bend pillers. - tie permanent diagonal ropes or wires on every wall but the one you will use for entry. if you can't do 3 walls, substitute external guy lines staked like a circus tent with deep beefy pipe (this is annoying) or if earth, drive in the ground a heavy pipe like chain link post or rail pipe to deliver this support. - for big storms, make the room as transparent to the wind as possible: open screens and tie back privacy panels. (my 3rd room, smaller and flimsier than yours blew over when I ignored a weather report, so if you don't trust your ability to always be mindful, fortify even more! Winds blow fences and trees over all the time, and these gazebo makers love repeat customers who blame themselves, not the inherently weak products they know they make. The fine print in the instructions will have some sentence starting with "Not responsible for..." or "disassemble before severe weather" yet the catalog page fails to mention "not designed for high winds and we don't sell replacement parts we know will break..." If anyone thinks I am overstating this, are you OK betting your football playing friend he can't knock it over? I hope my own trauma can prevent yours!
Hi Jamie. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your experiences with us. Sorry to hear you've lost a couple in wind storms. We agree, that they aren't the strongest of all structures and you should be aware of your location and potential weather that could affect it before getting one. We've had 40mph winds come through since having ours up and we could hear the deck creaking with the gusts but thankfully, nothing more. We anchored them down with SS large threaded bolts directly into the deck which is also anchored into the ground. Would that be enough in a 50mph+ gusts, possibly not but hopefully we're in a location where if we get those, we have bigger concerns on our hands. Plus we have home insurance so there's that. :-) Thank you once again for sharing. Very good advice for others to pay attention to.
Thank you James for watching and sharing feedback. We greatly appreciate it. Kudos to you on knocking it out almost solo. Lol. We're happy this video helped you on that journey. Stay safe and take care!
I have t h e same gazebo only by purple leaf lol the part numbers are the same. Thank you for saving me time and frustration. You get A FULL THUMBS UP FROM ME!!!!!! The instructions have improved.. not great but better!
Hi TheDWZemke, Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're so thankful that this episode was help for you with your gazebo. Great to know that Purple Leaf is exactly the same. Glad to hear the instructions have improved some but it sounds like they've changed some parts from metal to plastic and customers aren't too happy about it. We hope you have many days of enjoyment with your gazebo. Cheers!
I’ve had quite a few manuals in my business from China and the one common denominator for all of them is they’re written in Changlish (Chinese English). You always have to do what you did and hope for the best. You would think they would actually have someone who could proof read manuals but apparently not. Congrats, fine job.
Hey! Thanks very much for your helpful video and comments! I'd like to add a couple items: First, the "Z" pieces that attach to the roof panels are now made of plastic, so there is no worry about them being powder coated and having to pry the tabs open. Also, my wife and I found it very helpful to use a Phillips-head screwdriver inserted into the roof panel holes and the attachment points to line them up before attempting to pass a screw through them. Maybe this will help someone else!
Brian, thank you very much for not just watching and sharing the kind words but also adding tips for other consumers. That's what this community is all about. We're thankful to have you as a part of our journey!
Thanks so much for taking the time to walk through and recording, including the mistakes - priceless . I'm wondering if you had alignment issues with X3 and X4 panels. I noticed you have a small gap at the top of X4.I have the same gap and cannot remove it no matter what. A few suggestions for viewers: 1. Upper screens - do them last as Art & Dana did, not in the middle like the instructions show. You'll just have to take them back off to help with roof panel alignment and that top bugger of a screw. 2. Make sure the lower roof panel brackets face inward and up- my interpretation of the instructions did it the other way around, and I had to take them all off and redo them. Also loosen those same brackets as Art and Dana did to help align the mounting holes. 3. You might need the patience of Job with those roof clips - just look at them wrong and they come loose or fall off. Thanks again for outstanding service to the community😊
Hi pfont60. Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words, tips and your own journey with the community. We really appreciate that. I don't recall having any gaps in those panels and we have had zero leaks since the install as well. It also sounds from your story and others that the roof clips were changed out at some point, which is unfortunate. Glad you were able to get it all together. We hope you have many years of enjoyment out of it! Cheers!
Hi Max. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. We're very happy this episode helped you out on your gazebo journey. Our mission was successful then. We hope you enjoy yours as much as we do ours. Cheers!
Thank you for this video. We're still in the shopping stage but our pad is ready for something to cover it. I know from experience that there's usually errors in the manuals and it was nice to have a heads up about keeping things loose to fit abutting parts in. Thanks again. I'll practice patience and tolerance as my wife will be assisting me.
Hi Dave. Thank you for watching and sharing your journey. We greatly appreciate that. The shopping stage is definitely a stressful one. At least it was for us. LOL. Glad to be able to help and we wish you luck with the assembly. Let us know how it goes if you don't mind.
@@SpiritedWrenchers one more question if you don't mind. I've searched Amazon, Wayfair and several other sellers. Most are clear that the rain water drains INTO the center of the posts but the picture on Wayfair SAYS it drains INTO the posts but shows water 💦 outside the post. I'm looking at the Kozyard 12X12. I believe it's the Alexander model . Any other input you can offer will be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping for an undamaged and complete delivery. And hopefully good customer support if needed.
Thank you for sharing. This let me know it was beyond my capabilities so I hired someone. It took two professional guys 5 hours with a lot of breaks to complete.
Hi Kdware12. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story. We really appreciate that. No judgement here. It's a big job for sure. I'm impressed those 2 pro's you hired were able to knock it out in 5 hours. Wow. We hope you have many enjoyable days with your gazebo. Stay safe!
THANKS, great tips and advice ! Definitely challenging from the inept instructions to trying to get everything to line up. Your video was a great help !
Hi Ty. Thank you very much for watching the episode and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it and glad that it helped you out. We're going to be releasing a 1 year update in the next week or two so we hope you subscribe so you don't miss it. Cheers!
Hi Michele. Woo hoo!!! Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. So glad the video helped you all with yours and we hope you get as much enjoyment out of it. Cheers!
Wow thank you so much this is a tremendous help. He can’t imagine how much people appreciate the hard work that you put in this video. I do have one quick question we live in a very brutal winter climate do you suggest we remove the curtains?
Hi True-crime-junkie (love the name). Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate that. Knowing that it has helped so many means we accomplished our goal for it. Great question. We live in OH and get some hefty winters as well and we didn't have a problem leaving on last year. We kept them tied up and it worked well. We also use them at times to close up so we can use the heater while in the hottub (see our 1 year follow-up video). Hope that helps and that you get years of enjoyment out of your gazebo. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers fantastic. Thank you so much for the reply. I’m concerned about the grommets taking them on and off and damaging them. I’ll roll with them on and tied up. I look forward to more of your content.
Hey guys! I think your video is the most clear and comprehensive gazebo assembly video on TH-cam, better even than the professional installers' videos. Currently in the middle of a 12 x 16 build. Did your support arms have a brush gasket in them? If so, did it go in front or behind the roof panel clamps? Thanks. Your video has been very helpful! Thanks again!
Hi P Waldrop. Thank you so much for watching and the overwhelming kind words. That means a lot to us and was a goal of ours for the video itself. Thats exciting that you're working on one yourself. We don't quite recall on the parts but if you could email us what step or number you're on in the manual, we could take a look. Our email is Spiritedwrenchers@gmail.com..
Hi Sam. Congrats on your new gazebo. We appreciate you watching our video and sharing the kind words. Really happy that it's helped so many. Would love to see the final assembly if you'd like to share. You can send us a pic to our email. Good luck on the build. Cheers
Thank you very much Dan for watching, commenting and the kind words. This is exactly why we created this particular episode so we're very happy it will help you. I hope you enjoy your gazebo as much as we're enjoying ours now. Stay Safe!
Hi MichaelStThomas, Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words. We really appreciate it. Congrats on your gazebo purchase and we hope you have a smooth time with assembly. Pop back over and let us know how it went. If you'd like to share a picture of the final build, we'd love to see it and you can send it to our gmail in the description. Cheers!
Nice job as instruction manual for these leaves a lot of room for improvement. Good team work as well! You have a new subscriber from a fellow creator. I saw you on Fix if French’s channel. 👍
Thank you very much for the sub, nice words and joining us on the journey. Very Much appreciated. Checked out your channel and doing the same. I'm seeing several that have my interest peeked already, so I have to go watch them. 😁
Hi Richard. So glad we could help. (Gracia por vernos. ¡estamos muy contentos de haber podido ayudar! ) we appreciate the kind words. Stay safe & take care.
Great tips! Thanks very much. We're about to start the roof on our 10x12 and really glad we found this video BEFORE starting ;) Enjoy your gazebo - looks great!
Hi Oliver. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and glad this episode helps with your project as well. Let us know how it goes. Take care and stay safe!
@thiskid14, Thank you for watching, & sharing this with us. We really appreciate it and glad to hear that this video helped you out. Good luck with the rest of your assembly! Cheers!
Hi Raymond. Thank you for watching and asking. We really appreciate it. If you had enough capable people, it's possible to move it. With only the two of us, it wasn't going to happen. LOL. Hope that helps.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words from UT. We really do appreciate it and love hearing from viewers all around the globe. Hope you have many wonderful and relaxing days with your gazebo in the beautiful UT weather. Cheers!
Great video, I found this when we were done with the lower frame assembly but I'll be sure to take your tips for the roof frame and roof itself. We're partway through our Domi 12 x 16 gazebo, and I can tell you the Domi, Kozyard, Mellcom and Purple Leaf gazebos all follow the same model. Heck, the manual looks pretty much the exact same with the same part names and numbers.
Hi Gaurav. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. That's great to know about the other brands as well. We found out about Purple Leaf from another viewer but the other two are new to us. Good luck on the rest of build!
Hi Bill. Thanks for watching. We really appreciate it. We used stainless threaded bolts and bolted each leg with 3 of them to our deck. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of another way to anchor them but to whatever it's on. Hope that helps.
Hi Tim. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate you taking the time to do so. Thats funny on the tackling part. Once you get going it flows pretty well. It just comes down to the humber of people you have and the amount of time you can commit to it. We're glad to be a part of your journey. Let us know how it goes. Cheers
@@SpiritedWrenchers definitely will. I was curious on brands. I haven't seen the actual brand you used. I have erommy and some others. Wondering what is best. Thanks 😊
@@timbaker2024. Great question. I have seen several brands that have similar looking products but I'm unable to provide info as to who is better. I can tell you that the customer service with Kozyard was fantastic. Especially when we ordered ours and it was waiting to be sent from overseas. They were able to tell us what was on the ships and how many and when to expect it so we used that to help in our ordering. Hope that helps some.
Love this project! Correction love you all doing the project! I could never I will definitely hire or beg someone to install. I got a headache just watching. An amazing job🤗🤗🤗💪🏽
Hi Carlos, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We really appreciate that and we're thankful we could be a part of your journey and be of help. Enjoy your new gazebo and stay safe. Cheers!
I had to unscrew the roof top of also cause I couldn't get the panels in. Took me 30 minutes to figure it out. Glad I came across your video. The manual is not the best to follow.
This is extremely helpful. I will be receiving my 10 x 12 sometime this week. I noticed you used a cordless drill. Wondering what torque setting you had it on? I'm always afraid to strip the screws. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions but this is a start. Thanks again!
Hi Jeff. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. For the drill, I just had it on a low setting. I believe it was 1. I tend to take it easy on the trigger with anything that I use the drill with and just walk it in until it's snug. Hope that helps. Good luck with your assembly and glad we're a part of your journey!
Hi Cesar. Thanks for watching and sharing. We appreciate that. Congrats on completing the assembly. Hope this episode helped you out and that you have many enjoyable days using your new gazebo!
Hi Photog3377. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. The rain water drains on the outside of all 4 corner posts. Hope that helps.
It looks great. Still amazed at how well you guys work together. I'm their leader, which way did they go? As always, projects like this are two steps forward, then redo one step. Beautiful. See you next time.
Thank you for watching and the kind words. We greatly appreciate both. We seem to always gravitate towards those that are never easy. I have no idea why. LOL.
Looks beautiful,, n the back of your house looks very similar to ours, brick color wise, and ranch,, Have you had to clean the better? I'm trying to figure out the gutter system. Although I don't have a tree near it. Things got in there and I don't know how to get them out,, We put ours on a stamped, concrete patio.,,
Hi Roger, Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words as well as sharing your story as well. So cool that we have similar setups. For the gutter, occasionally we'll push a long phillips screwdriver through the hole to clean out the crud from the trees near by. Nothing too major but it could be better for sure. If you do that after a rain, the water will help push the small pieces out. Anything bigger has to be done from up top. Hope that helps.
Tape those little tabs that fit over the corners panels. Use paint tape it holds them in place and allows you to fit your corners. Also work from one corner and continue around.
Great video! Any chance you could measure from the ground to the underside of the edge of the roof? I keep seeing a lot of different measurements depending on where you look.
Hi Mason. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. If you could email us (in the description), we can send you some pics with the measurements since we're not entirely sure of the spot you're referring to.
You know I watched your video at least 20 times just to put together our hardtop gazebo...my husband, son and I was so frustrated with the instructions. It did take us three weekends to finish..so now I'm on the mosquitoe net and mine won't seem to go on right 😒 I am so done with messing around with this thing I've had it...I think they gave us the wrong fitting for it and we had it over a year and just putting it up...but overall your video really helped us and thank you
Power Moves, first off, thank you so much for watching our video that many times and I can only hope that it helped as much as you needed to. That is incredibly frustrating on the netting. Have you had any luck contacting their customer support? Do you think it was for the wrong size gazebo? Sure wish were able to provide more help as I can only imagine how I would dealing with that.
Hi JS. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate that. We certainly try to balance it out on these so it's not filled with fluff. Good luck with your build and please let us know how it goes. Cheers!
1 Year Update on this gazebo is out on this channel and for more gazebo and pergola builds, be sure to check out our new channel: Spirited Backyards, www.youtube.com/@SpiritedBackyards
Strange I cannot find the video when following the link for the 1yr update for the gazebo.
@@jjs777fzr That link is to our new channel for more gazebo content. The 1 year video is on this channel. Here is the link to it : th-cam.com/video/64ENmib2wlQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sTuiOIze61ITyCLK
Hey guys, we just received our Erommy 12x20 gazebo that looks identical too your Kozyard. I read several reviews that stated the installation instructions were terrible, so I downloaded the pdf instructions from Wayfair to start looking them over... Right out of the gate...1st page "At least need 3person work together" 😅 and "required tools" just has 3 pictures of gloves, a drill, and a step ladder. I knew immediately the rest of the assembly instructions would be more of the same! No words, only pictures. Thankfully, we have you guys who sacrificed to bring us this great video! I turned 50 in November (still doesn't sound right coming out of my mouth) and have a bad back.. my wife doesn't think my 16 yr old and I can put it together, but after watching your vid, there is no way in hell that I'm not gonna try! Thanks for taking the time to bring us this video. I plan on having it queued up on my tablet when we start the installation.
Hi 1of1GT. Thank you SO much for watching and sharing the kind words and your story. This is exactly why we created this episode. There was nothing out there like it & we saw how helpful it could be. We just didn't think it would be this helpful. We absolutely have confidence that you two can do it. Just have your 16yr old do all the heavy lifting. You can operate the power tools. LOL. Come back and let us know how it turned out or even better, if you'd like to share, send us a picture to our email in the description. We love getting viewer emails. Take care and stay safe!
@@SpiritedWrenchers I'll definitely send you guys some pics!
@@1of1GT Wonderful. Thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing them.
THANK YOU is an understatement. My husband, son and I tackled this project this weekend. Even with your AMAZING tips, it was a solid 12+ hour job. Took us 2 solid days. And boy were we spent at the end of each of those days. And we only had the 12x14 size. Your tips helped immensely as we went. We also faced mislabeled parts, and had a couple missed steps of our own along the way, including missing the extra hole in the middle roof brace on each side...so as we were assembling roof side one, we noticed there was no upper hole. Detour that took a good 30min to undo/reassemble the 4 bars in the right place. My husband and I work together best when I can watch an installation video...pretty sure you guys saved us a bunch of marital bickering along the way too. LOL You guys rock!
Hi Laura. Thank you VERY much for watching, sharing your story and the kind words. We appreciate you. This is exactly why we wanted to create this video so for it to help you and others, means a lot to Dana and I. We're also tickled that it saved a bunch of bickering. LOL. We enjoyed visualizing your story and thankful to be a part of it. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from your new gazebo. Cheers!
THIS videos was a MUST in putting together this gazebo. We watched your video in full, then section by section as we went to work on this project. Your tips and trials were SO needed as the instructions have few words. Your trial and err helped the rest of us. Thanks SO much. We finished this job in about 20 hours, my husband and I, both 63 years old. Thanks again!
Hi Peggy. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words with us. We truly appreciate that and thankful for being a part of you and your husbands journey. Big applause for you two completing it together! 👏
Just bought 12x24 Erommy hardtop. Looks almost identical. This video has to be the best installation video I could find. These two people were awesome. They really took the time and made the perfect video. They even called out their mistakes. They really took the time to talk about every single step. If you can't put the gazebo together after watching this video, give it up. TY for putting this video together for all of us. Fantastic.
Hi Jesse. Thank you so much for watching and sharing all the kind words and feedback. Dana & I really appreciate you for doing so. We're just two real people who feel it's important to call out the ups and downs on all of our episodes for many like us, that are not experts. So happy to hear this video will be helpful. Come back and let us know how your gazebo installation went if you don't mind. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers TY again. Awesome video.
My wife and I FINALLY finished our Kozyard today. Roughly 20 hrs spread through 7 days. Your video helped us out A LOT. The installation guide is HORRIBLE! Lovely backyard, guys.
Hi Pahsative, thank you for watching and sharing your story with us. We GREATLY appreciate. We're so happy that our episode helped you both through your build. That's a win for us. Thank you as well for the kind words. We're incredibly fortunate. We invite you to subscribe as we'll have an update to our gazebo video soon. Stay safe!
Oh my Gawsh- We have the Purple Solarium 12x14 and your roof project “SAVED our ASSETS” and marriage and it was a rough time. Pictures were not working for us and had many surprises on installation. We couldn’t for the life of us figure out the roof installation and with the pretty picture instructions weren’t going to help. Taking the top off was the saving grace. THANK YOU! Ya’ll rock!
@josephkendro8047 hi Joseph. Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words and the humor. We laugh because we know exactly what you're talking about. We're thankful this helped you out with your assembly. Hope you have many enjoyable days under it. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. My wife and I are assembling ours and we are following your video more than the instructions. Your tips are definitely helping us through this process. Again thank you.
Hi Rodriguez. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're incredibly happy that the video is helping you that much. It's a huge compliment and it's doing exactly what we hoped it would do...help others. Good luck with your gazebo. If you'd like to show us the finished product, feel free to shoot us some pics to our email. We'd love to see it!
Im gonna need to watch this about 40 more times during my assembly just to double check everything. Thanks
Hi Eleven. Thank you for watching and sharing. We really appreciate it. Trust us, you're not the first to let us know it was watched numerous times. That's exactly why it was made and we're thankful it has helped so many. What size did you get?
Great video! Although I finished my 10x12 a few months before you posted this video I still enjoyed watching it. Mine will be a year old soon and it went through NY snow like a champ! I did use flex seal clear at each screw on the outside of the roof and middle joints and any area that I could see the sun poke through, that really made a huge difference in no rain water coming through.
Hi NY Disneymom. Thank you so very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really do appreciate it. Especially that you have already built it and still enjoyed watching it. :-) . We're so happy yours did well in the winter. We had no problem with ours as well here in OH. This year I will do better of taking video footage to share with updates. Thankfully we've had no leaks on any of ours and we hope to keep it that way. Cheers
@@SpiritedWrenchers aww thanks, you guys are so sweet! I had a few screws that leaked a tiny bit and I didn’t trust that tube they included so used flex seal instead. So while I was up on the ladder putting the seal on the 2 or 3 screws I just did all of them :) I did mess up big time though, forgot to tie the curtains during a windy storm and every corner lost the hook that holds it to the 4 corners and tore a hole in each corner of the curtain…lesson learned to ALWAYS tie up those curtains! (good thing you can buy a replacement curtain) looking forward to your updates….all the best!
Huge Thank you!!!! My wife and I started assembling our 12 x 18 this past weekend. We are about 10 hours into the assembly and working on installing the lower roof panels. Ran into huge problem last night as holes not lining up on the lower holes of some of the roof panels. They are off by about 1/2". Tried loosening up some of the "E" bars but did not work. Was going to bring those in to work today and redrill the holes but decided against it and will try again tonight to push the panels over somehow. Your video has been a great help and would strongly advise everyone assembling these structures to watch your video first. Ours is from Purple Leaf and they should post your video on their site!
Hi Craig. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate you for that and for saying that Purple Leaf should put our video on their site. That is awesome feedback. Might have to reach out to Purple Leaf to see if they are interested in a deal. Did you figure out the hole misalignment issue?
Any updates on this?!
My wife and I just finished the upper roof on the small 12x10 gazebo and I can't believe what a pain in the a$$ is was! Thanks for the video, because it did help after initial frustration!
Hi Buccos2004. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate that and for being a part of your journey. Congrats on your assembly. That's awesome. The roof can definitely be a pain. We hope you get to enjoy the gazebo for many days to come!
Hello and Thank you. We've almost completed the installation of our 12x20 Kozyard on our standalone 16x22 patio and this video was a great help, it's taken at this point about 16 hours over 3 weekends with the weather being in the 50s and windy each weekend. all that is left is to put in the screens and then the curtains and netting. This Old Marine and family have almost completed the mission.
Thanks again for the video it was a great help.
Hi Jeff. First off thank you for your service. Congratulations on your purchase and assembling it yourselves. That is commendable. I'm certain that you and your family will enjoy it for some time to come. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Cheers!
Good news!!! Some things have been updated design-wise since this video. The biggest design improvement is that the bug screens are now sewn to the frame, not glued! And those frames are now notched to fit the peaks in the roof. Awesome job Kozyard! Now.... The biggest pain in the whole build... putting on those aggravating, hate filled, nasty little plastic spacing clips on the beveled ends of the roofing material with "double-sided" tape that doesn't stick. AT ALL! After an hour and a half and we only go the first 2 small pieces of the upper roof in place, I yelled at my kids to go get mom's hot glue gun. 😂 Worked like a charm! Not one popped off after that! No one can see those plastic guides anyway since they rest in the channel, so off I went with my glue gun. We love our new Kozyard.
HI Bandlady. Thank you so much for watching and sharing these updates and HUGE tip with our community. We really appreciate you for that. Glad to hear they have improved some things in those areas and now I just wish they would go back to the metal clips like they had with ours. The plastic ones appear to be the biggest point of frustration with customers now. Take care and we hope you have many happy days ahead with your gazebo!
You’ve done an amazing job describing the process and most especially those areas to watch for to avoid mistakes. Thank you.
My gazebo arrives next week.
Hi Richard. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Congrats on your purchase. Come back and let us know how your assembly went. Cheers!
Kudos to you and the Mrs for making this video. My Wife and I bought this same gazebo and I'm not too sure we would have been successful with the build had it not been for your video.
Hi Steve, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and so thankful to have been able to help you and your wife accomplish the build as well. That's fantastic. We hope that it provides you many days of enjoyable outside relaxing just as our have. Cheers!
Thank you for the info about taking the cap off before adding the upper roof panels! We got stuck on this step, and thought we must be doing it wrong because we couldn't figure out how to add the roof with the cap on. We found your video, and were greatly reassured that we weren't too far off!
Hi Don & Wendy. Thank for you for watching and sharing with us. We greatly appreciate it and thankful we could help by slightly keeping your sanity with this build. LOL. Great job on tackling it yourselves. Cheers!
Hi @spiritedwrenchers. I watched your video a few times before I pulled the trigger on my gazebo. Your advice and “pause for the causes” really helped me and my crew get this done. It took us 16 hours over 2 days, but we did it’s. I can’t emphasize enough that people need to take those roof sections out on the first day and glue those plastic clips to the metal or you’r’e going to pull your hair out trying to get those things to settle in their groove without falling off. Loved your video, love your channel and we’re subscribed. Best wishes on your future videos. Thanks!
Hi Ed, Thank you so much for watching, sharing your journey, and kind words. We really appreciate that. We're glad that this episode helped you and your crew on the build. That is exactly what our goal was when making it. Your tip on the new roof clips is wise, and you're the 2nd one I've heard from, so I hope others catch wind of it. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from the gazebo. By the way, thank you for subscribing. That means a lot to us! Cheers!
Thanks for your honesty .most videos show the people working and everyone smiling and happy this is all almost an impossibility, because something is always overlooked and rather than be honest and get mad at ourselves we generally blame the other person working on the project with us .so thank you for being honest these things are good to build patience but nobody wants patience ,especially when you want the project done immediately. But believe it or not in the long run this will help your relationship if you just keep the word kindness in your vocabulary.
Hi Mike. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. I laughed reading your comment because it is really true. Not having the good and bad in all the other videos out there was a big factor on why we wanted to make this one. Certainly added time and energy to it but it has paid off 10 fold and it also helped us a couple learn more about our own patience levels and how to better support each other in those very frustrating moments.
You guys are ROCK GODS!!! Thank you soooo much for your video! I bought my "MELLCOM 12' x 20' " Gazebo at the end of last summer hoping to get it up before end of fall and no go... It is virtually identical to yours... I began the build last week myself and was able to do the majority on my own. My wife helped when I needed that extra hand. I am at the point of the roof build and your video has answered some important questions about what is needed. I thought of bolting the supports in hopes the would hold up until the top was on BUT started a scaffold build because I thought the bolts would bend the supports. Your other tips I am sure will come in handy in the next two days as I move through the rest of the roof install. I will come back and update on my progress as others may run into similar issues I have. Thanks again for your experience and the detailed progress reports, the details make all the difference!!! Much appreciated!
Hi Mike. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words. We can't thank you enough for that and for sharing your journey with us. We're excited to hear how it went and to be a part of it all. Please update us and If you'd like to share some pictures, feel free to shoot us an email. We love seeing everyone's finished gazebos. We hope the rest of the assembly is smooth and safe. Cheers!
I for one thank you guys. I bought one at the first of this month. They seem to have changed the instruction somewhat (probably because of you guys…lol) but yes you got to catch that E goes in between D and C.. so far so good. My neighbor did help me with rafters and top center piece. I look at manual and still come back to certain parts of your video..
Hi Butch, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We greatly appreciate that and being a part of your journey. Congrats on your purchase and we both laughed at comment on them changing the instructions because of us. Quite possible since this video caught their attention and they became a channel sponsor for a little while. Also sounds like you have a great neighbor. Those aren't common! Cheers and stay safe!
You two are the best! Thank you again. To anyone considering purchasing these units: WATCH THIS VIDEO. I left it open on my desktop and consulted well over 50 times in the past 7 days as I struggled through assembly. And they even responded to my questions in a more timely basis than the Purple Leaf people. DO NOT even try to follow instructions without consulting this video on every step. LEAVE EVERYTHING loose until the very end when all the panels are on and only then systematically tighten up fasteners. I give this video a 200% up thumb and will tell the Purple Leaf incompentents to hire these two to build a custom video for them on how to really do it. THANK YOU!
Hi Timothy. Thank you SO SO much for the kind words and sharing your experience with the community. It's a huge help. We are so incredibly thankful to have been a part of your journey and we hope you have many years of enjoyment from your gazebo. BTW...would love it if Purple Leaf contacted us to do a video for them. We'd be happy to do so. 🙂. Cheers!
Thanks for taking the time to post this, very helpful. Very important to read the manual front to back. The stick little tidbits like taping the spacers on the last page vs when you are putting the roof on. -XXXXXXXXXXX MOSQUIITO SCREEN AT TOP> Mine did that for a moment, it's from wrenching too hard on the screws and it makes a ripple. if you back your screws out and put them in by hand they will straighten out. There are a few different instruction manuals floating around. I found one that had us install the mosquito screens at the top after the upper roof was done. This seems logical and was less stressful. XXXXXXXXXXXX Also, The Silicone sealant isn't for the gap behind the center spacers, it's for the top channel to seal the gap for water drainage or else it will drip down the center. I had extra silicone left so i used it on the Mosquito screen at the top to seal the small gap at the roof. For those looking to buy this, I have the 10x12 one. and the roof spacers (that in the video are powder coated together and they had to fight with them)... are now plastic and a small piece of scotch take works great to hold them in place during assembly. The instructions also say to not tighten down ANYTHING until the end. I also used the little sand castle footing used for floating decks. the triangle fits fell right on top of them and can screw to them.
Hi SIR Spends-A-Lot ( I can relate to that name. Lol). Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words plus leqving additional tips for everyone. We really appreciate it.
Hi SIR Spends-A-Lot, I just got the 10x12 gazebo so am watching youtube. You mention that you put sand castle footing somewhere (last line) what are those and where did you put them? Love all the tips everyone posts. Thanks
I just want to say thank you so much for this video. It has helped me out tremendously.
@@cptcaiman hi there. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're incredibly thankful this episode was so helpful. We hope you have many enjoyable days with your gazebo. Cheers!
Two of us just days ago assembled a 12x18 gazebo. Took us a total of 14 hrs over 2 days. We definitely experienced some frustrations while positioning and securing the roof sections but in the end it all came together. I bolted it down to my deck and the next day a storm packing heavy rain and high winds swept through. No rain dripped through the roof and the strong wind had no effect on the gazebo at all.
Hi Jeezwhiz (love the name). Thank you for watching and sharing with us. Congrats on the build. That's a solid pace to knock it out that fast. Glad to hear it held up well with the storm. We hope you have many years of enjoyment out of it. Cheers.
Thank you- very helpful.We have the purple leaf 12 by 16 one and the manual was pretty good and clear and doenst have the mistakes yours had.
That said, maybe we had too much sun and got confused where the P bar goes lol. We kept trying to fit it on the external frame instead of internal. We figured it out after awhile but had trouble fitting it until we saw your video. The video is helpful although my stubborn 70 something year old father was trying to reference the least amount of info lol.
I, his daughter, helped him and it’s going smoothly. We just have the lower roof left.
It’s my moms and pops gazebo but it’s just me and my dad assembling it. I organize all the parts for each step and hand it to him so he doesn’t do too much bending and he does the drilling and fitting.
All in all, your video was very helpful.
Cheers from Canada!
Hi J Joy. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story with us. We really do appreciate it as well as enjoy being a part of everyone's journey. We got a laugh of what you shared about your Dad and we're so happy our video helped with the parts of your assembly. We also built a gazebo for my parents so I can appreciate you doing the same while also making memories. We love it! Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers we finished the gazebo! The roof went super smooth- father fitted panels while I fitted the spacers and screw caps. Neighbors had it professional installed and told us we would have problems with the roof and were shocked we breezed through it. My dad is a retired tradesman so that helped lol and I kept us organized with tools and efficiency.
Your video was great as I don’t like Manuel’s so I will be sure to share it!
Cheers from the North!
Wow! What an incredibly helpful video. We are preparing to assemble our gazebo. Watching your video was step 1. Anyone who is assembling one of these gazebos should make your video step 1. Thank you both so much for your effort.
Hi Terry. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Knowing our videos bring value is exactly what we hope to do when creating them. Glad this one does that for you. Let us know how your build goes. Cheers!
We finally put ours together this week. We referenced your video many times! Thanks for sharing. This was super helpful!
Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We really appreciate it and honored to have been a part of your gazebo build. Congrats on completing it yourselves and we hope you have many enjoyable days under it. Cheers!
This is so VERY helpful!! We are getting ready tobuild ours and truly appreciate all the visuals and tips!!
HI Kathryn. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and happy our video will help you all with your build. Good luck with it and we wish you many years of enjoyment out of the gazebo. Stay safe!
Thank you for this great video! My husband and I received ours this week and I believe all of your tips will really help! It was awesome to get a preview of the job. You guys are great. Hopefully the process will go smoothly for us.
Hi Linda. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Thats exciting about your new gazebo and happy we had the opportunity to help in your build. What size did you get? Was it Kozyard or another brand? Feel free to shoot us an email @ spiritedwrenchers@gmail.com with pics if you'd like to share. Good luck on your build.
Thank you for this! I'm in the middle of a build right now and your lessons have helped so very much! All in all it has been fairly smooth but the roof panels are turning out to be a nightmare! Great content and you make a wonderful team!
Hi Ray. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and thankful to be of some assistance with this video. We've heard from a number of owners about the roof panels now that the builder changed pieces to plastic. Very disappointing on that. Thank you for the team compliment. We agree. Cheers!
This video has been incredibly helpful as we have gone through building our 12x20 Kozyyard!!! Thank you so much!!!
Hi Kasey. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it and thankful the episode was helpful you yall. We hope you have many years of enjoyment from your gazebo.
My wife and I were going to hire someone to assemble our gazebo. We watched your video and decided to try ourselves. Thank you very much for all your tips. You save us many pitfalls and wasted hours.
Lycan, thank you very much for watching, commenting and sharing the kind words. This is exactly why we wanted to make the episode. We're glad it helped and created a teamwork opportunity for you and your wife. 😃. Thank you for subscribing as well. Very much appreciated!
Wanted to say thanks. I watched this video a few times to get an idea of what I was getting into for my sister in law. My brother and I installed a 12x12 gazebo in about 8 hours. Yes, roof and some other instructions were not clear at all but it got done.
Hi Jack Bauer. Thank you for sharing your journey and the kind words. We really appreciate that and thankful we were able to provide some insight into the task that was before you. Congrats on the build. Very nice work on doing it in 8 hours. We hope you all have many years of enjoyment with it.
Hi, was your 12 x 12 a kozyard alexandar brand? I see you have it 8 months now and I'm wondering how it still is. Does it leak an. Even thru the roof venting area? Thank you
@@darbrown2859 it was 12x12 but not sure of the brand. So far it stays dry as long as the rain isn't blowing. Recommend a fan or something when it's warm. The dark color makes it warm.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this extremely informative how to video. My son got one of these and started assembling it last night. We also had some damaged pieces from shipping but not to bad. Looking forward to sharing your video with him and going on to the next steps. I wouldn’t like all that glue smeared around the screens either. We will be looking how to resolve that but perhaps they’ve already improved the glue since the making of your tutorial. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
Hi Justin. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the video with your son. We appreciate that. Good luck with the installation and thanks for allowing us to be a part of it.
Thanks so much for your video! We are purchasing the 12X20 and were really concerned with the quality of the instructions! Yours is a great instructional video and the manufacturer should include it with each purchase! My wife and I have been married 48+ years and still enjoy doing things like this together, but I couldn't agree with your wife more, choose your partner carefully or the frustration level with get too high! Thanks again!
Hi tdtoomey. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We can't thank you enough. Congrats on your purchase and for being married for 48 years. That's an amazing and rare accomplishment. Kozyard actually offered to pay us to go install them for their customers. LOL. We regretfully declined the offer but they became a sponsor of the channel and that was humbling in itself. We saw a need for this video and are blown away on how helpful it's been. Come back and let us know how your assembly went. You can even email us a pic of the completed job if you'd like to share. We love seeing them. Cheers!
Thank you for letting me see how much of a job these will be and you both are amazing.
Hi GK. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind feedback. We really appreciate that. Glad our journey helped you out and we're thankful you are a part of it! Cheers!
The commentary is great and the explanations between you was perfect! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Thank you so much Jessi. We appreciate you watching and sharing the kind words and question.
Don't assemble in the middle of summer.... I literally have to start mine tomorrow July 15th. Ugg! Thanks for taking the time to share your fun times!
Hi Scott. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words as well as your journey. We 100% agree. If you can avoid this in the summer, do it. LOL. Good luck with your build and let us now how it went if you can. Cheers!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Because of tour video I feel confident enough to put this together with the hubby this spring. I'm studying this video like I'm preparing for an ACT exam! 😂
Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words and the great laughs BrownSuga0221. We're thrilled you and the hubby will be taking on the task for your own gazebo and know you two can do it. We're also happy to be a part of your journey and hope you have many relaxing days in the shade ahead of you. Circle back when it's all done and let us know how it went. Cheers!
My wife and I and hopefully daughter will be assembling the 10 x 12" version and I am very thankful for you detailed video on how to construct these gazeboes. We are ready to go just waiting on Fedex to deliver. Thank you again this will be a great help! Mike
Hi Michael. Thank you so much for watching our episode and sharing the kind words as well as your own story. We're excited to be a part of your journey with it. We wish you luck with the build and if you'd like to share the finished product, we'd love to see it. You can email us a pic of it.
One hell of an assembly video. Your heads up in area to pay closer attention to were great and I think the two of you worked good together. Thanks for the detailed video.
Hi A.R Johnson. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words with us. We truly appreciate that and we agree, we do work great together. Whether it's the gazebo or working on cars, we enjoy partnering together.
Just received our 10x12 Apollo gazebo and unboxed it. Hoping watching this video will make our install easier. Our unit has plastic roof panel brackets and instructions say to use double sided adhesive tape on the down side edge, I guess to hold them on better. None of the videos I’ve seen show exactly how these fit to the roof panels and none mention tape.
Hi Tina. Thanks for watching and sharing your journey with us. We've heard that about the clips from a number of people now so that's quite concerning on the change that was made. We're actually going to be a full assembly episode on a 10x12 from another brand at the end of the month so we'll see how it goes. Keep us updated on your assembly if you don't mind.
Nice to see you and your wife working together so well. I bet both of you are electrical engineers.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. Funny on the engineering part. We actually both work in finance. Stay safe!
I'd like to thank you for the video. You saved me a lot of time and headaches with your points on what to watch out for. Made putting ours up a lot easier. Super Helpful
Hi Tim. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We made this video with just that in mind...to help others when there really wasn't any help out there. We're super thankful that we were a part of your journey in a positive way. Hope you have many days & nights of enjoyment with your gazebo!
Just completed the 10x12 version of yours and having watched your video was so helpful in making the build so much easier. Thank you
Dan, thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. This is exactly why we wanted to create this episode so we're very happy it was able to help you out. Stay safe and take care!
I have the same one. Started building the roof frame on the ground. When finished it was upside down , as I thought the instructions were.saying, and impossible to life, flip upright and get n the wall corners is frigging impossible! Did you build like these guys?
because of this great video i ordered the 12x12 and have the confidence to put this up at our seasonal camp site = i will be reviewing this as i go
Hi Chris, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. There is no better compliment for us than knowing our video helped empower someone in a purchase/assembly decision. Thats exactly what our goal was. Good luck with your install and we hope you get many years of use and happiness from your gazebo! Keep us updated if you don't mind. Cheers
How did putting up yours go? I am getting that size as well in a couple weeks.
Thank you for sharing your experience with this assembly. The hard top gazebo is exactly what I've been wondering if it's right for me. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻♥️🇺🇸
Hi Jessi. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. These are definitely not cheap and a tough decision. It was for us, but we don't regret it at all.
Thank you for the video. We just received ours a few days ago (10 x 12). I picked up some tips will be watching again once we get started. Going outside now to check contents of boxes.
Hi Bennette. You're most welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing. Thats exciting. Good luck with your build and if you'd like to share us the final product, shoot us email with a pic. We've seen some beautiful ones so far. Cheers!
We just completed ours. It was 12 by 12. I agree totally that the instructions could be improved definitely as well as the top screens - those leave a ton to be desired!!! It was a fun project by we were pretty exhausted at the end of each day - thankfully I had a great brother-in-law that brought his son over to help my wife and I with the project. We are really happy with the product and were frankly shocked at how well the packaging was done - we had no pieces damaged at all. Thanks so much for the video - I reviewed it multiple times prior to starting ours.
Ron, thank you so much for watching this and glad it helped. Thats great news on your build and the help you had. Certainly a bonus. We love our as well and so happy we have it all done now. Its been a game changer for the back deck. Take care and stay safe!
Many thanks for your Video!! We were 4 guys working on the Gazebo and 2 women working on the roof parts with the Plastic clips. We took 2 days to complete this project. My Biggest issue was the Clip for the roof parts were plastic and they kept sliding off… Poorly Made…. We used small scotch tape to hold the clips to the roof edges! That was the main reason we took so much time! Again your video was totally helpful with our project! Big thank you to both of you!!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story. We're thankful to have been a help for you all. Sounds like a great team you had assembled. We're hearing more and more about plastic clips. Is yours Kozyard or another brand?
@@SpiritedWrenchers its a Kozyard brand.
@@n0velistutube damn, they have changed them from when we bought them unfortunately. Very sorry to hear the poor choice they made.
I just ordered same one and I learned many things from you ..I can save several mistakes already. Thanks
Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. Really happy we were able to help. Good luck with your gazebo.
@@SpiritedWrenchers 👍
Thank you very much for all what you guys do on this video, It really helped us on how to put this gazebo together... It took us a few days but we finally finished it......Thank you again!!!!😀😀🙏🙏🙏
Hi Juan Carlos. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. We're so happy this episode helped you with your gazebo journey. A few days sounds about the average for everyone but glad you got it done. Cheers for a job well done!
We are in the process. Your gazebo looks great!
Hi Diane. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and hope this video helps with you assembly. Come back and let us know how it went if you don't mind.
Thanks for the post.. we are now in the process of building the exact same one and boy… it’s crazy.. the instructions (I hate) the diagram (I hate) and the not so clear instructions (I hate) lmao.. but you all made it work.. 7 hours into and we had to stop… we will finish tomorrow for sure. Thanks for the video.
Hi Miguel. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words and your journey. We chuckled reading it because we know what you mean. We're happy we could help you through the adventure of getting yours put together. Let us know how it went when you have it finished. Stay safe. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers ok.. no problem. Here goes…. We completed the job 2 day process.. didn’t want to burn ourselves out… the only problem I had with the Gazebo. Which wasn’t in your video was (3) brackets that are on the top outside panels. And on the inside tops where the mesh is.. there is some light where there shouldn’t be.. we moved them around as much as we could but not sure if it will hold up… thanks for the reply
Just received my 12 x 16 and hope the install goes smoother thanks to your well detailed video.
Hi Steve. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. Congrats on your gazebo. We hope the video helps with your build. Let us know how it turns out.
Spent the day fighting with the roof and holes not lining up. I feel your pain!!! The tip about loosening the screws on the bars that the roof mounts to is GOLD! I had come to the same conclusion after a few hours of fighting with misaligned holes, but gave up for the day. I feel encouraged that it worked for you, thanks. Also, have you had rain yet? I'm thinking that it's not going to be completely water tight because there are no grommets under the roof mounting screws. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you for watching and commenting about your journey, we really appreciate it. We've had rain and it only leaks in 1 spot and its likely because I overtightened 1 roof screw. Its on a center bar close to the edge. Im going to go back, loosen and add some sealant just to be safe. Not surprised though because of the thin aluminum. No big deal though. Let us know how it went when go back for day 2. Good luck with the last bit!
Having lost 2 gazebos in wind storms, and heard stories from others, I realize these are inherently weak yet you can easily fix this. The corner bracing just isn't enough, and unlike a house, there is no plywood sheathing on the walls proving the needed bracing for those wind storms that come with occasional high gusts that blow trees over. Here is how guy wires can replace the protection that sheathing otherwise provides, and kept my 3rd gazebo standing in scary winds. I recommend this:
- don't even start the project until you have the guy wire or rope materials and attachment hardware in hand and part of your mission. (My first gazebo crunched up in a month...)
- until corner braces at roof and pillers are screwed down, this is like a boat not lashed to a dock! Before stopping first day, put a temp (or final if confident) screw or stake on the corner posts, and use cargo straps or rope and put either external or internal diagonal guy lines. When you can attempt to push it over with force and it won't budge, an overnight breeze won't dance it off the deck into a crumple of twisted parts.
- when all assembled, assure your pillers are firmly attached to the ground, but know these pillers are not stiff buried fence posts, they might as well be hinged at the ground! Any twisting from wind will tear the sheet metal of the pillers or exceed the strength and bend pillers.
- tie permanent diagonal ropes or wires on every wall but the one you will use for entry. if you can't do 3 walls, substitute external guy lines staked like a circus tent with deep beefy pipe (this is annoying) or if earth, drive in the ground a heavy pipe like chain link post or rail pipe to deliver this support.
- for big storms, make the room as transparent to the wind as possible: open screens and tie back privacy panels. (my 3rd room, smaller and flimsier than yours blew over when I ignored a weather report, so if you don't trust your ability to always be mindful, fortify even more!
Winds blow fences and trees over all the time, and these gazebo makers love repeat customers who blame themselves, not the inherently weak products they know they make. The fine print in the instructions will have some sentence starting with "Not responsible for..." or "disassemble before severe weather" yet the catalog page fails to mention "not designed for high winds and we don't sell replacement parts we know will break..."
If anyone thinks I am overstating this, are you OK betting your football playing friend he can't knock it over? I hope my own trauma can prevent yours!
Hi Jamie. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your experiences with us. Sorry to hear you've lost a couple in wind storms. We agree, that they aren't the strongest of all structures and you should be aware of your location and potential weather that could affect it before getting one. We've had 40mph winds come through since having ours up and we could hear the deck creaking with the gusts but thankfully, nothing more. We anchored them down with SS large threaded bolts directly into the deck which is also anchored into the ground. Would that be enough in a 50mph+ gusts, possibly not but hopefully we're in a location where if we get those, we have bigger concerns on our hands. Plus we have home insurance so there's that. :-) Thank you once again for sharing. Very good advice for others to pay attention to.
Thank you so much. I built this pretty much single handedly, and this was very helpful
Thank you James for watching and sharing feedback. We greatly appreciate it. Kudos to you on knocking it out almost solo. Lol. We're happy this video helped you on that journey. Stay safe and take care!
I have t h e same gazebo only by purple leaf lol the part numbers are the same. Thank you for saving me time and frustration. You get A FULL THUMBS UP FROM ME!!!!!! The instructions have improved.. not great but better!
Hi TheDWZemke, Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We're so thankful that this episode was help for you with your gazebo. Great to know that Purple Leaf is exactly the same. Glad to hear the instructions have improved some but it sounds like they've changed some parts from metal to plastic and customers aren't too happy about it. We hope you have many days of enjoyment with your gazebo. Cheers!
I’ve had quite a few manuals in my business from China and the one common denominator for all of them is they’re written in Changlish (Chinese English). You always have to do what you did and hope for the best. You would think they would actually have someone who could proof read manuals but apparently not. Congrats, fine job.
Hi John. Thanks for watching. We greatly appreciate it. You are so right on proofreading. That would help for sure.
Thanks for the insight!!!! I have a customer who wants us to install this exact one on their new deck and now I know what to expect
Thank you for watching and sharing. You're the first contractor to share the feedback and we greatly appreciate it. Good luck with the install!
Hey! Thanks very much for your helpful video and comments! I'd like to add a couple items: First, the "Z" pieces that attach to the roof panels are now made of plastic, so there is no worry about them being powder coated and having to pry the tabs open. Also, my wife and I found it very helpful to use a Phillips-head screwdriver inserted into the roof panel holes and the attachment points to line them up before attempting to pass a screw through them. Maybe this will help someone else!
Brian, thank you very much for not just watching and sharing the kind words but also adding tips for other consumers. That's what this community is all about. We're thankful to have you as a part of our journey!
Thanks so much for taking the time to walk through and recording, including the mistakes - priceless . I'm wondering if you had alignment issues with X3 and X4 panels. I noticed you have a small gap at the top of X4.I have the same gap and cannot remove it no matter what. A few suggestions for viewers: 1. Upper screens - do them last as Art & Dana did, not in the middle like the instructions show. You'll just have to take them back off to help with roof panel alignment and that top bugger of a screw. 2. Make sure the lower roof panel brackets face inward and up- my interpretation of the instructions did it the other way around, and I had to take them all off and redo them. Also loosen those same brackets as Art and Dana did to help align the mounting holes. 3. You might need the patience of Job with those roof clips - just look at them wrong and they come loose or fall off. Thanks again for outstanding service to the community😊
Hi pfont60. Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words, tips and your own journey with the community. We really appreciate that. I don't recall having any gaps in those panels and we have had zero leaks since the install as well. It also sounds from your story and others that the roof clips were changed out at some point, which is unfortunate. Glad you were able to get it all together. We hope you have many years of enjoyment out of it! Cheers!
Great Great video guys! Helped me so much with my 12×20 gazebo! Appreciate you taking the time to share this with all of us!
Hi Max. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. We're very happy this episode helped you out on your gazebo journey. Our mission was successful then. We hope you enjoy yours as much as we do ours. Cheers!
Thank you for this video. We're still in the shopping stage but our pad is ready for something to cover it. I know from experience that there's usually errors in the manuals and it was nice to have a heads up about keeping things loose to fit abutting parts in. Thanks again. I'll practice patience and tolerance as my wife will be assisting me.
Hi Dave. Thank you for watching and sharing your journey. We greatly appreciate that. The shopping stage is definitely a stressful one. At least it was for us. LOL. Glad to be able to help and we wish you luck with the assembly. Let us know how it goes if you don't mind.
@@SpiritedWrenchers one more question if you don't mind. I've searched Amazon, Wayfair and several other sellers. Most are clear that the rain water drains INTO the center of the posts but the picture on Wayfair SAYS it drains INTO the posts but shows water 💦 outside the post. I'm looking at the Kozyard 12X12. I believe it's the Alexander model . Any other input you can offer will be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping for an undamaged and complete delivery. And hopefully good customer support if needed.
Have you done anything to upgrade or change the zipper openings?
@@Dwb913 Hi there. No we haven't. No issues with the zippers as of now.
@@SpiritedWrenchers oh sorry, my important question was does the rain drain into the posts and out the bottom?
Wow, that looks great and certainly transforms the deck. Glad to hear their customer service was so good! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the continued support and the kind words. We greatly appreciated it.
Thank you for sharing. This let me know it was beyond my capabilities so I hired someone. It took two professional guys 5 hours with a lot of breaks to complete.
Hi Kdware12. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story. We really appreciate that. No judgement here. It's a big job for sure. I'm impressed those 2 pro's you hired were able to knock it out in 5 hours. Wow. We hope you have many enjoyable days with your gazebo. Stay safe!
THANKS, great tips and advice ! Definitely challenging from the inept instructions to trying to get everything to line up. Your video was a great help !
Hi Ty. Thank you very much for watching the episode and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it and glad that it helped you out. We're going to be releasing a 1 year update in the next week or two so we hope you subscribe so you don't miss it. Cheers!
Honestly thank u for doing this. Best video on this style gazebo. Much appreciated.
Thank you for those kind words. We really do appreciate you sharing them and watching the video. Cheers!
Thank you so much. This was so helpful to my husband and his brother when they put ours together!!!
Hi Michele. Woo hoo!!! Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. So glad the video helped you all with yours and we hope you get as much enjoyment out of it. Cheers!
Also, thank you so much for Subscribing. So glad you'll stick around and be a part of our journey.
Wow thank you so much this is a tremendous help. He can’t imagine how much people appreciate the hard work that you put in this video.
I do have one quick question we live in a very brutal winter climate do you suggest we remove the curtains?
Hi True-crime-junkie (love the name). Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate that. Knowing that it has helped so many means we accomplished our goal for it.
Great question. We live in OH and get some hefty winters as well and we didn't have a problem leaving on last year. We kept them tied up and it worked well. We also use them at times to close up so we can use the heater while in the hottub (see our 1 year follow-up video). Hope that helps and that you get years of enjoyment out of your gazebo. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers fantastic. Thank you so much for the reply. I’m concerned about the grommets taking them on and off and damaging them. I’ll roll with them on and tied up.
I look forward to more of your content.
Hey guys! I think your video is the most clear and comprehensive gazebo assembly video on TH-cam, better even than the professional installers' videos. Currently in the middle of a 12 x 16 build. Did your support arms have a brush gasket in them? If so, did it go in front or behind the roof panel clamps? Thanks. Your video has been very helpful! Thanks again!
Hi P Waldrop. Thank you so much for watching and the overwhelming kind words. That means a lot to us and was a goal of ours for the video itself. Thats exciting that you're working on one yourself. We don't quite recall on the parts but if you could email us what step or number you're on in the manual, we could take a look. Our email is Spiritedwrenchers@gmail.com..
Awesome assembly and tips. I'm about to do my 10x12 so your video is great. Thanks for taking the time to post it.
Hi Sam. Congrats on your new gazebo. We appreciate you watching our video and sharing the kind words. Really happy that it's helped so many. Would love to see the final assembly if you'd like to share. You can send us a pic to our email. Good luck on the build. Cheers
Super helpful. We bought the 12x16 version and there are a lot of good tips in here I'm sure I can use. Thank you for the video.
Thank you very much Dan for watching, commenting and the kind words. This is exactly why we created this particular episode so we're very happy it will help you. I hope you enjoy your gazebo as much as we're enjoying ours now. Stay Safe!
Hello Art, A great build considering the very unclear and confusing assembly manual. The outcome is beautiful. 👍💖
Hi Nathan. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it! Cheers!
Awesome video! I can't wait to start building ours this week. Thank you!
Hi MichaelStThomas, Thank you so much for watching and sharing the incredibly kind words. We really appreciate it. Congrats on your gazebo purchase and we hope you have a smooth time with assembly. Pop back over and let us know how it went. If you'd like to share a picture of the final build, we'd love to see it and you can send it to our gmail in the description. Cheers!
Nice job as instruction manual for these leaves a lot of room for improvement. Good team work as well! You have a new subscriber from a fellow creator. I saw you on Fix if French’s channel. 👍
Thank you very much for the sub, nice words and joining us on the journey. Very Much appreciated. Checked out your channel and doing the same. I'm seeing several that have my interest peeked already, so I have to go watch them. 😁
Great video. I do a lot of assembly and doing this Gazebo by myself took me 2 days. It's a lot of parts doing this one
Amazing job with doing it solo. Congratulations on that and that you for watching and sharing.
Congratulations. Hicieron los dos muy buen trabajo. Con su video me ayudaron a tomar la decisión de comprar uno de estos para mi terraza. Thank you
Hi Richard. So glad we could help. (Gracia por vernos. ¡estamos muy contentos de haber podido ayudar! ) we appreciate the kind words. Stay safe & take care.
Great tips! Thanks very much. We're about to start the roof on our 10x12 and really glad we found this video BEFORE starting ;) Enjoy your gazebo - looks great!
Hi Oliver. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and glad this episode helps with your project as well. Let us know how it goes. Take care and stay safe!
Thank you! We were stuck on the part P. Might be back if we run into anymore problems. Thank you!
@thiskid14, Thank you for watching, & sharing this with us. We really appreciate it and glad to hear that this video helped you out. Good luck with the rest of your assembly! Cheers!
Could you build this next to the house? Or have to move it once installed?
Hi Raymond. Thank you for watching and asking. We really appreciate it. If you had enough capable people, it's possible to move it. With only the two of us, it wasn't going to happen. LOL. Hope that helps.
Your video was great! Help good job 👍
From Layton Utah
Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words from UT. We really do appreciate it and love hearing from viewers all around the globe. Hope you have many wonderful and relaxing days with your gazebo in the beautiful UT weather. Cheers!
Great video, I found this when we were done with the lower frame assembly but I'll be sure to take your tips for the roof frame and roof itself. We're partway through our Domi 12 x 16 gazebo, and I can tell you the Domi, Kozyard, Mellcom and Purple Leaf gazebos all follow the same model. Heck, the manual looks pretty much the exact same with the same part names and numbers.
Hi Gaurav. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. That's great to know about the other brands as well. We found out about Purple Leaf from another viewer but the other two are new to us. Good luck on the rest of build!
Just stopping by to show some love! Great video!
Thanks homie. We greatly appreciate you watching and sharing the kind feedback. 🙌
Thank you, I have a question. How did you anchor the Gazebo? I have a trex deck so I am not sure how I will do it.
Hi Bill. Thanks for watching. We really appreciate it. We used stainless threaded bolts and bolted each leg with 3 of them to our deck. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of another way to anchor them but to whatever it's on. Hope that helps.
Haven't purchased yet, but plan too. Your video definitely is making me recthink how to tackle this 😆. Thanks a ton!
Hi Tim. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate you taking the time to do so. Thats funny on the tackling part. Once you get going it flows pretty well. It just comes down to the humber of people you have and the amount of time you can commit to it. We're glad to be a part of your journey. Let us know how it goes. Cheers
@@SpiritedWrenchers definitely will. I was curious on brands. I haven't seen the actual brand you used. I have erommy and some others. Wondering what is best. Thanks 😊
@@timbaker2024. Great question. I have seen several brands that have similar looking products but I'm unable to provide info as to who is better. I can tell you that the customer service with Kozyard was fantastic. Especially when we ordered ours and it was waiting to be sent from overseas. They were able to tell us what was on the ships and how many and when to expect it so we used that to help in our ordering. Hope that helps some.
Love this project! Correction love you all doing the project! I could never I will definitely hire or beg someone to install. I got a headache just watching. An amazing job🤗🤗🤗💪🏽
LOL. Thank you Tammie. We appreciate you watching and sharing the kind words. Sorry about the headache though. :-) .
Thank you so much for the detailed video and great advice. This made the job so much easier.
Hi Carlos, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words with us. We really appreciate that and we're thankful we could be a part of your journey and be of help. Enjoy your new gazebo and stay safe. Cheers!
I had to unscrew the roof top of also cause I couldn't get the panels in. Took me 30 minutes to figure it out. Glad I came across your video. The manual is not the best to follow.
Thank you for watching and your sharing your journey and the kind words. We're very happy this episode was able to help you. Take care!
This is extremely helpful. I will be receiving my 10 x 12 sometime this week. I noticed you used a cordless drill. Wondering what torque setting you had it on? I'm always afraid to strip the screws. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions but this is a start. Thanks again!
Hi Jeff. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. For the drill, I just had it on a low setting. I believe it was 1. I tend to take it easy on the trigger with anything that I use the drill with and just walk it in until it's snug. Hope that helps. Good luck with your assembly and glad we're a part of your journey!
I just finished assembling the Emory 10x12 which is a smaller version of this. Took us 2 days total of 15 hrs to assemble
Hi Cesar. Thanks for watching and sharing. We appreciate that. Congrats on completing the assembly. Hope this episode helped you out and that you have many enjoyable days using your new gazebo!
Great video. I was wondering if the rain water in the gutters drain down the 4 outside posts or just 2 posts.
Hi Photog3377. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. The rain water drains on the outside of all 4 corner posts. Hope that helps.
It looks great. Still amazed at how well you guys work together. I'm their leader, which way did they go? As always, projects like this are two steps forward, then redo one step. Beautiful. See you next time.
Thank you for watching and the kind words. We greatly appreciate both. We seem to always gravitate towards those that are never easy. I have no idea why. LOL.
Looks beautiful,, n the back of your house looks very similar to ours, brick color wise, and ranch,, Have you had to clean the better? I'm trying to figure out the gutter system. Although I don't have a tree near it. Things got in there and I don't know how to get them out,, We put ours on a stamped, concrete patio.,,
Hi Roger, Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words as well as sharing your story as well. So cool that we have similar setups. For the gutter, occasionally we'll push a long phillips screwdriver through the hole to clean out the crud from the trees near by. Nothing too major but it could be better for sure. If you do that after a rain, the water will help push the small pieces out. Anything bigger has to be done from up top. Hope that helps.
Tape those little tabs that fit over the corners panels. Use paint tape it holds them in place and allows you to fit your corners. Also work from one corner and continue around.
Thanks for sharing with the community.
Great video! Any chance you could measure from the ground to the underside of the edge of the roof? I keep seeing a lot of different measurements depending on where you look.
Hi Mason. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it. If you could email us (in the description), we can send you some pics with the measurements since we're not entirely sure of the spot you're referring to.
You know I watched your video at least 20 times just to put together our hardtop gazebo...my husband, son and I was so frustrated with the instructions. It did take us three weekends to finish..so now I'm on the mosquitoe net and mine won't seem to go on right 😒 I am so done with messing around with this thing I've had it...I think they gave us the wrong fitting for it and we had it over a year and just putting it up...but overall your video really helped us and thank you
Power Moves, first off, thank you so much for watching our video that many times and I can only hope that it helped as much as you needed to. That is incredibly frustrating on the netting. Have you had any luck contacting their customer support? Do you think it was for the wrong size gazebo? Sure wish were able to provide more help as I can only imagine how I would dealing with that.
I'll try and contact customer service and go from there...thank you
Well done! We bought one marketed by Yoleny (appears to be the same thing) it has even less instructions. Nice mix of narration and silence.
Hi JS. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate that. We certainly try to balance it out on these so it's not filled with fluff. Good luck with your build and please let us know how it goes. Cheers!