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Outdoor Patio Tiverton Gazebo

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We bought it a few weeks back. Box is very heavy because of the heavy steel structure. The instructions were OK, we used the chairs from our patio table to support the side while we attached the corners. Then we used ladders to support the "box structure" to attach the legs. Don't forget to put the drapery rings into the slide channel before attaching the corners! With the superstructure in place, the ceiling supports are to be put in. The ceiling pieces are long enough to slide far into the holes toward the center then back out to the perimeter points. Make sure to lock the spring loaded buttons into place, it makes it really sturdy. Now attach the canvas top. This is the only downside. Some of the sewn-in hooks are NOT exactly aligned with the holes in the steel structure. This creates lateral tension and future tearing of the canvas roof very likely. This also created another question...when it tears where to buy and how much does a replacement canvas roof cost. After 2 hours of calls, google searching and store visits where nobody could answer the question. I found it for $149 plus shipping! Call Newmark Industries at 800=457=4652. I am hoping it last 5-7 years. And one more thing, spend the time to anchor the legs down to the ground securely. In the Texas heat this will let us use our patio this summer. And one, one more thing. We went to Lowes and bought the HEAVY nylon screen shade stuff. Made drapes for the sides to block the setting Southwest sun. Now it is perfect!!

Just FYI for anyone else who needs to replace the cover for the Tiverton Gazebo. IF your "Sean Conway Tiverton Gazebo" was purchased PRIOR to 2007, you would need to call SunJoy (manufacturer prior to '07)@ 866-578-6569. NuMark Industries began production of the Tiverton in 2007 and evidently there are slight differences in the specs..so replacement covers have to be purchased through the correct manufacturer. If you call SunJoy, you must have the manufacturer's code ( 3 letters + 3 numbers)from the tag on one of the corners of cover. OR you can email a picture to them so they can identify the correct model.

I purchased this gazebo a little over 1 1/2 years ago. The frame is built quite well. I bolted the legs to my deck and it has endured the weather nicely. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, I noticed the top starting to rip where the clips are sewn to the top. When I investigated it further, the top started tearing like paper because it is dry-rotted. This past weekend, I looked on the deck to see the top completely torn and hanging from the center! I will be calling the recommended number in the other review to order a new top tomorrow. This time I will use industrial Scotch Guard w/ UV protection on it before installing!

On a positive note: I was able to mount an outdoor ceiling fan to the center using an ABS outdoor junction box. Even on high, it holds the fan rock solid!

We've been waiting for a strong and sturdy gazebo and this one fits the bill. It assembles very easily with one person but it will take 3 people to get the top on. Two holding the top and one person setting the four legs in place. It's held up great in the wind. Ours is on the lawn area so for added protection we bought some dog teathers (you screw them into the ground) and we zip-tied the legs to them on opposite legs. It also has a big hook that will hold a big light fixture in the center top. The legs are hollow to allow an extention cord or misting hoses through with ease. At the bottom of the legs there are areas to punch out to feed the cords/ misting hoses through. Great idea. It's a great investment for us because we use our back yard more now that we have a nice "room" to sit in.

Wow! So highly recommended. We were also waiting to find a sturdy gazebo that we felt could stand up to the weather in New Jersey (N'easters, blizzards, below zero days with ice), minus the canvas top. This gazebo was perfect and will work so well for us that we believe that it, the frame, will last for at least several years without any special care aside from rust prevention paint this coming spring. The corner legs are light in weight but quite substantial in stability. This gazebo has large square columns legs, not like the usual thin railing type spindle, so it's quite sturdy and secure when attached to patio block, which we have, or concrete or decking; the legs attached easily to our tumbled Cambridge patio stone with masonry screws, without cracking or breaking a single one. My husband easily asssembled the top of the gazebo (DO NOT FORGET TO PUT UP THE CURTAIN RINGS FIRST) and when ready we first tried to raise the top up off the patio and rest it on an adjustable ladder, which didn't work well at all; the idea was to prop it up while he held it steady and I attached the legs, but I couldn't get a good angle for even one of the screws on any of the legs. What worked for us as a pair was to prop up the top part up on its side against our fence, and while I held the legs my husband used a power driver to attach what was to us the two bottom ones. Then together we "walked up" the two legs and attached top until it was ready to tip over and stand upright. He then went to the other side while I held it (it is sturdy but actually quite managable for one person to hold) and when he was in place, with the ladder to help support it, I tipped it over and he caught the unsupported end and held it upright while I positioned the other two legs and secured each with two of the four screws just so we could stand it upright and finish all of the screws. This worked well and we were very pleased that it took only two of us to stand this up and secure it; the neighbors were VERY impressed that we managed this with two people. Actually, the hardest part was situating it on the patio block in such a way that each leg had at least two of the four securing screws in place to attach it to the block - hoping for four out of four screws for four legs was something we didn't even try for. We managed to actually attach three out of four screws for each leg and were very pleased with the manner in which it was secured to the patio, the sturdiness of the structure itself and the ease in which it went up. I would like to see additional accessories for this gazebo though. Specifically, I'm looking for an affordable solid curtain for each side, as opposed to the netting, to keep out the sun and heavy rain. As I haven't found anything affordable yet, I'll probably have to make it myself out of canvass or modify and use shower curtains. This can be done with the netting in place by attaching shower or curtain rings to the loops in the canvass top, which would leave the netting as sheers to curtains, as in a house. At first we couldn't find the assembly instructions and looked online and couldn't find them there either. My husband could have figured it out eventually but I didn't want to wait. We found them after all and the whole thing, from setting out to finish took only 4 1/2 hours, with power tools that we had or could easily rent from our local home improvement store.

This gazebo is well-made, sturdy, and practical. The package was heavy when delivered and we had someone put it together for us. It only took a few hours. This is the third one we've had in five years...but I think this one will last! The size is perfect for our back yard and we had the handyman screw it down on the cement "patio".

We've had our gazebo since spring 2006 and it has held up wonderfully these two years! Of course, I tried searching online to find out where I could find a replacement canopy, but I was not happy with the prices I had to pay. Thanks to the review posted below, I found out I had to call Sunjoy in order to receive a replacement canopy (mother nature destroyed it in a horrific wind storm this week). I paid $81 TOTAL! Including shipping! That's compared to the $139 - $200 I was finding online. It will be here in 7-10 days! I am thrilled! Thanks!

This is one of the most well constructered gazebos I have ever seen. It was packaged well with instructions and tools . The instructions could, should, be written more precisely. The writers do not cover every step, you are suposed to see things in in the pictures, I assume, but they should be written out or you have to disassemble some to make it work. It took 2 of us about 3 plus hours from unpackageing to compleation. All my neighbors have nothing but praise for this gazebo. It has already held up to 45 mph gusts with no problem.

Purchased this gazebo two years ago, and in the interim, misplaced the assembly manual. Product is still available from Target, so it shouldn't be that difficult to get in touch with the manufacturer, right? 1st try with Target sent me to a company called Agio. Second try, Target sent me to SunJoy, no matter that I provided the DPCI#. Thankfully Marshall, a very pleasant and professional CSR at SunJoy was able to provide me with the number to New Mark Industries: 800-457-4652, and the assembly manual and hardware are already on their way.

I managed to pick this up directly from the place it is sold/shipped from, thus avoiding the cost of shipping which was considerable. I would guess that no matter where you order it, it comes from the same location - and is shipped by CEVA. While CEVA might be good at delivery for overseas shipments for large businesses, I would avoid their shipping at all cost to homes. I ordered my absolutely perfect gazebo, and it was supposed to take 5 days for shipping. 14 days later, I received a letter from CEVA instructing me to call to schedule shipping. I was puzzled why they couldn't have just delivered it since we were home the days they should have delivered. So I called, and a person from shipping picked up the phone and pointed out that the person that schedules deliveries wasn't there. I asked if I could leave a message - nope. Could I send an email - nope. Well then how am I supposed to have it delivered? I pointed out that I had no interest in having a delivery 2 weeks after it should have been in my possession - and that I could just cancel the order and deliver it with a more respectable/professional delivery service rather than play phone tag. And that's just what I had to do. It got here the next day, and I took the money out of the pocket of the jerks at CEVA. Avoid CEVA delivery at all costs - you'll be sorry if you don't.
As for the assembly, everything went well. I put mine together in 4 hours with the help of a single generous but weak friend. We used a wall to balance one side of the top, while placing legs on the other side. It probably would be useful to have a strong friend and a wall, or 4 or more mechanically inclined friends. The clips you hang the netting from should have their hook pointing downward and towards the inside of the enclosure - PRIOR to putting on the corner pieces, it'll make life much easier later. The legs each have a rubber stopper for electrical cords, in case you hook up a chandelier or powerstrip. Dogs have a fatal attraction to see-thru netting, and mine made quick work of a corner strap. Luckily a well placed safety pin corrected for this. The corners of the top covering strangely folded upward, so duct tape to the top corners was required to be mosquito proof. The words LONG and SHORT are fairly important when you put the skeleton for the top together, as those words must be on the LONG side and SHORT side, otherwise the skeleton won't hook up. Even in the correct configuration, the skeleton was a little funky. To get the last few spines up, click one side of the spine in, and then push it further into its mount so that you can get the other side in, otherwise you might bend the heck out of them. I didn't attach the top covering until the end for fear of tearing it while trying to place the legs onto the top frame - and it was too bad, but it did require a 5 ft step stool to maneuver to the cover into place, and also to place the top pineapple (leave two sides unhooked).
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