 Good Gazebo So Far!!! |
| Review Date: June 21, 2007 |
| Reviewer: boy'smomx3, Fort Worth, TX |
| 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!! |
Great Gazebo...but cover has about 3 yr lifespan
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| Review Date: February 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Susie, Texas |
| 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. |
Good, but top didn't last as long as I'd hoped...
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| Review Date: January 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A. Bardsley, Warner Robins, GA |
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! |
Great Gazebo
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| Review Date: May 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Katy S., Bakersfield, CA United States |
| 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. |
Tiverton 2007 Gazebo
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| Review Date: July 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: L. Barbosa, |
| 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. |
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