Tonnelle de jardin Western Red Cedar 7 pi

Excellent service

The packaging and quality of the cedar is very good. Like Teal, of Pomona, NY stated in their review: it’s a box of wood and bag of hardware and some very simplistic instructions. As a prolific builder and DIYfer I used my experience in assembling the arch. Fortunately, I have a pneumatic brad nailer with galvanized brads which made short time in nailing the many pieces together. I did not follow the slat spacing suggestions from the directions, rather having read the reviews, I made my own jig spacers after careful measurements. Pros: Good quality cedar; Looks excellent when completed; Assembly is straight forward once you figure out the spacing; Left unfinished the cedar will gracefully weather Cons: Directions need embellishment; Not for those wanting a quick assembly; Took over 6 hours to complete; Nails provided are not galvanized and should be of an outside product; Only 2 decorative wooden “arrows”---should be 4 for two on each side; Added longer and beefier exterior screws at the top/side joints for more strength

I can't even begin to tell you how awful this product is. It was incredibly difficult to put together, took me a really long time and I'm pretty handy. Then I installed it out near my garden and it has completely collapsed twice. It didn't matter how careful I was about anchoring it or leveling it, it fell under it's own structural failure. What do I need to do to return this piece of garbage?

Fantastic quality; all precision cut cedar that went together beautifully, but this is not some kit that you bolt together in 30 minutes. It’s 64 separate pieces of timber along with 250 nails and assorted hardware, so give yourself about 8 hours to put it together and you’d want to have some DIY experience. The end result was certainly worth it.

Putting the Arbor together was very time comsuming and difficult because of the instructions.