You will need a couple of friends. My husband and I managed to get this almost completely done in a day. I know that sounds like it's a lot to do! No we just old, it was hot as blazes, and we fat, and not as nimble as we once were. We took a lot of water breaks too. I mean it was HOT!! At any rate, we had it all together except bolting it to the wall and the patio. Now, please pay attention... they DO NOT PROVIDE LAG BOLTS for you to bolt all the legs into your deck, slab, patio, or whatever. There are enough to safely secure it to a wall in the back. We just made a Home Depot run and picked some up. No big deal. Also, when you are putting the top covering on...pay attention when you remove the plastic protective covering. One side is marked to face the sun. The other side is marked to face inside the structure. What difference does it make, you ask? Well as I am not the manufacturer, I can't answer that question. However, I feel that if they took the time to specifically mark each of those boards, it just might be important for you to do what they ask. Now the big one! When inserting the metal " connector " that goes between top row of the polycarbonate top and the bottom/second row, PAY ATTENTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONS! I'll break it down for you...if you look inside the connector only one side has holes inside. The side with the holes goes in first. In other words, the side with the holes slides it to connect to the polycarbonate top that you already have installed. If you don't do it like that, you will have leaks when it rains. All in all, worth the money and directionsare fairly clear. Recommend.

so far it holds up well. Will see how it does in the winter.

I am writing this review for the 10x14 model. Over all it looks okay, doesn't shade as much as I had hoped but again okay. Assembly wasn't hard, did it by myself with a ladder and a DeWalt cordless drill set on low torque. I will share some things I learned along the way. I wanted this to fit under my eve's' so I had to cut about 3 inches off the legs. I used a chop saw and a drill press to accomplish this. About the assembly itself; DON'T LOSE ANY BOLTS OR NUTS; they didn't give any extras of anything. This would have been nice, since a couple of the nuts were missing threads. Luckily I had some nuts that fit. The bolts are cheap, heads strip easily (even by hand). When mine was manufactured the quality control person must have been on break or didn't care. There were a lot of "punch" tabs left in the holes and almost all the threaded holes had paint in them, making it hard to put together. After I started checking the holes (before assembly) things went a lot smoother. The frame was easy to construct, the instructions (which is just pictures with few hint words) don't tell you to leave the bolts for the "arm and beam connecters" (brackets) finger tight. Leaving them finger tight makes installing the pp boards easier, then you can make adjustments to the arms as needed. The next issue is there is a paper in the box with the pp boards that says not to remove the protective film before assembly, which is wrong. I did that for the first 7 pp boards, it was a nightmare to remove the film. Ended up taking the boards back out to get it all off. When installing the second set of pp boards I took the protective film off each before installing. I had to use a couple of putty knives to get the boards in the middle board connector slots. I found using soap & water in a spray bottle let them go together much easier. I may have put them in upside down, don't really know the instructions only tell you to make sure the "leak" holes are up. I put the wide side up; don't have any idea of how I would have ever gotten the boards in the slots if I did it the other way. Even after attaching the frame to my porch posts it is still a little wobbly. I didn't attach the roof to my house, wasn't willing to drill holes in my siding. The braces that go on the front legs are sufficient, but could have been a little bigger (might have taken some of the wobble out). Also a couple of braces on the back leg might have helped, think I'll look for something to use for braces. Over all might buy again.
1. No written instructions
2. Don't lose parts
3. Check for punch tabs and paint on threads
4. No back let support if not attached to the house

It was easy to install, sturdy, and looks nice.

While some of the instructions were difficult to follow, it took 4 of us about 3 hours to put up. Because of the slope of my patio, we had to cut 2x2" extensions for the outside posts to lengthen them. It does leak around some of the screws below the "leaking holes," unfortunately right over my fire pit. We are still working to resolve that issue, but overall I am very pleased.