Backyard Discovery Stratford 14' x 10' Traditional Galvanized Steel Pergola Kit with Shade Sail Canopy, Powder-Coated Finish, All-Season Durability, High-Wind Rating for Outdoor Patio, Deck, Garden

This pergola is just what my back patio needed! Just perfectly placed near the pool and heavy duty so it won't budge in the high wind conditions often present in my area. The added feature of electrical outlets allowed me to hang all-weather fairy lights from the top. It's so pretty. The white color matches all my other shade structures, so that it looks like it has always been here. It took my handyman and his friend about 5 hours from the unpacking of the parts and pieces to completion. they agreed that even though this was the first time they had assembled such a pergola that they would do it again as it was simple and straightforward to do the work.

Great product, arrived in great condition with no scratches or defects of any kind. The paint on the black version has a slightly "dusty" shade of black to it, so don't expect something like a pure, jet black. *Comprehending* the instructions was incredibly easy; assembly, especially during the initial phases, was a little more cumbersome, so just be sure to give yourself a full day to assemble this because there are seemingly thousands of fasteners. Also make sure to have 2-3 people helping during the initial hoisting phases (especially for connecting the longer crossbeams to the upright posts). Again, the actual steps were incredibly easy to follow, just a tad unwieldy if you try to do it all by yourself. We do notice there is a *very slight* sag to the longer crossbeams on the finished unit, even when installed and fastened correctly, and looking at pictures of other 16x12 Backyard Discovery pergolas in the reviews here it appears we're not alone in that. Not a huge or immediately noticeable issue, just something to be aware of for these bigger, 16x12 versions. The cover is a great feature, although I found in any kind of stiff wind you need to buckle AND knot the nylon straps, otherwise the slack will eventually pull out of the clamp threading entirely. The power strip is very well done, especially with the spring-loaded cover (it closes on its own) to keep out any rain. If you don't want to see any extension cords leading to the power strip, you can also fit 3/4" conduit up through the gap in the footer base plate (obviously this will have to go through the ground/foundation surface first) and fish a power line up the post, then out the side of the post to meet your power strip if you use a metal hole punch drill bit. For fastening into concrete I would recommend buying separate Redhead concrete wedge anchors as the ones provided in the packaging seemed a little on the small side. BE PREPARED TO SHIM SOME OF YOUR FOOTERS if your foundation surface isn't completely level. Due to the pitch of our patio, we had an almost 3" drop from side to side so this was necessary for us so we didn't have too extreme of a slant. All in all well worth the money -- we get compliments on it all the time, and once properly fastened into slab concrete it is incredibly sturdy.

What an amazing product!! So easy to put together.

Very sturdy! Fairly easy to put together but you need two people. Sun shade ok, clips aren’t the best quality especially if you live in an area where you get crazy storms.

Came complete and easy to put up with 2-3 people. Steel is better than wood.

Very nice quality pergola, well worth the money. It is very well made and sturdy and I’m sure it will withstand 100 mile an hour winds, but the soft shade cover will come off when you reach 30 mile an hour winds. At least the straps pulled out of the buckles rather than tearing, but be prepared to take it the cover down when it is windy. We went to the hardware store and purchased proper anchor bolts to fasten the bottom of the posts to concrete rather than using the small bolts that came with it for that. As advertised, it did take two people almost 10 hours to assemble, but quite a bit of that time was spent identifying and organizing the parts before beginning. Love it and recommend it to others looking for one, but wish I didn’t have to mess with putting the cover on and off — maybe a shade cloth with more open weave would stay on better?

Bought this several years ago. Has held up through long montana blizzards, massive snow loads, wind, hail, heat and looks just as great as the day we bought it. It does take several people to put together but I haven’t had to do anything since. I purchased this because my house did not have any large shade trees and the yard was scorching for me and the kids. So we planted some trees and bought the pergola in the meantime. I am so satisfied and happy with this purchase. My husband and I built every inch of it together and I love it.

Read all directions first. Open all your boxes and lay out your pieces. This is a two or three person job. Additionally, prepping you hardware. Screws, washers, 210+ etc will help when you start building. Expect 5+ hours. Very durable, top shade fabric dosent attach tightly, we added awning tie down straps for securing shade cover.

It's a beautiful powder coated white pergola sturdy durable. I've had it for 2 years now and the location receives quite a bit of wind I do not have it anchored down and yet it's heavy enough and iwill not move. I have used the tarp the last 2 seasons during the summer as we have received lots of rain and it's been awesome keeping it dry underneath and cool from the Heat. Thank you backyard Discovery for all your help. It took two of us a day to put it together.

This is the largest purchase we have made through Amazon. Like many, we were nervous about spending such a large amount online for this new Pergola, however, the reviews were good, price was better than a couple of local retailer's AND it included delivery right into our garage. The Pergola came well packaged and in good shape. We emptied the 4 boxes, laid the parts out in the area where we were going construct our Pergola (making sure NOT to remove parts from their numbered plastic covers) then got up the next morning and, after a quick review of the simplified instructions, put it together. It took 3 of us 6.5 hours. That included running out to our nearest Hardware Store for 16 Lag Bolts to secure our new Pergola to a Trex Deck. We haven't yet installed the electrical box but we are extremely pleased with this Pergola and how it looks on our lakefront deck. Glad we chose this quality product and we expect that it will serve us well for years and years.

If you can brace the first post and maybe the second, two people could build it, I did.

Took 5 hours to build with three people! Only disappointment is that the pictures show a cover but there is none provided!! Really would like to know why the cover is not included!! 🤬 After dealing with Backyard Discovery, they made ammends by sending the sail! Customer service the second time was spot on, thank you guys😎👌

Looks fantastic just did not receive the removable sunshade