Backyard Discovery Norwood 20 ft. x 12 ft. All Cedar Wooden Carport Pavilion Gazebo with Hard Top Steel Roof Light Brown

We love our 12x16 pergola. It has a "state park" type look and feel when completed. We ordered ours in June of '24 so coming up on a year. Here are some comments to things we saw in several reviews:1). Kudos to the husband and wife teams that took on this build! You are amazing. My wife and have done lots of projects together and we took a pass on this one due to the overhead work and weight of structure (1,644lbs total).We hired a carpentry crew (5 man) and it took them a full day.2.) Delivery: 6+ big boxes and not in your back yard. Delivery to curbside.Empty out 1/2 of your garage and get indoors prior to a week of rain/ inclement weather. Furniture dolly or 4 wheel flat cart helpful.3.) Comments about cedar: this is an engineered cedar product, not actual cedar board from a mill. The 6x6 posts are hollow. If they were not you wouldn't be able to pick them up. A good analogy would be Trex decking or composite patio furniture. The boards are straight, true and will last forever.4.) We used 5-6 foldable party tables to arrange the hardware and boards adjacent to our build site. They are all labeled in a manner such that you use (a) 1st, b 2nd ect. Ideally, your set up area should be 50% larger than the size of what you are building or you will be stepping over, tripping and wasting time. Unboxing and organizing took us 3-4 hours.5.) Our installation was on an existing concrete patio. Kit includes brackets for tap con installation. Order a 6' level ahead of time. We used vinyl planking cut into 6x6" squares to shim. Build must be plum. If installation is adjacent to an existing structure as ours was, account for overhang.6.) Drip edge was not included and I was a bit surprised by that. I did not notice this until a heavy rain left the facia boards wet in areas. I resolved the issue when I installed gutters with screening.7.) Cord for power pack is 24". Have a small extension cord at the ready to your outdoor GFI circuit. Some communities may require a permit. We added a 42" fan with light kit to 1 of our roof supports.8.) We've had 12" snows and several severe storms. No issues or leaks. We had no missing parts to kit. A few extras actually. Hope this helps. I will answer any questions posted to the community promptly. Enjoy!EK.

We used the 12 x 20 as a poolside cabana so the old people can sit in the shade and watch the grandkids play in the pool. The kit was delivered with care with no damage. It took about 24 hours for me to put together with a little help from my boys. Instructions were good and there is an app that helps as well. I wish I had done this years ago. My wife and I set under the cabana every evening and watch the news and Atlanta Braves baseball games. I built a bar out of cedar and it's under the right side and comes in very handy. I would highly recommend this for people with pools that would like some shade,

I'm very pleased with this product. It took two of us about 20 hours from start to finish. It is very well engineered, with all the holes and hardware located perfectly. The instruction was good and well explained. Heavy duty and sturdy. Putting the drip edge on top of the ribs didn't make sense, so I put it under the metal roof. I'm in Utah, so putting it on as instructed didn't make sense for snow sliding off or leaves and debris getting stuck behind the edging. I'm very pleased with the final result and would highly recommend.

I am writing this review after 6 months of owning this Gazebo and want to share information that I didn't see in other reviews. The picture was taken after Hurricane Milton Cat 1 storm we went through. Here are the key points to know.1. Even though the company is based in the US the wood for this Gazebo/Carport is a product from China. It has been kiln dried substantially so each piece of wood is lighter than you would expect. The shipment will arrive on an Oversized pallet. It was difficult to move the pallet even with a pallet jack but of the oversized pallet.2. The wood is a very soft wood so extra care needs to be taken that you don't strip out or over tighten bolts going through the wood.3. It is a pain but you will want to check that no wooden parts are missing. I had this happen to me during the middle of the build and had to wait for those pieces to be shipped.4. I believe it is an absolute MUST that you should stain or apply a water sealer to all wood parts before assembly. Some other reviews have mentioned that they had third parties install their Gazebo/carport and shortly after the wood was cracked all over. In my case I used three gallons of the (Defy Extreme Wood Stain Light Walnut 1-gallon) and I had stain left over. I gave every piece of wood two coats of stain prior to assembly. Yes it made the initial process longer but 6 months in all the wood looks great and is holding up well. There are no cracks in the wood. The wood will soak up the stain very quickly but again 3 gallons of the stain will be enough for the entire project.5. I built this by myself but had a little bit of help when it came time to lift the four roof sections up and onto the frame. It took me 2 weeks to build this Gazebo/Carport and that also included two coats of stain on all wood parts.6. Living in Florida I was concerned how this would hold up to strong winds/storms/hurricanes. As of 10/18/24 We have had two substantial storms move through. One was a Tropical Storm and one was Hurricane Milton (Cat 1 hurricane when it passed over). We had severe winds that ripped siding off our house and knocked the antennas off the roof of our home. The Gazebo/Carport was fine and no damage. The rood held without any issues. The picture I'm attaching is the Gazebo after the second storm.7. Customer support from this company is excellent. When I had pieces that were missing they were right on it to get the parts shipped out to me at no cost. The support team is based in the US so no call center in India to deal with. The would replacement parts also ship from the US.8. Based on all of the above experiences I would recommend this company and product with the caveat that Staining the wood prior to assembly is an absolute must for the Gazebo to last and stand up to weather.Hope this review helps others get the most out of their Norwood Wooden Gazebo. Finally, I purchased this Gazebo myself and this review is not sponsored by the manufacturer.