Super easy to setup, just connect part one to part two and so on piece by piece following instructions with tools provided. Which means it came with an extremely helpful soft hammer that was a life saver AND I can now keep to use for future projects! We had accidentally switched 4  6 but using the hammer in the opposite direction easily disassembles as needed. Everything slides into place but its easier with two pairs of hands -as the parts are kinda long and heavy- unless you can handle that kind of work yourself. Maybe if you need to assemble by yourself just slide in one end of the poles at a time and as long as you take your time to do it right you can do iit!