I have to say that I was very disappointed with the product. When the package arrived, the box was damaged and partially open. Pieces were missing that prevented assembly and parts needed to be ordered (which furthere delayed assembly)As others have pointed out, assembly was not easy and weve had a lot of experience putting things such as this together. These issues were resolvable. What was not resolvable was the poor quality of the merchandise. We had finally assembled the pergola on the back deck and it survived less than 2 weeks. The first thunderstorm that came through resulted in total destruction of the pergola. We reached out to wayfair and were told there was nothing they could do since they only have a 30 day warranty. It was referred to the manufacturer and they also informed us there was nothing that could be done.  This has been a terribly disappointing, expensive, and upsetting experience