This table is fantastic, no more painting, preserving, waterproofing. Assembly is straight forward, read the directions first. They tell you that misaligned holes are possible that's why the instructions tell you to have a drill and bits available during assembly. Lay out the parts and make sure you have them all, I was missing the entire bag of lock nuts and had to wait till after the weekend for customer service. Speaking of customer service they did call me back first thing Monday morning and sent out the replacement/missing parts. Overall the table is very attractive and functional, also has a twenty year warranty.