We purchased these for a mountain cabin. We are very pleased and feel we got a lot of chair for the money. I recommend you use an electric screwdriver, chucked with a #4 Hex and DO NOT OVERIGHTEN. I'm willing to bet a lot of the issues folks encounter happen when they tighten the screws too far. For whatever reason, my chair did not have instructions so I downloaded them from this site. When you assemble the chair your screws are in a package. You will notice there are four screws longer than the rest. Those are the last screws you use. If you try to put one in a hole intended for the smaller screw you will certainly damage the chair.

I wish you made some other items in the Adirondack style, such as a lounger, footstool and tables. I would buy them.