Paid to have two handymen put together. It took them 8-9 hours to put it together. It was not as big as I thought it would be. I ordered the 12x16 and it felt like 12x12. It looks nice and we’ve had some windy days. Because I have no foundation to cement it in, I put some heavy weights on all 4 corners. I’ve had it up for 2 weeks, we’ll see how it is in the summer.