1 Year Update on Our Kozyard/ Purple Leaf Permanent Gazebo - Would We Buy It Again?
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- It's been over a year since our Kozyard Gazebo Assembly video and based on the response, questions, comments and connections made, it was time for a 1 year review to discuss how it's held up.
In this episode we'll talk about how our 12x20 Kozyard Alexander Gazebo has held up over through the last crazy 4 seasons we've had here in Ohio. We have also been told that this gazebo and the Purple Leaf gazebo have the exact same part numbers and can be assembled using the same instructions.
Tune in to see how our gazebo has done, what our dissatisfiers are, what upgrades we've made to it and whether we'd spend the money again for one of these. Let us know your thoughts and questions as we'll answer every one of them.
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Looks just as great as it did when you assembled it last year. Thanks for sharing the update. It was certainly a popular video.
The lighting and fan are a good idea! Glad to hear it all held up through the storm!
Thank you for watching and sharing. We greatly appreciate it.
I'm so glad that I watched how y'all assembled that cause now I have a good sense on how to put mine up when I get mine this spring. Thanks a bunch, it was so informative.
Hi Corey. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it and thankful that our episodes on the gazebo will help you out. Come back and let us know how it went once you have it up. We'd love to see a pic of the gazebo if you'd like to share. You can send it to our email. Take care!
Love the lights and fan upgrade! I forgot how massive that gazebo is
Thank you for watching. We love it and the lights are an absolute must with how dark our back yard is. LOL. Cheers!
totally forgot about the gazebo during your storms. glad it came through well and that y'all are still enjoying it. I might need one of those hot tubs on the shop patio.😎
Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. Yes, I'm sure you body would appreciate it as much as ours after wrenching for a while. 🙂
LOOKS GREAT GUYS!!!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it.
Your videos on this are excellent and thank you for answering the questions in your comments, much appreciated. I’m going to order one this week, we live in Ontario, Canada across from Detroit, so similar weather to Ohio. 😊
Hi HandbagDiva, thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really do appreciate them. That's fantastic about you taking the step to order one. Please come back and let us know how the assembly went. We hope you everything goes smooth. Cheers!
Our gazebo is only an 8x8, but we found that weight helps with the curtains moving. We have 30 bolts on each side for weights. (They are 3/4 inch bolts 4 inches long - about 22 ounces each curtain.) They are inside flexible PVC hose for circumference and held on with Large Hold Back clips. We rolled up the hem to prevent them hitting our deck as they move in the wind. This works well on any wind under 30 mph.
Hi Michael. Thank you for watching and sharing. We really appreciate it. Your idea is a very creative one. We haven't heard anyone else doing that. We may have to try that for the winter this year. 😁. Thanks again for sharing with us as well as the rest of the community. Cheers!
Appreciate the follow-up video, interested in the 16x12 version.
You're most welcome. We hope these helped in your decision. Cheers!
That is the one we got,,
I just assembled a 12 x 18 gazebo pretty much identical to yours and I purchased TWO $99 (on sale)Harbor Breeze Valdosta 20 inch outdoor fans and hung them on the hooks on the opposite sides. These fans aren't reversible but they do circulate the air quite well. I had an electrician install an outlet at the top of the middle post with a connected power switches on the middle of the post and a regular outlet on the bottom. we keep the fans plugged into the top outlet so that we can turn them on and off conveniently.
Hi Jeezwhiz. Thanks for sharing. That's a great price on those fans. Nice job on going the full distance with running electric to them as well. We're sure they will do great with circulating the air. Cheers!
We would buy it again too, it is awesome.,, As soon as I figure out that drain cleaning thing.,, Since I have been a drain cleaner and plumber for 30 years.
Glad to hear you're happy with yours as well. With 30 years, you have a ton of experience and knowledge so I'm sure you'll think of something. We may end up adding rain chains to help with the rain drain holes but haven't bit the bullet on those yet. Let us know if you come up with an idea or solution.
We have a 10 x 12 and it is amazing. I used your installation video as a reference guide for the install. Thanks. But we live in Memphis and we're in it year-round. The screen is necessary here, mosquitoes are ridiculous. I must say that this gazebo has added a comfortable living space to our home. We have installed lights, fans and a TV. Again I want to thank you for the inspiration.
Hi Damon. Thank you very much for watching, sharing the kind words and your gazebo story. We really appreciate it. Sounds like you have a heck of a space set up nicely. We're thankful to have been a help in establishing that. Oh, about the bugs. Thats one thing we're glad we don't have a lot of here in OH. We both moved up from FL and the net curtains would most certainly be used down there for sure. Lol. Cheers!
Could I see photos please
Cool! We’re looking at getting one for Memphis as well. So it’s stayed sturdy against our wind storms?
We had a much cheaper one that totally blew over, so looking for something heavier/sturdier
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The gazebo is very sturdy. It hasn't moved since it was built. It has been through wind storms, snow and ice, and the Memphis sun and heat. It's been great.
I am looking at a 10 x 12 now.. if you don't mind, a couple of questions: how much did it cost? will this survive 100 mph wind speed?
Loved the video where you put it all together. I was going to go with the kozyard gazebo but changed my mind because of the gutter system. Didn’t like the idea of everything draining only to the corners rather than an even spread in all directions.
Great job guys!! 👍🏽👍🏽
HI Santz. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. Completely understand as that is my biggest negative to these. We're hoping to be assembling and & reviewing a smaller one from a competitor here soon so we're looking forward to sharing and seeing how different they are. Hope you enjoy your new gazebo!
What gazebo did you end up going with?
We ended up going with the YITAHOME 10x12 hard top. It took me a couple hours each day for 5 days, inbetween working from home etc. to get it together and I needed a little help from my 13yr old when doing the roof sheets. All the screws had to be loosely fitted before tightening in the end which was a bit of a pain for 2-3 holes but overall was fine in the end. Loved the quality and reviews about dealing with snow and wind. We’ll see how it holds up for winter but in the mean time it looks great.
Your video is a god send! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge. We are putting up the same unit and your advice is spot on! Can't wait to get it done! We live just outside of Nashville and expect to use it year round. AND our install is very similar to your own....down to the brown brick! We also will have to move it about a foot to put it under the soffit and gutters. Once we get it to where it needs to go, I'll use lag bolts through the deck and into a 2x something for support underneath it all. Now thinking about the gutter situation. This is going under the gutters on our house so the water on our roof will not spill onto the gazebo. Thinking of installing something on the corners to catch and divert the water. Thanks again. Hope to meet you sometime!
Hi Rayvon. Thank you so much for watching, sharing the kind words and your journey. Thats so cool that your build is similar to ours. We're planning on adding a new gutter portion this year to do the same with run off. Thankfully the gutter on the gazebo has handled most of it. We've thought about adding rain chains for the corners. Maybe something we experiment with this year as well. We were down in Gatlinburg last week and very familiar with the Nashville area as well. Shoot us an email with pics of the final build if you don't mind. We'd love to see it.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Just came to a halt in our construction! We were going to put up the panels today. We discovered that the clips that hold the edge of the panel in are 1. plastic/vinyl, not metal, and 2. they don't snap onto the panel. They just slide on and slide off just as easily! We were trying to put the 2 end pieces of the upper roof on and we were able to put the panels in but the clips kept coming off! Any suggestions? I know that your clips were metal and a friend of ours who recently put up a 16'
gazebo had metal clips also. I'm now thinking it's a case of the wrong part? And BTW, ours is a Purple Leaf and not Kozyard but except for the clips all of the parts and design are identical. Thanks.
@@rayvonrotz9837 Hi Rayvon. Thanks for sharing. Your discovery is the same that many started to discover as well. Recently we had 2 viewers share they they used a glue gun to hold the clips on so they wouldn't come off. That seemed to help them with that problem. We sure hope that helps. I know how frustrating that can be.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Thanks for the info. I have traded emails with customer service in Atlanta and they have indeed changed to plastic and said I should use "glass glue". ? :) I've asked them to send me some since it was not included in our packaging. This has to be a very recent change as a friend has put together a smaller gazebo a month ago with the metal clips. Onward and upward!
Looks great! Not sure how hot the metal gets in the summer but I worry about putting things like wires for lights against the underside of the roof in fear they would melt
Hi Xeric, Thanks for watching and sharing. We really appreciate it. Yes, the aluminum panels get pretty warm during the summer but so far we haven't had any light issues. Now we did have an outdoors weatherproof surge protector go out and it was close to the roof. We're going to replace and see if it fails again over this summer to help validate if it was a temperature thing or fault strip. Time will tell but nothing has melted. Cheers!
I'm so glad you all did this informative video ! It's a must have and it shows the steps, quality, and what to expect from this brand. I'm about to do this myself and was looking at what ladders and tools that I will need. Will a drill driver work or do I need a small impact 1/4" type gun. Thank you so much. I'm from windy Ohio like you !
Hi Gary. Great to hear from you again neighbor, and thanks for watching our follow up episode. We really appreciate it. A drill with the appropriate bits will work just fine. There was no specific reason why we used the impact instead of a regular drill with screwdriver bits. Excited that you're about to assemble one as well. Come back and let us know how it went. Cheers!
Thanks again for the assembly video. I just finished the same build (thanks to you guys). Took about 6 weeks as I worked alone other that next door neighbor helping with center roof piece. Just a general question. As a good soldier I brought up on PMCS on vehicles. Did y’all ever have to go back and re-tighten any of the roof bolting?
Hi Butch. Thanks for watching and sharing. We're thrilled to hear we were able to be a part of your journey. I(Art here), laughed out loud when I read the PMCS part. I haven't heard that acronym in so long. Thats awesome. To be honest, we haven't gone back to check anything. It wouldn't be a bad idea, especially with some of the storms we've had but it hasn't been required yet. Hope that helps and hope you get many years of enjoyment from your gazebo. ✌️
it is really prefect,
Hi Stephen. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We greatly appreciate it!
Thank you for your videos! The assembly one was extremely helpful & informative! I have 1 question I have a Purple Leaf 12x16 & the curtai/netting hooks that go into corner post always come out when a slight pull to close them happens. As you said, you don’t use them often in Ohio (no mosquitoes 🙌🏽) I live in South Jersey, surrounded by mosquitoes etc.. in summer, Ugh Lol Would u happen to have a helpful hint or solution to keep those little hooks in place ? Thank y’all for awesome videos 🙌🏽
Hi Susan, thank you so much for watching and sharing your experience with us. We really appreciate that and thankful to have been a help for you all with your assembly. We wish we could provide some insight into those clips but for the Kozyard, we haven't had any issues with ours. Although a lot of the part numbers appear to be the same, we're discovering small differences between some manufacturers with some pieces. Those may be one of those differences. Wish we would do more other than maybe suggest to contact Purple Leaf to see if they will send you others to try out.
Both super helpful videos, thanks.
I live in San Francisco Bay Area, we have no snow here, but we do have high winds upwards of 80mph. Which one would you recommend -Kozyard or Purple leaf? Thanks.
Hi Waterhill. Thank you for watching the series and taking the time to share the kind words. We really appreciate that. For your question, we have Kozyard but some of our viewers told us that the Purple Leaf gazebo was exactly the same and even with the same part numbers. So with that being said, we couldn't give a vote for Purple Leaf but if it is truly the same, you could go either way. We still love our Kozyard. The high winds would be my only pause and to just ensure it is anchored down very well to the ground. Hope that helps. Good luck with your choice and we hope you get as much enjoyment as of it as we do ours. Cheers!
Great Video, I have almost the exact deck and house setup, can you offer any suggestion on how you attached it to your deck?
Hi James. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it and we actually addressed that very question @6:20 in this episode. Hope that helps.
Hey guys!!! I bought the 12 x 12 and are getting ready to install. Just wanted to say THANKS for the great install video and especially the follow up video!!! Hey one question. I am also going to want to add a fan and lights. My electric is on the side of the house, so thinking about running an outdoor extension cord down the side of the house, installing One of those flat conduit protectors you can walk over and not trip, then running it up the side of one of the posts. I was just curious if you guys had the same issue and how you ran your electrical to the fan and lights? If you have any tips or tricks or pictures I would love to see them! Thank you to a grateful family in the suburbs of Chicago!!!
Hi Mark, thank you for watching our episodes and sharing the kind words we really appreciate it. We're excited to hear how your 12x12 assembly goes when you have it all done. For the power, we have an outlet on the outside of the house right by one of the center beams. We bout an outside water resistant surge protector from Amazon with a 10ft cord. We zip tied the surge block to the roof and ran the cord down the center beam, secured it with zip ties behind the curtain so it can't be seen and right to the outlet. Our lights and fan plug right it up in the roof so unless you look up, you won't even notice it. Hope that helps.
Great video! I'm looking to buy a 12' x 16' gazebo and install it on my deck. My problem is that I need to know if I will be able to swing open a storm door, it must go under the side of the gazebo. The dimension between the deck and the lowest point on the side of the roof assembly is critical for my situation. What is the size of the post? Thank you!
Hi Chester, thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it. Completely understand your dilemma. I measured from our deck to the base of the gazebo cross beam and its 77". Hopefully that will help you out with your decision. If it's close, shoot us an email and I'll send you pics of what I'm measuring so you know for sure.
Liked your 2 videos of your Gazebo i wanted to know did it leak water inside of it when it rains, ive watched another video and they have water comming in it when i rains at every panel connetion on the roof Again your video was great and i appreciate the help i lived in Akron for a few years and miss the 4 seasons as i'm from Georgia and we only get 2 seasons fall and summer lol.
Thanks again.
Hi Allen, thank you for watching and sharing the kind words and asking our experience. We appreciate it greatly. I (Art here) too am from GA so completely understand that. Lol. As far as your question, we have zero leaks from ours thankfully. We've enjoyed being underneath it during several rain storms. Stay safe out there!
During heavy rains does the water hit the house windows directly coming off the house roof and hitting the gazebo roof with a lot of volume being washed on to it? Also anyway you can give me the roof height of it measuring about two feet into the roofs pitch? Just wondering how close I could put it under the eve of the house and have clearance. I'm thinking of putting up a gutter on the house then tucking it under the eave a bit. All the measurements only show the lowest point and highest point. Just wondering how close you went to the house. Great video thank you for sharing it with all of us.
Hi Ohu8one, thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. We do get some splashback but it's not a heavy stream of weater. The small gutter on the roof helps keep that from happening. I wish we had a gutter on the cut out where this buts up to. That would eliminate but that would have required us to redo the entire gutter on the back of the house. Not worth it in our case. The measurement that I have is 7' 6" roughly 2ft in. Hope that helps
Great video.... question: we're 45 min south of Toledo..... wondering if your snow is like ours?
Hi John. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it. We're just outside of Cincinnati. With that being said, you likely get more than we do but it's tough to say how much more though. Wish I could provide a more specific answer for you.
Thanks
Our pleasure. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words.
Loved the original (The boxes were delivered today)l and the follow-up excellent. I did have one question. With a crank lift, would it make any sense to assemble the entire roof framing on the ground and then lift it complete and put the columns under it?
Hi Ken, Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate that. Congrats on your purchase as well. You pose a great question. I would say if you have a great lift and all the strapping to lift up all corners at the same time, then yes, you could do that. I would just be cautious to avoid something going wrong and bending one of those braces. Let us know how it goes. Would love to hear about it. Cheers!
Dear Ken I just assembled one and your thought is positive in some sense of reasoning however I found myself working from the top and the bottom with the one I assembled. My guess is the roof weighs when complete probably over 300 pounds rough guess for a 12×18 . I really would not recommend it now that I think of it. Because the tie into the frame is screws and nuts that tie into the frame roughly every 8 inches along the bottom edge of the roof. I found that each sheet of roofing required carefull alignment and the nuts were best left loose in some areas until the whole sheet could be made to fit as best as possible. As in life all things are not perfect including myself. I found that I had to grind off an edge on a couple roof sheets to match the bolt holes on the structural supports and also drill a few holes in the underlying roof sheeting at times to get the bolt through to the structural member.I definitely would not try that the more I think about it. Assembling the roof counter clockwise is recommended. One thing I did was level the frame that the roof sits on before assembly and that seemed to help . The surface that the shelter was mounted to was not completely level so after I got the roof on I dropped the whole structure and it seems to have settled well.I also left all the bottom bolt on the roof sheeting slightly loose until I finished one whole side then would go back when complete and tighten the bottom bolts on that side. For a premanufactured product I thought it was made fairly well I only had about four pieces that seemed to be far off of perfect fit and I was able to figure a way to get them to fit. Another thing I just thought of when putting together the upper roof leave the top metal plate loose so you can get the roof sheets up under it. If you tighten it all the way it will get you to start cussing when you are up on a ten foot ladder trying to get the roof pieces to slide under it for the upper roof section. A ten foot ladder and a twelve foot 2×4 work great for getting the roof started . Laying the 2×4 across the frame near the corner then bungee strapping it to the frame. You can attach two main roof supports to the upper roof plate then put those legs up on the 2×4 and walk the roof plate to the top of the ladder then strap it down not too tight. Proceed to attach the corners that you attached to the roof plate then you can work from there attaching the four other roof supports one at a time. Be carefull but it works or use your lift to do that if you can. Good luck Ken!
Great video. I was wondering if the rain water in the gutters drain down the 4 outside posts or just 2 posts.
Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate you. We answered your question on the assembly post but just in case others have the same question here, the rain water drains on the outside of all 4 corner posts. Hope that helps. Cheers!
Rainwater goes to all 4 columns.,,
Appreciate your video. We are in the market and you answered several of our questions. Why did you label the video Kozyard / Purple Leaf? They are two different companies? We originally wanted the Kozyard but they don't carry a 14x20 where as Purple Leaf does. Also Domi has a 14x20 which looks a lot like the Purple Leaf too. So hard figuring out which one to go with. Thanks!
Hi Steve. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words as well as your own journey. The reason we labeled it both brands is one of our early viewers told us the part numbers and instructions were exactly the same for Purple Leaf (ours is Kozyard). Another awesome brand is Yoleny. We've assembled their 10x13 gazebo, 10x20 pergola and about to assemble their 10x12 metal gazebo in case you wanted to see what they have. Hope that helps. Come back and let us know how it goes. Cheers!
I am interested in the 12x16 model, one question since O am in Texas. Hail!! How does it hold up against Hail? Thank you. Great video by the way thanks for the tips
Hi F Limones. Thank you for watching and asking. We really appreciate it. Fortunately, we haven't had any sizeable hail here since we put up the gazebo so we won't be able to provide much input on that. I'm hoping that we don't any time soon. Cheers!
What size bolts did you use to secure it?
I had a tornado also and lost 3 panels ,we put them back on but gosh I need to glue them down
Wow Tiffany. Thank goodness you all didn't lose more than just a few panels. It's certainly a scary experience. Thank you for sharing.
Saw another channel mentioning adding a thin chain to the gutter and the water will follow the chain to the ground
Hi Lee. Thanks for watching and sharing. We appreciate it. Yes, those are called rain chains. It's actually what we were planning on adding to ours. Should certainly help.
How did you attach your lights under the canopy?. On the middle rung, you have a string of those clear lights...how did you attach them?
Hi Rick. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. All the strings are held up with black zip ties, so you can't really see them. Hope that helps.
I live in PA when you close it up for the winter do you just close the curtains to protect inside contents?
Hi John. Thanks for watching and asking. We have actually closed them and left them open. The only time we closed them was when the snowfall was heavy and we wanted to try to keep it from getting all inside. However, when the snow isn't that much, we have left them open. Hope that helps.
@@SpiritedWrenchers thank you
Hello from a fellow Ohioan! Getting ready to buy one of these and your install video was very helpful. Not sure if this has been asked, but how loud is it under there when its raining? The roof panels seem somewhat flimsy. Thank You!
Hi Brian, Thanks for watching! I don't think that question has been asked before, so thank you for it! With our southern Ohio drizzly rain showers, it's not terribly loud underneath, and I like to go sit with a beverage and enjoy the sound of the rain if it's warm enough (and not too windy). During heavy rain or thunderstorms, it is noticeably louder, but it isn't so loud that we can't have a conversation inside the house by the sliding door or even sitting under the gazebo (assuming it's not too windy). We haven't experienced any hail larger than 1cm, but the roof has held up quite well and hasn't been dented or warped from rain or snow with our seasonal changes. They do flex a bit picking them up to install but are well secured to the frame for stability. Hope this helps; take care and stay safe!
@SpiritedWrenchers Thank you for the reply. I am in southwestern Ohio as well and seems we have been having alot of high winds this year, and heavy rains. Sounds like it's working for you so I think I may go ahead and order this one, thanks again!
@Brian A you're very welcome! We absolutely love ours! The winds don't seem to affect it nearly as much as it wants to blow away our outdoor rug that sits under our patio set. As noted in our video, we would still like to resolve the issue of heavy rain bouncing/splashing onto the patio door, but haven't felt compelled to do so yet.
My wife and I love to sit under this in the rain. If the wind is blowing it from one direction, we close those curtains and watch from the other's sides...
@@rogercherry5036 Thank you for sharing. We love doing the same here.
Did you anchor this to your deck and did you find any caps for the screws for your deck or did you just leave them?
Hi there. Thanks for watching. Yes, we did anchor them to the deck. We did not put covers on the bolts. We left them uncovered. Hope that helps.
Have you had the water leak in the gutter where the seams are? I was going to use some rain gutter caulk to seal the seams, but wasn't sure if anyone had experienced this?
Hi guys thank you for wonderful and informative video but i want to buy this to protect my fruit trees i have been growing in pot so in winter i can move it in n keep away from freeze. So will it help me using this gazebo with some warmness with heat light in it?
Hi Vee. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. To be honest, we wouldn't be able to provide much valuable insight into your question. Although these are great, I don't think they would compare to a true greenhouse like you may need. I would recommend that you consult with someone who works in a tree or plan nursery for better guidance. Take care.
@@SpiritedWrenchers thank you so much for response and enjoy.
I was wondering about the wind Also but it seemed to handle it fine,, Looking for whatever panel that is you said you took off, can you Show which one it is or message me with which 1 it is. Is it the big one on the that faces the inside or the outside?
Thanks Roger for watching and asking. I don't recall taking off any panels of the gazebo or curtains. What time stamp was that where I mentioned it? Maybe it will ring a bell on what I was referring to.
We have the same gazebo. Ours is the Purple Leaf 12x20. We recently had limbs from a fir tree in our neighbor's yard fall during a snow/ice storm and damage the roof frame and roof. Have you any experience in having a repair done to your gazebo?
HI Randy. Thank you for watching and sharing. We really appreciate it but sure wish wasn't such a terrible story though. That sounds terrible. Thankfully we have not had to have any repairs done to ours. Hopefully you're able to get some service through Purple Leaf and replacement parts.
Did your purple leaf have the same issue mentioned in the video with water draining from all four posts?
Is the 2 tier , roof better for high winds ,& debating , sun joy or yours .. is your rooftop , steel or aluminum? Thx
Hi Zeek, thank you for watching and asking. It's much appreciated. I'm not 100% certain for the engineering but I believe it can help to relieve updraft and it also helps with airflow under the gazebo. Kozyard lists these as aluminum. Hope that helps.
What brand of stringlights do you use? How did you attach them?
Hi Clarkethestriker. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. We went with Patriot Lighting from Menards. Pretty much the same as anywhere else, they just happened to have a sale plus a rebate so we picked them up there. We use black zip ties along the roof supports. Hope that helps.
Did you keep the privacy curtains up and closed through most of the winter? If so, how well did they hold up against the rain?
Hi Clark, thanks for watching and asking! We really only close the curtains occasionally when we use the hot tub. The wind seems to have them billowing more than we'd like when they are closed, so we opt to keep them open. We are starting to see some sun fade on the exposed sections so we will likely pull them down for the summer. As far as rain and snow protection, we can say that any wind with it has the curtains blowing into the gazebo footprint about 2' and bringing all that rain and snow with them. If you could secure the lower zippers, there would be significantly more protection. Hope this helps, take care and stay safe!
We just had a lot of rain and wind and ours held up fine. In fact, I forgot to strap them up. And they were blowing all over but stayed attached. And I came out mounted, strapped them up. But they stayed strapped up unless we are in it normally.
@@rogercherry5036 Thank you for sharing with the community Roger. That's what this is all about
Have you found a solution to divert rain water from the side that is closest to the patio door. I am running into issues with water draining near the door
PS - Install video was amazing so much better that the instructions provided
Hi Jaylos, thanks for watching and asking! I have a rough idea for what we can do to divert the water splashing onto the sliding door, but we haven't attempted it yet. I've been eyeing "gusher guards" that sell for $20-30 and installing them there on the gazebo by the door. They come in a variety of lengths and colors and would, in theory, fix the issue. We'll have to try it out this year for sure and report back! Hope this helps, take care and stay safe!
Mine is above the eves on my house so when it rains it falls into my house gutters which allows me to put Tvs ,Fans,mini fridge lights and no water gets to my electric side!! On the side we’re the house and gazebo touch!!
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your gazebo setup with everyone. We greatly appreciate that. Sounds like it's the perfect height for it all to work out that way and a great setup. :-). We hope you have many years of enjoyment out of it.
I'm confused by the title. Is it a Purple Leaf or Kozyard? It seems like they are two different companies (?)
Hi Monica. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. We can certainly understand that and you are correct, they are two different companies. Our particular gazebo is Kozyard, however we were told by viewers that the instructions were exactly the same for the Purple Leaf so we added that in there to help those that purchased that brand as well. Hope that clears up the confusion. Cheers!
Is the roof leaking so far? We also bought a gazebo from Purple Leaf, but in our case the roof does leak. Any tips? Any feedback would be great. Thanks.
Hi Freezybee. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. Sorry to hear about your roof leaking. Fortunately our Kozyard has not leaked. If you're able to track down the leak area, I would put some seam sealer around that location to help. It's much stronger than normal caulk and will hold up better over time. Hope that helps and you're able to resolve the issue.
Hello, do you guys think a TV can be mounted inside the Gazebo
Hi DreDay, thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. It will depend on the size of the tv. I talked this over with another channel friend and if we were to do it, we would make a mounting board that connected the long side and short side in the corner in order to leverage the strength of that corner and two main beams. That would be the only way I would try it and feel comfortable. Hope that helps.
How does the rain drain? Im looking to put mine in similar placement as yours.
Hi Novice Wanderer. Thanks for watching and sharing. We appreciate it. The Rain runs off the roof and into the gutter on the gazebo. Unless it's a torrential downpour the gutter system keeps the water going where it's supposed to go. Hope that helps. Good luck with your assembly!
@@SpiritedWrenchers Thank you for that!
Does the roof have a screen to protect against bugs and birds?
Hi nightmarecivic. Thanks for watching. yes the upper level does have a screen in it. We go over that in the full assembly video and issues we had with it. Hope that helps.
Does the black roof block the light to your main house?
Hi Ngo Steve. Thank you for watching and asking. We appreciate you. The roof itself does block a lot of the light from the sliding glass door. There is still some light that gets in, but definitely not as much as if we didn't have it there. Hope that helps.
Is funny they mention how handles the heat but never mention how many dregrees of heat gets there in the summer
Hi Dj Mr J. Thanks for watching and sharing. We got a good laugh out of it. We're not sure if you watched the entire video or not but we mention that we live in Ohio twice and we also put that in the description for this video. A quick web search for median summer temps in OH would give you that answer. We all know that weather patterns change from year to year so there was no reason for us to say what it was last summer when it might (and likely will) be different this year. Thanks again.
Can someone cite the brand and model of that ceiling fan? Im about to put this exact gazebo up and i like that fan! 😊
Hi Ruthlys. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. Congrats on your gazebo as well. Here is the info from Lowes. Brand Harbor Breeze: Item #2889555
Model #GAT24MBK6LOD. Let us know how the build goes. We'd love to hear an update. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers thanks!!!!!
@@ruthlys our pleasure!
My Building & Safety Department won't let me permit the 12ft x16ft Gazebo without an engineer stamped and approved set of drawings since these are "non-conventional" framed structures. They would allow up to a 10ft x 12ft without engineering. Have you or (anyone else) ever had an engineer review and approve the structural capacity of these?
HI David. Thank you for watching and sharing. Sorry to hear that you have to go through quite a bit in order to get a gazebo. We actually live in a Township so we're not required to have inspections of any kind prior to or after any type of home/property modifications are made. Maybe another viewer will be able to provide some assistance to you.
Some reviews say these metal roof gazebos get VERY hot in the summer…hotter than ambient outside temperature to the point being in the gazebos shade is not worth it. Has this been your experience?
Hi Crystal. Thank you for watching and asking. We really appreciate it. There have been several ask this very same thing in other comments so it's a popular question. This will heavily rely on where you live. We are in OH and although the metal gets hot as one would expect, the roof is high enough above us where it wasn't like a heat lamp over our heads. We have also added the fan which helped with air flow. Metal will got hot in the sun but do we feel that it makes this a bad product in the sun, no. That is our opinion though based on where we live. Hope that helps.
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@@crystalblevins1196 our pleasure!
I know every municipality is different, but did you need a permit to put up the gazebo?
Hi nolebuc1 (let me guess Seminoles and Buc's fan by chance? 🙂. Thanks for watching and asking we really appreciate it. We actually live in a township so we don't need permits to do anything out there thankfully.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Haaahaaa. You nailed it! Go Bucs and Go Noles! Gotcha. We live in city/county. Our gazebo is 10x14. We will check ordinances. Thanks for the reply.
@nolebuc1 lol. Both Dana and I moved up from Florida, so it was easy for me to figure it out. Hope you can get the answers you need, and hopefully, they're the ones you want. 😁
what brand is the fan you added?
Hi Paul. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. Harbor Breeze. Link for it is in the description box. Hope that helps.
May have drain solution,,,, Since you put yours on a deck if you can get underneath of it,,
Hi Roger. Curious on your solution. Unfortunately we aren't able to get under our deck though. Thanks.
its time to do a 2 year follow up
Hi Phara G. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. We really appreciate it. I had a good laugh because it does appear we have hit 2 years already. Our gazebo is still in great shape with no changes at all from when we made our 1 year update. With that, I'm glad and sad to say that there really isn't much to update. We still love it and happy to have it. Hope that helps. Cheers!
@@SpiritedWrenchers It does, thank you!
@@pharag4886 our pleasure. Glad to hear it!
I have one of these 12 by 16 on a concrete patio I would not recommend anybody put something to hold the curtains when it's windy that would put a lot more stress.,,, I have left mine closed when it was windy, but the air can go underneath of them and not cause so much pressure,,,
Hi Roger, thanks for sharing. The greatest reason we were initially looking at a way to keep the curtains in place was during snow season. We wanted to keep the snow drift from flying in. We wouldn't worry about it ay others times.
Is the Kozyard and Purple Leaf the same exact thing?
Hi LDH, thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. From what we have been told by other viewers, the part numbers are the same.Hope that helps.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Yes, and thank you very much for the quick reply.
Can you send me a link to the fan
Hi Brett. Thank you for watching and asking. Apologies for not adding that to the video itself but I will now. Here is the link to the fan from Lowes. Hope this helps. Cheers! www.lowes.com/pd/Harbor-Breeze-24-in-Gaskin-Wet-Rated-LED-Ceiling-Fan-Matte-Black/5000230993
I’m debating between this or a tiki hut
Hi CrownedKev. Thanks for watching and sharing. We greatly appreciate it. Certainly a tough choice and we're sure your particular needs will help make that decision. We hope whatever choice you make turns out to be a great one. Cheers!
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Thank you Patrick for watching and the thumbs up. We really appreciate it!
Is this 10 x 18 ?
Hi Badluk. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. This is a 12x20. Here is the link to the original assembly video of it: czcams.com/video/w5KSewrJ-sc/video.htmlsi=2gIiZuq_6pzEFsdj
What is the size?
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Thank you. I'm asking because we are looking for a 20' foot presently. Yours looks great
@@badluk1 you're welcome. We're very happy with ours. Both Yoleny and Kozyard have been great brands from our experience.