Weekend Project

The video said that with three people, the assembly would take about six hours. After about three hours, our third person bailed on us, and the project was supposed to be about half-finished.

With two people, we worked for about two hours before the rain forced us to stop, and we were still only half-finished.

We started early on Saturday, while the sun was shining. We were trying to get the gazebo built before the forecasted rain, but we hit some snags. First, one of the corner pieces was bent, so I had to hammer it out without further damaging it. Then, one of the pieces was poorly cut and didn't fit into its place.

I owe a big thank you to one of the guys in the tool-rental department at my local Home Depot. I explained what needed to be cut, asked for help, and he took the piece into the back room. Five minutes later, he came back with the piece, cut and cleaned, and wished me a good day.

No charge.

When the rain started to fall, we decided to take a break for lunch, hoping the showers would lighten. The weather got worse, and so we called it a day. No roof, but at least the superstructure was in place. We had already spent about five hours on the project.

On Sunday, we slept in. It was a long weekend, after all. We had a late breakfast and then got to work, putting up the roof. With just the two of us, it took nearly five hours, but nothing got broken and none of us fell from our ladders.

(But my feet were killing me.)

DW wanted a gazebo because the kids didn't like to eat outside, because of the bugs. We'll just see how this works out.

How did you spend your weekend?