So we bought a gazebo
kit, comes in six boxes, comes from Sam's Club. It's called Backyard Discovery. It's got a steel roof. We had a metal frame canopy and the snow during the
winter collapsed it, so this is supposed to hold up better. It's all wood framed,
all made out of cedar. The only concern is will
the deck hold the weight? This thing smells amazing. Them cedar posts, whew! So it's really cool actually that you can just buy kit, all cedar, so you know it's gonna
be good for the outdoors. All pre-drilled, all the hardware you need to put it together, everything is pre-cut, so I think it's gonna be really cool. Oh, and this model actually
has electrical built in to the poles so that you have
power out where you're at. So this actually comes in
about a kabazillion pieces. What I mean by a kabazillion is a lot. Hey look, instructions. That's what I was looking for, hardware. Yeah, it's gonna be real heavy. So I'm definitely gonna
have to shore up the deck or risk epic failure, colossal failure, catastrophic failure. Got to get that shored up. So these are the poles. There's four of them,
6 x 6, 5 3/4 x 5 3/4. They're actually hollow in the center, which is fine by me
because that's how I built my front porch columns and they're hollow in the center as well. It's plenty structurally sound. They're glued together and everything. They've actually got these
dadoed in together, even better. The hardest thing is actually
sorting out all the hardware 'cause you see there's tons of bolts and screws and nuts and
washers and warshers. I got to actually put it on the deck so I can figure out where
to shore under the deck so that it supports properly. Hey, when I said it was
in a kabazillion pieces, check out that. There's like, I don't
know, 20 pieces there. A whole bunch there. You get some cedar, you get some cedar. Oh, look at that. Whew, my work's cut out for me, y'all. I am about to be assembling for days. Eight hours, put all that
together like a puzzle? I can see right now, space is gonna be a real concern up here. So I'm gonna square all this up and then I got to make another
assembly just like this. And what really strikes
me is all of these pieces that have these designs and stuff in them, like the curves and all
that, it would take me like a very long time to
cut all this stuff out. And not only that, source all the hardware needed to build something
that looks similar to this. So I'm actually glad we went
with this type of gazebo versus trying just to build
one back here on our own. Let's do it. So this is actually what
I'm most concerned about. It started raining on us little bit. It's not a big deal. I ain't made a sugar,
I ain't made of milk. This thing, if I can get it
upgraded and tied together, I've got two pieces here
and the main thing is I need to know where my
four posts are gonna sit so that I can get under the
deck and shore everything up. Make sure we don't have
this thing collapsed on us. We don't want that, not even a little. Couple things you may not know about me. Number one, I don't like
crawling under stuff like that. Number two, I've never
been underneath the house 'cause I don't like it. I don't like closed in spaces. So I got to get in under there and shore this thing up
and get it reinforced so that the weight of that
gazebo doesn't collapse the deck. You consult a structural
engineer, whoever you need to, before you do anything
like this, it ain't on me. I'm just winging this. So I bought a couple of
these blocks like this, the 4 x 4's stick in there. I've got the gazebo positioned
about where I want it and I'm gonna get under
there and try to figure out where I want the support
post to go into there and that's how I'm gonna do it. I don't know if it's
right and if it's wrong you can tell me in the comments. Oh, and I'm not scared of
spiders or anything like that, it's just I don't like this. I did have to make a tactical retreat away from a swarm of wasps one time. Mrs. 731 says I run
away like a little girl. She's a civilian. She doesn't understand
what a tactical retreat is. I'm sure you understand. Yep, like Forrest Gump jumping
in that fox hole, right? (upbeat music) I got my measures for the 4 x 4's. I'm gonna go cut those. Basically I'm just trying
to brace everything up so that I don't know that
it actually even needs it, but I just want to be
more safe than sorry. (tool pounding) I got those supports under
there and that sucked just about as much as I
thought it was going to. So the rafters on the ends
bolt together just like this. Just make sure you get
them in the right spot. I had to go back and
raise them up one hole. Make sure you got somebody
to hold that ladder when you're on the top. Putting the roof together, it goes together in two sections. It's just kinda like Lincoln
Logs, if you remember those. Everything just lays into
the grooves, bolt together, and then you put the roof on. Make sure this is square before you start putting the metal on. We had to take it off, re-square
and put the metal back on. Then we carried it around
on the struggle began. (upbeat music) (roof banging) I need somebody to make
sure it doesn't move. Everybody get a handle on it. - [Woman] Hold on. - [Matt] Everybody get
it where I can let go. - [Woman] Hurry. - Whew! That was the sumbagun. That was sucked. It was so heavy. We actually got stuck right here trying to get this roofing section around. We got it hung up on the umbrella and finally was able to get it up there. That was probably harder
than the other side. It was a challenge. Two persons, my rear. (Matt laughing) That was a challenge, wasn't it? Whew! This thing really is like
a giant jigsaw puzzle, but the instructions have
been very, very easy to follow and we've not had any trouble other than you saw getting
that roof up there. Just a quick tip when you're
putting this stuff together, it's just like, I used to ironwork back many, many years ago. So this has, like this
has four bolts in it. And a good tip is typically
you just stick a bolt in there and get them kind of snug, but don't tighten anything down. If you tighten this side down, you hadn't got those two bolts in, likely they won't line up because you've already tightened this down. You wanna have to
untighten this and go back so just keep these snug,
get those two bolts started, then you can tighten everything down. How are you gonna get back down? - I don't know. - [Matt] Exactly. Are you up there? - Yeah, and I'm scared. (Matt laughing) I don't like it.
- [Matt] I said you wouldn't. - I don't like it. - [Matt] Well now you're
up there, you gotta do it. Just slide, I'll catch ya. - Ooh, I'm stuck. - [Matt] How ya gonna
get down if you're stuck? - I got one out. - [Matt] Are you serious? Your legs are stuck. I don't know, I have to
move this gazebo, I guess. - I got it, I got. I can't come over there. I can't. - [Matt] Why?
- I can't come over there. - [Matt] You got up there. I told you it was gonna
be hard to get down. - Can we just have a marriage from here? - [Matt] No, we can't. - I can't get down. - [Matt] I can go get the extension line. - Are you gonna let me fall? - [Matt] Lord willing, I won't. If you fall we both fall,
you land on top of me. - You can't fall just
right down the ladder. - That was cool, check it out. She's kissing the deck. She's kissing the deck. One of the main reasons
we bought this gazebo was because it has electric cord built into one of the polls. That allows us to add some extra lighting, maybe even a fan later in the summer. And then we just bought these
string lights at Walmart, wrapped them around the
rafters that you see and they work perfect. Three, two, one. Uh-oh. That's gonna look real cool at night. Good job, good job. Adds a little something
extra, don't ya think? So we looked up how much
this actually weighs because I was extremely concerned about this deck collapsing
under the weight of this gazebo. So what we figured out was each leg, if it's distributing the weight equally, should be about 183 pounds, give or take. I weigh 200 pounds, so if
you think about the fact that any place you stand on the deck is supporting my weight, this
should be perfectly fine. However, I did add extra
supports underneath just in case. We've always wanted a roof over the deck since we built the deck in 2008 and we've been wanting a
roof over it ever since. Now this was the most
affordable way to do it. We had a cheaper canopy up
that got collapsed in the snow. And we, I talked Mrs. 731 into
letting us do this woodwork and I think it worked out really nice. So now we have an awesome outdoor space so we can actually
spend some time out here without being rained on,
without being too hot with the sun bearing down you. So if you haven't seen the videos, we got this sectional build. We have the deck make-over build, and now we have the gazebo. So that's three outdoor videos for you if you want to check those out. Yup. If you liked this video,
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