We have a small garden and I want to buy a 2m x 2m or maybe a 2.5m x 2.5m
gazebo.
It has to have at least 2 side panels and be able to stand a moderate
breeze - perhaps wind force 3.
I am looking to spend around £100.
Does anyone have experience of such a thing and would they recommend any
particular make?
Thank you

"Stewart" wrote:
We have a small garden and I want to buy a 2m x 2m or maybe a 2.5m x 2.5m
gazebo.
It has to have at least 2 side panels and be able to stand a moderate
breeze - perhaps wind force 3.
I am looking to spend around £100.
Does anyone have experience of such a thing and would they recommend any
particular make?
Thank you

I have found that the self-erecting ones have a stronger frame, often
aluminium sections, stronger than the push-fit steel tube frames which bend
and rust. But I don't know of any as small as 2m square and suspect that the
smallest might be 2.8m or 3m. I weight mine down with a gallon of water on
each 'leg', 2 four pint plastic milk containers are good for this as they
have handles for the fixings as it has to stand on a paved patio area, so no
possibility of using pegs. It hasn't blown away yet. They are probably all
made in China so the make is immaterial.

Thanks both; I shall try and buy a collapsible steel one like that mentioned
by Hugo, I see them in EBay but am not sure of that, I tried Towsure but
they do not have the smaller size.



"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2011-06-03, Stewart wrote:
We have a small garden and I want to buy a 2m x 2m or maybe a 2.5m x 2.5m
gazebo.
It has to have at least 2 side panels and be able to stand a moderate
breeze - perhaps wind force 3.
I am looking to spend around £100.
Does anyone have experience of such a thing and would they recommend any
particular make?

We've tried;

- A posh wooden one from John Lewis. The instructions promised "easy
erection" but it actually needed 5 people to put up (4 to hold the corners
and one to rush round like a blue-arsed fly tightening up bolts). I
complained and JL gave me my money back - we gave the gazebo to Emmaus.

- A cheap aluminium one from the local DIY shed. This made a fine kite,
despite being guyed down - the aluminium extrusion was fag-packet
thin and it blew away one night, ending up in the hedge.

- A collapsible steel one. This is strong, easy to put up, heavy, has
4 detachable sides and has proved to be excellent. I got it from a
motorsport
supplier, it's 3m x 3m. But ... it was ~£300. It's also *very* heavy - I
can barely carry it alone, and then not for any distance.


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