the 1st time we erected the gazebo every thing was going fine until the final push of the top poles when 1 snapped in half. the poles are very flimsy, I am only small and don't have a lot of strength so it didn't take a lot for it to break, luckely we have managed to replace with a temporary pole as i need it for a craft fair on 22nd April people should be warned that the poles are not very strong,