How to Assemble a 10x10 Gazebo Tent

Gazebo Tent Advantages

• The high center of a gazebo tent offers more clearance and room under the fabric than low pop-up shelters. Although convenient for a quick sunshade or rain cover, pop-up shelters have little flexibility when it comes to adding lights, decorations or sound systems.

  A gazebo tent with its sturdy PVC frame and heavy fabric (canvas, nylon or Dacron) cover can be left up permanently. Erecting the frame is a matter of tabs and tongues going together in the proper order and adding the fabric cover. Completing the installation is tying down the tent to prevent being knocked or blown over.

Frame

• Modern gazebo tents use sections of PVC plastic pipe to construct a frame. The 10-by-10-foot gazebo tents have 10-foot pipe sections for each side. A tepee section is added on top to support the gazebo. Legs can be at each corner or possibly every five feet on three sides, with an open side providing a 10-foot, obstruction-free entrance.

  Star by constructing the square 10 by 10 frame of the gazebo tent. The corner fitting will have connections for four pipes: two at 90 degrees apart, a third at 45 degrees raised at the angle of the gazebo slope and the fourth at 45 degrees pointed straight down for the legs. Add the gazebo pipes and connect all four with angled four-sided top fitting.

Tent

• With just the top frame assembled, lay the tent over the frame and align the four corners. You may use clips to attach the tent to the frame, or the fabric may just lie on the frame and be secured at the bottom.

Legs

• You can install the legs by yourself: raise one corner of the frame and install one leg; raise a second corner and install another leg. Repeat this process with the other two legs and the gazebo tent will rise from the ground.

Tie-downs

• Tie-downs are pieces of rope staked into the ground at each corner. When staking the tie-downs, be careful where you place the line. Avoid putting it high-traffic areas where people can trip. If possible, pull all the lines back in the same direction away from the gazebo tent. This will leave an area free and clear for entering and exiting the tent.