What material are the legs/joints made of, and could you drill holes through them for pegs? I am thinking of using this in a high-wind environment.
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You would not want to drill any holes through the steel legs. It would be difficult without some sophistacated equipment anyway. I have mine secured with dirt screw in anchors (get at hardware store. they are used for securing sheds and trailers) along with ratchet straps hooked to the top steel bar. I use rope loops to hook the straps into. Ratchet the thing down and your house will blow away before this thing does.
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The poles are made out of aluminum. You could drill holes if you wanted to. My husband says he would not recommend it in high wind by itself. We tied each side down with straps to water barrels and it held up great. It's a good tent but it doesn't come with anything to hold it down. You will need to purchase those materials seperatley.
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They are steel. I used guy ropes on corners in OK winds and no problem....had it up for a week solid rain and all. Great for what it is. Only advice I'd give is put tarp on 4 corners first then work other lashings on. I really like it.
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I had to buy better pegs and straps to hold the tent down from the wind when we re on grass. We are thing of buying the black weights that you fill with sand.
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Hi W. Rabkin... Top rack & Bottom legs are made of strong plastic resin. The center two-piece polls are lightweight steel, with a center plastic resin connector.Not: I found something out the, "stupid silly way".... On a silghtly windy day, my cloths were hanging on the rack outside. A sudden gust of wind lift my rack & clothing off the ground like a kite and almost landed in my neighbor's backyard! Guess I should've paid more attention to the Old IDIOM, "Throw Caution To The Wind" ...LOL!
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The legs are made of metal, but where they lock together is plastic. It's very sturdy and well-made. My husband and I are not exactly skinny, and we have no concerns about its structural integrity.
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Yes you can, strong winds do present a problem,although we solved this by purchasing two sets of weights that are made to fit around the legs of the canopy. Each set consists of 4-5lb weights so we now have 10 lbs on each leg. One set runs about $35 and are available on Amazon.
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I can't give an exact answer I'm afraid.. But it seems very sturdy and I'd imagine it could support up to 300 lbs. I will say that the pegs for your legs are rather small so if your legs are particularly large it may be uncomfortable.
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Excellent....but you would need something to hold the legs in place in the event of wind.
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Hi we live in Portland Tx, Spring and Summer can be very windy here, 3 corners are anchored to the house and one on Post cemented and then anchor to a tree otherwise the post will bend, hardware used ( steel cable, turnbuckles, anchor mounts) bought at lowes... Haven"t had any issues so far, great shade cover.
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I used large rocks to weight it down but it shifted in wind. My son used long a masonry bit to drill holes through our stone tile patio blocks. Then used large washers and long screws to secure gazebo frame in the stone tile. SECURE!!
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the legs are not metal... they are sheets of laminated particle board as i previously stated which fit into a hard plastic foot
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There are holes on base of each leg. However mine is on interlock pavers so I zip tied the back to my fence and it hasn't moved even through rough storms.
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The legs, arms, and sides are "2-by" material while the rest is 3/4" stock. They should stand up pretty well against wind gusts. I made them a little sturdier by screwing down the rear block (for the folding mechanism) to the side rails. I don't really need to fold them for storage where I live.
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The legs have a flat pad that would sit nicely on concrete. The problem would be to anchor it down something you must do if there could be any wind at all. From experience it acks like a big KITE.
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have left it outside all summer in all conditions, tied around two brick posts and one line drilled into a wood board, and have never seen any problem with the wind. however, that is in an area that is protected from wind by a two story building and brick walls, so that may not be a good test. it seems to be quite sturdy material.
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I'm sorry, but I really don't know. I secured mine with some thin string to a gazebo-like structure. It held throughout our horrible winter with winds sometimes up to 35-45mph. Could you possible tie it up with long string to a nearby window?
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it depends, 1 per leg of the gazebo is fine, but if its windy out no matter how many you buy it will blow away unless you have it staked to the ground. i have 4 of these square weights plus 2 sand bags per each leg and it was no match to the wind.
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I am not sure if you are just putting this up for an event or keeping it up for an extended period of time. If it is just for an event, then I would use sand bags tied to the bottom of each of the poles. I live in Vancouver, Wa near the Gorge and we get High winds about 4 to 5 times during the year, and my canopy is set up year round and acts as another room off my patio, and we have the canopy bolted to the house in several places on one side of the canopy and several steal stakes in the ground on the other side where we taped the poles to the stakes. It has servived 2 springs one summer, and a winter. I am very happy with this one, and over the years we have tried several other canopies. Hope the sand bag idea is helpful, dress them up if this is for an important event. 20 lbs per pole is my suggestion. GOOD-LUCK !!!!