Gazebo weight ideas...

[RedDawn289]

[FONT=&quot]So our Wednesday windstorm picked up my cloth gazebo over a 6' fence and into a ceder tree in my neighbors yard. Luckily I was able to salvage it as the tarp wasn't ripped and the frame was able to be "manipulated" with a hammer and brackets back into place. Needless to say I have learned my lesson and now know that it HAS TO be anchored to something. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I have a paver stone patio that it rests on which I'd rather not drill into, partly because I don't want holes in the pavers, and partly because I'm not sure the 4 pavers that it would be anchored into are enough to hold it down. This got me looking of alternatives. There are some Sandbag options on Amazon however they all seem to be for the thin legged pop up gazebos and not for something like mine with 2.5" x 2.5" legs. I thought about drilling each post into an 18"x18" patio stone but the wife thinks people will stub their toes on them.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as Google isn't helping all that much for me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My gazebo link below...[/FONT]

https://www.lowes.ca/gazebos/allen-roth ... zebo-allen

 

[MrBfromNC]

Could you possibly fill the legs of the gazebo with sand or gravel?

 

[RedDawn289]

Hmmmm, I don't believe there is access into the leg space. Interesting suggestion. I'll have to look into that one.

 

[mwfaith1971]

I wouldn't fill the legs because anything you put in there could get wet and hold the moisture. You could use a couple of 5 gallon buckets filled either with water or sand, put eye bolts/screws in the leg and tie the handles to that. They'd be partially covered by the screen/mosquito net.

 

[MrBfromNC]

Or..... pour half a bag of mixed up concrete into the bottom of each leg. That'd be plenty heavy but certainly won't hold moisture once it's dried in 24 hours.

 

[Arizonarob]

A word of caution. Those type gazebos are ment to be anchored down permanently. I know you don’t want to drill through your pavers, but you may have no choice. If your neighbor was out in the yard when that thing went flying, someone could get hurt, and you would be liable for any and all damages.

If it were me, I’d remove the pavers underneath the legs, dig down and install 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete, then when cured, anchor the legs into the concrete. Then you would just cut the pavers to fit around the legs.

Or you can do the above, but instead of 5 gallon buckets, you can sink down PVC pipe about 2-3 feet down, then make it so the pvc pipe is level with the top of your pavers, then that way you would cut the pavers around the pvc, and then bolt your gazebo to that. That way you won’t loose any height to your gazebo.