Ratings & Reviews for Backyard Discovery Stratford 12x10 10-ft W x 12-ft L x 7-ft 10-3/4-in H Black Metal Freestanding Pergola with Canopy

Pergola is beautiful, the canopy is terrible.

The canopy cover is nothing like the description or the picture. It describes it as a soft canopy cover and looks black. It is gray, thick, bulky, and is very small. There is a gap of about 18 inches on all four sides, and it just does not look right. When I compare it to the pictures, it is way off. The pergola itself is beautiful, we are just disappointed with the canopy top. Need to figure out how to contact the company to see if there is anything that can be done.

Focal point to our garden

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We love our new pergola. It was easy to setup (footings were the challenge) and it becomes the focal point of our garden

Best Purchase!

Easy to set up; looks amazing!

AMAZING Stratford Pergola

The pergola is just what we dreamed of! The instructions using the app were clear making it easy for my husband and I to put it together over the weekend.

Absolute stunning!

Love love love this pergola and our new outdoor « room ». The only thing we are waiting for is the shade canopy for our size pergola which is on back order. My husband put it together by himself in a few days; said it was easy peasey, just a bit time consuming. If I can figure out how to include a photo, I will!

Very happy with delivery, assembly, and look

Turned out better than expected. Easy to assemble with the Bilt app. Other than getting the crossbars up and posts in place I was able to do everything on my own (w/the help a few ladders). I don't really see much utility in the shade because it is challenging to take on and off and it isn't the most attractive thing (looks like a tarp).

Great Product

Fantastic product, took my two teenage sons and myself 5 hours to install! It’s been windy here and the pergola is very sturdy, I also bolted the four corners into concrete.

An Easy Fix For Our Bare Patio

We got off to a rough start with some shipping damage. A torn carton allowed some paint scuffing and a small dent. Customer Service said they would send us some touch-up paint (more on that later) and we determined the dent would be hidden by another part, so we were good to go. Packaging: Aside from the minor damage, the packaging was genius. Parts were distributed among the four cartons to leave no unused space. That meant very little packaging material to dispose of later. Every part wa...

Fits our space perfectly

We bought this pergola because it fit on our current cement slab perfectly. It looks very nice. My 2 sons and myself put it together in 5 hours but it would have gone faster if we did not have to take portions apart to retrieve socket screws that fell inside cross beams. They were a little short and it was hard to hold them in place and drill at the same time. We also noticed a dent in one of the posts when construction was complete. Not sure how we missed that. The shade is too small. It doesn’...

16x12 Stratford Steel Pergola with SunShade.

Beautiful pergola, Very high quality and outstanding value for the money. Countless compliments from friends and neighbors. Contruction was outsourced as it was a little too heavy/intimidating for us to try on our own. Took a crew of three about 8 hours to construct. Only disappointment was the sunshade, which does not cover the entire roof of the structure. The shade itself, however is very effective in blocking sun and a great appearance. Just wish it covered the entire roof and did not a...

Love it!

It is a beautiful product. Well made and a lovely addition to my home

Great product

Great product. We spend so much more time on the patio now. Love it

Great addition

Durability-check Style-check Value-check. The only thing that would have made this 5 stars would have to made the height taller. I’m 5’4 and I can touch the frame. My son is 6’1 and feels like he has to avoid hitting his head. We are putting 5” blocks under each pole to raise it up to a better height.

Happy Customer

Absolutely perfect addition to our backyard. Fairly easy to put together with three people. Seems to be made of good quality materials. I’m very excited to see how this holds up over the next few years. My only complaint is that the sail shade that goes on the top does not stay in the clips very well, so we had to rig our own method of holding it on.

Stunning!

Love how its bringing everything and everyone together. Directions were simple. Some screws didn't thread correct and for the holes that have the outer ring, I superglued the ring prior to screwing. The first started spinning with the screw so there was no getting it in or taking it out. Hung LED lanterns. More decorations to go but the review is for the pergola :)

perfect instructions and perfect assembly

keep parts in bags until ready to use. no issues whatsoever. most screws could be hand tightened until flush.

Highly Recommend!

Amazing! High quality material.

The quality Really surprised me.

I was really surprised at the quality of this pergola. I'm generally suspicious of things of this nature when they advertise "high quality steel" and for good reason because it's normally flimsy tin! Noy this pergola! When I opened the boxes I blowen away at the thickness of steel. Assembly was a breeze for the most part. Only reason I give it 4 stars is because of the Assembly directions are about as clear as mud on the installation of certain bolts and we had figure it out on our own.

easy step by step instructions

Outstanding VERY high quality steel pergola