DIY Wood Pavilion Kits

Backyard Pavilion Kits

The most common reasons our customers choose to handle assembly of their wood custom pavilion kits themselves may not be what you think. It depends totally on you though. Are you going to have an absolute blast with your friends and family unloading and unpacking the materials, and following the step-by-step instructions. Is this going to be a once-in-a-lifetime party? As long as one of you knows what they’re doing, it’ll be an experience that shouldn’t be missed.

Most people that invest in wood pavilions would simply rather spend their weekends relaxing in space under a pavilion rather than putting it up. Also…

If we run the numbers with you and having our crew make the trip with the pavilion kit just doesn’t make sense, we have illustrated assembly instructions and detailed drawings to be used by your local contractor, or by you if you’re confident you can handle it. It’s surprisingly rare these days homeowners go the pavilion kit-only option to save money.

Ensuring You Have A Great Experience

Following a few quick suggestions can help make sure you have an absolutely great experience:

• Your project manager should be calling to schedule a call with who is going to actually be doing the assembly. If not, please make sure to call us.
• It’s a great idea to read the instructions ahead of time before the DIY backyard pavilion kit arrives so you can call the shop and ask questions. We have them on file and can email them.
• This suggestion is not really any different than when we build – it’s super important your footings be in the same place as your pavilion posts. All you have to do is to make sure your drawings match your sales order, and that your footings are made to the specifications on the drawings. If you want to change the specifications for any reason, make sure to discuss with your project manager.
• If the beams are level, everything goes together nicely. The instructions do not tell you to check the level on your foundation and trim/shim the posts to make sure everything is level.
• We require 100% payment on kits prior to shipment. On the rare occasion there’s a missing, defective or damaged part, we alway respond right away.

Custom Pavilion Kits – Exceptional Wood Pavilions for Exceptional Value

If what you need is not an “off-the-shelf” design, then you need a specialist that listens to what’s most important to you to create your unique design. We’re not completely reinventing the wheel here. Your unique pavilion will still use the same selection of materials and construction techniques as our models and more standard pavilions. Therefore, not only will your pavilion be exceptional, but it will be an exceptional value as well.

One of our earliest collaborations was a 40’ x 40’ wood pavilion for a winery in Purcelleville, VA, the Barns at Hamilton Station. We had a photo shoot of another structure we had built in Canada which was a 24’ square “gazebo” which had a cupola on it. The owners had seen cupolas before but wanted something more specific – what we now call a “clerestory.” We’ve since completed many more similar in various sizes up to 40’ x 100’.