I was impressed with the easy assembly. It looks great next to the patio but needs a level base - its sitting on grass right now. The only caution I would highly emphasize is that the glass beads/burner area stay hot a LONG time after shutdown. There is a provided cover for the burner/ glass beads area but it also gets really hot. There needs to be an additional fireproof cover provided to cover the glass wind protection structure while it cools. One of my cats jumped in over the glass landed on the pit cover and quickly found out how hot the area was. Right now I have to improvise another cover to keep pets from jumping in or children from reaching inside the glass frame while its cooling down and still too hot to put the rain cover on it. As far a sturdiness I would say the side access doors sometimes pop open when you dont want them to.
Looks great and easy set up
I was impressed with the easy assembly. It looks great next to the patio but needs a level base - its sitting on grass right now. The only caution I would highly emphasize is that the glass beads/burner area stay hot a LONG time after shutdown. There is a provided cover for the burner/ glass beads area but it also gets really hot. There needs to be an additional fireproof cover provided to cover the glass wind protection structure while it cools. One of my cats jumped in over the glass landed on the pit cover and quickly found out how hot the area was. Right now I have to improvise another cover to keep pets from jumping in or children from reaching inside the glass frame while its cooling down and still too hot to put the rain cover on it. As far a sturdiness I would say the side access doors sometimes pop open when you dont want them to.