8 Responses to “Is there an alternative to anchoring a gazebo other than drilling into the concrete?”

1. Peter on July 22nd, 2009 9:22 am
   

   Canopies Feedback: If you want to be safe, and keep the thing around through the hurricane season, anchor it. But you’ll need a hammer drill, one that can drill into concrete (it takes only seconds). Rent one instead, it’ll save you the $100 to buy one that you’ll only use once. Use a typical 1/2″ concrete bit, and buy lag shields and bolts (ask the home center to show you) to anchor it down. You’ll laugh when you see how easy it is.
2. stevetower on July 24th, 2009 8:02 am
   

   Canopies Feedback: Polyurethane construction adhesive will stand up to the application and provide a lot of hold if you have enough surface area for it to adher to. I would use concrete expansion anchors drilled into the concrete to get a stronger hold. High winds can produce very high strains.
3. T C on July 25th, 2009 6:42 am
   

   Canopies Feedback: band iron from your local hardware store attached from the gazebo to the house, or into the ground with spikes. Since you asked how I would do it, I’ll tell you that too. Construction glue around the perimeter of the gazebo. Any wind strong enough to lift that is going to tear up the gazebo, no matter how it is anchored.
4. jkuizin2000 on July 27th, 2009 9:54 am
   

   Canopies Feedback: I purchased four sand bags at Lowe’s. Put one on each corner.
5. felowdude on July 30th, 2009 8:02 pm
   

   Canopies Feedback: yes there is
6. icruiseon2 on August 1st, 2009 8:43 pm
   

   Canopies Feedback: Use decorative blocks and strap them together with steel straps. Or you can use sand bags.
7. scott b on August 3rd, 2009 2:58 pm
   

   Canopies Feedback: contact your local weight watchers and see if any of there members have alot of free time and have them sit in your gazebo, not even the strongest wind gust can dislodge a heavyset group of people sitting on a gazebo
8. naturalcommander on August 7th, 2009 1:28 am
   

   Canopies Feedback: You can place concrete pillars (short ones) at each corner and anchor to those, but unless the thing is anchored to something immobile, there is a chance of the wind taking it no matter what.

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