Anchoring a Gazebo

[like2wheel]

Trying to stay busy while under house arrest.

Have a 12 by 12 steel roof gazebo still in boxes from last fall clearance sale. Using it to replace my 10 x 10 fabric roof on my paver patio. Was originally was planning on using my manual post hole digger and concrete with a piece of threaded rod to somehow anchor the brackets. But now I'm wondering if this is overkill. My old gazebo was merely screwed to the blocks and weighs less. The new one has substantially more roof area, but also weighs 750 lb.

Then I considered those wind in mobile home anchors, but have had trouble in the past getting them down without getting twisted up.

Do you think I could just anchor this thing by driving some rebar into the ground? I've got some 5/8 that I could cut up to 3 or 4 foot lengths, drive them down & figure out how pin the brackets to that.

Think the ridges on the reabar provide enough pullout in my heavy clay soil? I would still screw it down to the pavers, but they are not very big.
We get 60mph winds occasionally, but I do have a row of tall spruce trees in the direction of the prevailing winds.

Trying to work with what I have on hand or from Amazon since my wife has a pretty tight leash on me during this ordeal.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Driving rebar in the soil would have very little holding power if it is close to the structure.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

What does the manufacturer of the gazebo require for anchoring?

If it has an anchoring plate/bracket, then I guess it would be easy enough to pour some footings and use TapCon screws or wedge anchors to secure.

 

[Dustball]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00191RWKA/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[kd3pc]

If you anchor it, it may just tilt/bend/break....at the base - we saw many just blow around, keeping things square, while living in TN with strong winds.

 

[didit]

The second season that I put up our gazebo I poured a pad and used concrete anchors. The winds here were actually slightly lifting the 10" blocks I had it originally lagged to. That was 6 years ago and haven't had a problem since. The wind catches ours pretty good because we wrap it for the winter for storing all our outdoor furniture, etc. It's like a big sail.

 

[lis2323]

No such thing as overkill when anchoring anything that the wind will catch. Property damage, liability and personal safety are all things to consider.

My six post gazebo is anchored with concrete filled 12 inch sonotube 3 feet deep.

 

[Kaizen]

I had good luck using L brackets and drill in anchors into the pavers if they are tight together. It was there for years till the wind wrecked the roof.

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[Higgins]

I'm a transplant from IL down to TN several yrs. ago.

When we purchased our house it had a 14 x 22 shed that was places on 8x8x16 bricks, and it wasn't tied down to anything... Local said it wasn't required, and as long as it's not tied down, its not taxed ???

Fast forward a yr. had a storm come thru. Lost 17 trees to straight line winds. Shed didn't move an inch. However, a huge Oak cut the shed in half.

Down here they don't tie down sheds, gazebos, or hot tubs to anything???

So tonight we are under a severe storm warming, so it will be another sleepless night in our lower level !!

AL

 

[like2wheel]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00191RWKA/?tag=atomicindus08-20



Thanks Dustball, that looks like a viable option that I did not see under my search terms.



The manufacturer supplies 4 short L shaped pins for each leg to be driven thru a bracket in to earth. Each leg is attached to the bracket at the bottom with 2) 6mm bolts in shear. It all seems pretty wimpy, but with that it is rated for 50 mph winds.

 

[rsanter]

Look up earth anchors. Should be easy to install 4 of them through holes drilled in the pavers