From kit to hunting
in one afternoon.
It arrives flat, with the post pockets already cut and every screw already started. Two people, an impact driver and a socket set. That is genuinely the whole list.
What you need
on the hill.
- People2
- Impact driverCharged, plus a spare battery
- Driver bitsStar / square, per your screws
- Socket set or wrenchFor the tower hardware
- Level4 ft is plenty
- LadderStep ladder for the roof
- TimeAn afternoon
Pick a day with no wind. A wall panel is a sail, and a gust on a half-built blind is the only genuinely dangerous part of this job.
Five steps.
In this order.
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Pick the spot and square the base
Wind first, sight lines second, walk-in route third. Set the floor frame where it is going and get it level — you are levelling the floor, not the ground.
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Drop the legs into the post pockets
The pockets are pre-cut and squared at the shop. The legs go straight in. Brace as you go rather than at the end, and check level again once all four are standing.
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Stand the panels
One panel at a time around the floor, working in one direction. Every screw is pre-started, so nothing has to be found, sorted or hunted for on a hillside.
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Set the roof
Roof deck on, membrane down and sealed at the edge. This is the step where a step ladder saves you twenty minutes and an argument.
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Ladder, door, hunt
Hang the ladder, hang the door, check that every window slides clean. Then go sit in it before you leave — that is how you find the one thing you want moved.
The slow parts
happen at the shop.
Everything that is fiddly, precise or easier with a table saw is already done before it gets on the trailer.
Cut and squared in the shop. No measuring on a hillside, no chasing a leg that is a half inch out.
Already in the hole, already located. Nothing to count, nothing to drop in the leaves.
The blind ships as panels, so it fits through gates and up trails a finished blind never would.
Three things
on delivery day.
The $350 is genuinely flat, so none of this changes the price. We ask because nobody enjoys the phone call where a 26-foot truck is parked at the end of a lane it cannot back down.
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Box truck access
A driveway or lane a 26-foot box truck can get down and turn around in. If that is not your place, meet it somewhere that is.
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Curbside room
It comes off the back on a pallet. You need somewhere flat to set that pallet down and leave it.
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Two people
Panels are flat and manageable but they are not light. Two people on delivery day, and a third if you plan to build it the same afternoon.
Once a year, twenty minutes.
Before the season
Run every window up and down. Wipe the tracks out — a season of pollen and dust is what makes a quiet slide stop being quiet. Check that the ladder is still tight to the tower and that nothing has shifted under the legs.
After the season
Leave the windows shut, sweep it out, and look at the roof edge. The PVC membrane is commercial roofing and it does not need anything, but a branch that came down on it over the winter is worth finding in March rather than October.
Every few years
Re-torque the tower hardware and look at the ground under the legs. Frost heave moves posts, and a blind that is a degree out of level is the reason a door starts to stick.
If something is not right
Call (814) 795-9011. We built it, we know exactly which screw you are talking about, and we have never once made anybody fill in a form to get an answer. Warranty.
Want the printed assembly guide before your blind arrives? Ask us and we will send it — including to people who have not bought one yet, because reading it is a fair way to decide whether you want to do this yourself.