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This patio heater is well worth the price. Came packaged very well, is sturdy if put together properly and looks great. As many reviews indicate the instructions have some problems put if constructed correctly you will have no problems. Make sure to use some real wrenches / sockets to put it together. They supply a "toy"wrench but you will not be able to fully tighten the bolts using it. Here are corrections to the instructions. Step 1. You don't need to remove the 4 screws. Just remove the center cap and fill with sand. Recommend you purchase the fine sand used between pavers. Home Depot sells it. Its Paverstone Sand/mix. Its fine and dry so easy to pour in hole. Step 3. Do NOT tighten the 3 base bolts as suggested until completing step 4. Leave finger tight. Step 4. After completing this step as outlined in the instructions, than go back and tighten the base bolts in step 3. Step 8. The instructions say " remove the four small bolts and loch washers from the head assembly." This is incorrect. The four bolts and lock washers are together in the shrink pak. Also it should say to use a washer with all four head bolts as well. St you want to add a washer from shrink pak to each of the 4 bolts. So each will have a bolt, followed by a lock washer, followed by a regular washer. Step 8.5. Missing in instructions is at this point you thread the gas hose thru the lower pipe and screw the two pipes together at this time. Step 11.5. Missing is the step to connect the gas regulator valve to the gas hose. Make sure you use two wrenches and that you tighten the hose bolt tightly to the regular. Do not rely on using the play wrench that comes with the shrink pak. Lastly the lighting instructions are not correct. it says in the instructions to turn the dial between high and low, then to press ignition. This will not work. You need to turn the dial half way between the OFF and HIGH markers. In this position you can press the black dial all the way in. While holding it all the way in press the ignition button once or twice at same time. Flame will start. Hold the black dial in for 20 to 30 seconds to heat the thermo coupler which is required to keep it running on its own. After 20 to 30 seconds release the black dial and now turn it to the desired temp between HIGH and LOW.