How long assembly takes and what you need
Zola tables are customer-assembled. There's no technician visit and no white-glove build — the table arrives in cartons and you put it together where it's going to live.
Get a second person for the flip
You can do most of the build alone. The part that genuinely wants two people is turning the table upright once the legs are attached.
The frame goes together face-down, the legs bolt on from underneath, and then the whole assembly has to be flipped. A 3×3 is 133 lbs, a 3×5 is 182 lbs, and a 4×6 is 242 lbs — a flip at that weight is awkward alone and risks the finish, the floor, and your back.
If you're building solo, line up someone for that one step.
Assemble it in the room it will live in
Once it's built, a Pangea doesn't fit through a standard doorway without coming apart again. Build it where it's staying.
Worth checking the route before delivery day too — the longest carton is about 47″ on a 3×3, 71″ on a 3×5, and 83″ on a 4×6. Those are the numbers that matter for a tight stairwell or a turn in a hallway.
Order of operations matters
The one thing worth knowing before you start: leave the bolts snug rather than fully tightened until the table is flipped upright. Bolts fully torqued face-down lock in whatever alignment gravity gave you, and the rails and legs both need a tuning pass once the table is on its feet.
Full walkthrough in Tuning your Pangea after assembly. It's worth reading that one before you start rather than after.
Instructions
Instructions are sent per model rather than printed in the carton. If you don't have them, message us through our contact page with your order number and we'll send the right set — see Where are my assembly instructions?.
Where people get stuck
- Hardware looks missing. It ships with the legs and frame, not loose. See Where is the assembly hardware?.
- The 3×5 centre section won't line up. It installs one way only — rotate it 180° and the holes meet.
- Rails don't sit flush. Expected out of the box, and it's a tuning step rather than a fault.