Hey all, sorry I could not find a better / more suitable subreddit to ask this in. I'm a younger mum living alone and don't really have men in my life I can ask, and I don't want to pay out the wazoo for a tradesman if I can DIY it myself, so I really wanted to ask the collective men on reddit for their advice.

I have a steel frame set up in the backyard, a gazebo, which is nice and strong and stable (i.e. not going anywhere without an angle grinder). It came with a fabric cover but we get really hectic winds where I live and the fabric ripped off sometime last year, although the frame itself refuses to quit and is still sturdy.

I want to put a roof on it again so my son can have a nice shady area to play for spring and summer. I'll be doing it solo, so probably no big sheets of metal and stuff because it will be too heavy and dangerous.

I looked online and a similar gazebo uses semi-transparent polycarbonate sheeting as its roof. The polycarbonate is very cheap when purchased solo. It looks light, waterproof, UV filtering, and most importantly wind resistant if fitted correctly.

My question is, what tools do I need, how should I plan and execute this project, and how do I attach the polycarbonate to the framing?

I assume I'll need a stepladder, some kind of cutting tool to cut the polycarbonate to size, and I have a drill to drill holes through it for screws etc.

The gazebo is kind of a funny shape and size with a little separate dome bit on top, so I'm sort of at a loss as to how to best attach the bits to it and make sure it's nice and fitted on the corners so rain isn't running through and wind is getting in the cracks and ripping the sheeting up. Here's the gazebo: https://imgur.com/a/qT9EmSj

Thanks so much men, your collective handyman knowledge is so appreciated for this mum who wants her son to have the best summer ever.