Elite Greenhouses 6'5" WIDE TITAN, Instructions & Illustrations

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Page 4: ...ngle 2 2 2 2 2 17 Door end diagonal angle 2 2 2 2 2 18 Small angle door track support 2 2 2 2 2 19 Rear end built in base cill 1 1 1 1 1 20 Rear end block glazing bars 2 2 2 2 2 21 Rear end horizontal angle 1 1 1 1 1 22 Rear end diagonal angle 2 2 2 2 2 23 Top door track 1 1 1 1 1 24 Door panel pack 2 2 2 2 2 25 Door track support 1 1 1 1 1 26 Louvre 1 1 1 1 1 27 Ridge canopy and seal x2 4 6 8 10 ...

Page 5: ...ren should not play near glass greenhouses REMEMBER glass is fragile handle with care Protective eye glasses should be worn Gloves should be worn If your greenhouse is a powder coated one there are a few 1 8 holes in the end of the bars These are jig holes for the process and have no bearing on construction Key point When powder coated the sub frame assembly packages may slightly differ from the s...

Page 6: ...ttings containing a Nuts and bolts general assembly b Wire clips for glass c Casement stay 1 for 6 5 models 2 for 8 5 10 5 12 5 models d Casement stay nuts and bolts e Four eave plates f Two ridge plates g Four door wheels h Two door guides i Small self tapping screws 7 Roof bars 8 Glazing beading 9 One length of ridge ridge canopy and seal 10 Two black brush draught excluders 11 Small angle brack...

Page 7: ... to stop the bolts slipping out of the glazing bar 4 Fix the built in base cill to the middle glazing bar by pushing the bolt through the hole in the cill unit and tightening 5 Correctly position the built in base cill on the outer most glazing bars by pushing the bolts through the holes in the cill but do not put the nuts on yet 6 Place the angled tie bars over these bolts so that they point outw...

Page 8: ... The un fabricated end of the base will be joined to the unhanded base section as shown below It is essential that the un fabricated end is towards the middle of the greenhouse side assembly and not at one of the ends To attach the 2 base pieces together you must attach 2 base legs back to back bolt them together and attach the vacant end of each base leg to the bolt channel of the base section as...

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Page 10: ...s of each corner bar and put a nut on 1 each end These will later be used in the general assembly for fixing the ridge eave and built in base cill to the ends Now secure the ridge gusset plate and eaves gusset plates by inserting bolts through the plates and into the holes punched in the flange of the corner bar at the apex and eave Do not tighten the nuts at this stage 3 Attach the built in base ...

Page 11: ...f installing onto soft ground 10 For hard standing attach the slot of the corner bracket base leg to the base section so that the 4 holes on the bracket are pointing downwards Mark the point of the bracket where it is flush with the bottom of the built in base and then cut the bracket The end of the corner bracket with 4 holes is now surplus If you are fitting your greenhouse onto soft ground then...

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Page 13: ...he door end is that instead of 1 long base piece the door end has 2 smaller pieces 1 either side of the door opening and 1 door end cill Please note if your green house is powder coated the letter R will not be visible on the bar Then to correctly hand the roof corner bar on the door end of this greenhouse you must ensure the slot at the end of the bar is fitted to the ridge gusset plate 2 Now eng...

Page 14: ...ter bolt channels of each block glazing bar at the top and 1 bolt into the inner bolt channel of each block glazing bar Locate the top bolt in each bolt channel with the prefabricated holes in the roof corner bar Do not put a nut on to the inner bolt the bolt furthest away from the corner bar yet Attach the main door track support shaped like a letter Z to the 2 vertical block glazing bars using t...

Page 15: ...t it is pointing downwards If you are fitting your greenhouse onto soft ground then do not fit the corner bracket yet If you are on a patio you will need to cut the bracket off level with the bottom of the built in base and slide extra bolts into the bolt channel to be attached to the anchor bracket generally 1 every 2 If you are on soil the bracket will go into the ground at gen eral assembly N B...

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Page 17: ...post on the left handed door post on the right The top of each side post has two screw holes in it the bottom has three Key point Slide the glazing beading into the beading groove of each bar i e only one length of glazing beading per bar 2 Place the top bottom and 3 infill panels in position as shown by the po sition of the screw holes in the side pieces and the panels The top panel has the green...

Page 18: ...inside face of the top door panel See picture below 8 Slip the nylon door skids on each of the bottom panels This may already have been done pri or to delivery After fitting the doors see later in the booklet you may need to lower the door skid so that it engages with the bottom door cill to allow smooth movement of the door Lower the skid on each door and insert a self tapping screw at each end o...

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Page 20: ...bottom and the hooked hinge uppermost 3 Slide the glazing beading into the slots in the side and top rails and trim to suit 4 Insert a bolt into each end of the side rail bolt slots put these bolts through the holes in the top and bottom rails add nuts and lightly tighten Check that all joints are secure and that the vent is square and then tighten up the nuts 5 Fit the casement stay using the M4 ...

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Page 22: ...slide the bolts into them Put a nut on the top bolt and tighten up Place the diagonal side angle onto the bot tom bolt put a nut on and tighten up Key point 5 The built in base attaches to the inside of the corner bar The bolt placed in the corner bar bolt slot at gable end assembly will slide down into the slotted hole at the end of the built in base cill The angle base leg corner bracket attache...

Page 23: ...nserting it through the hole in the flange of the ridge Put a nut on and tighten up Do the same with the rest of the roof bar N B remember to omit two roof bars if you have a partition one each side Before bolting the bottom of the roof bar to the flange of the eave bar insert 3 extra bolts per bar 4 if a roof vent is to be fitted onto these bars Then attach the final nut and bolt to the eave bar ...

Page 24: ...ase If you are fitting the greenhouse onto soft ground you now need to dig 1 hole approx 1 spade width in each of the 4 corners Lift the greenhouse into position For soft ground fixing you now need to attach the corner bracket angle base leg to the bolt slot of the side and end using the end of the bracket that has 2 holes as op pose to 4 The bracket must be attached in such a way that the end wit...

Page 25: ...lide onto the frame from the left and right hand side For the left hand door put the door bottom rail into the bottom door track and slide to the right feed the first wheel into the upper door track and move further to the right until the black draught exclud er butts up to the end block glazing bars Carefully ease the door past the block glazing bar and feed in the second wheel Push further to th...

Page 26: ...tion Now using a cropped head bolt attach the domed pin to the bolt channel of the handed door post on the left hand door viewed from outside Move the pin up or down in the channel so that the notch on the cam locates comfortably when horizontal Tight en all components FITTING THE ROOF CANOPY This must be done AFTER the roof vent s is are fitted The canopy is fitted on top of the ridge bar and is ...

Page 27: ...g screw FITTING THE CANOPY PLATE The canopy plate has 3 holes Slide a LONG bolt provided into the external bolt slot of the glazing bar above the door Fit the canopy plate to this bolt and put a nut on Do not tighten yet Now the top 2 holes in the plate are fitted to the self tapping screw grooves in the ends of the roof canopy using 1 2 colour coded screws provided The canopy at the rear end is s...

Page 28: ...UST be sandwiched between 2 pieces of glass It can not sit directly on top of the bottom cill The louvre is fitted from inside the greenhouse and you must ensure that the handles are on the right viewed from inside 1 Decide which bay you intend to fit to and fit 1 piece of glass on the bottom cill either ref T6 or T5 depending upon the required louvre height 2 Offer the louvre to the bay you inten...

Page 29: ... position so you will need to poke your head up in the next bay along to enable safe fixing With single sheet toughened glass the traditional overlap system used with the horticultural glass is replaced by a rigid P V C muntin Mun tins are only used where 2 pieces of glass butt together Position the muntin on top of the lower pane of glass taking care to have the inside and outside as indicated Pu...

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Page 31: ...HEET TOUGHENED GLASS YOUR GREENHOUSE IS NOW COMPLETE If you have purchased any accessories such as staging louvre auto vents rain water kits etc they will have their own detailed instructions in their packaging ...

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