CLEARSPAN
™
CEDAR GREENHOUSES
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Revision date: 06.18.09
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INSTALL MIDDLE RAFTERS
Assistance may be required to attach rafters.
Locate a rafter board (#CG08125) and drill and countersink a
1.
hole for the rafter fastener using a 1/8" drill bit.
NOTE:
You must pre-drill holes for the rafter fasteners to
prevent the rafter leg from splitting.
Position the rafter leg into a rafter bracket on the ridge
2.
assembly and on top of the top plate. Align the center of the
rafter leg with the previously measured mark on the top plate.
Using the pre-drilled hole in the first step and 2-1/2" FAS13 construction screws, secure the rafter leg to
3.
the top plate.
Secure the rafter to the rafter brackets using 3/4" FAF25P Phillips head screws.
4.
Locate an A-angle bracket (#104642) and attach to the underside of the rafter leg as shown below.
5.
Secure using 3/4" FAF25P Phillips head screws.
Repeat steps for remaining rafters.
6.
Pre-drill
fastener hole.
1
Frame length of your
building may differ
from what is shown.
5
View as seen
from the inside
FAF25P
Phillips head
screw
104642
A-Angle bracket
Align the
center of the
rafter leg with
the previously
measured
mark.
FAS13
construction
screw
3
2
4
FAF25P
Phillips head
screw
