CLEARSPAN
™
COLD FRAMES
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Revision date: 12.29.08
Once the main cover is in place and centered on the
4.
frame, begin at the peak of one end rafter and install
the wire spring into the U-channel to secure the cover.
ATTENTION:
Center the main cover front to back and
side-to-side to ensure that enough cover material is
present to lock into the U-channel.
If used, the rope can remain in place to temporarily
secure the cover if needed. Remove the ropes as the
cover is secured to the frame.
Photos show installing the spring into the U-channel on
the outside of a frame. The process is the same for the
U-channel attached to the top of the end rafters.
Continue adding the spring into the U-channel at the
5.
top of the first end rafter. Ensure that an even amount
of the cover is exposed and maintained along the edge
of the frame as it is attached.
NOTE:
The cover material is cut longer/wider than is
required to cover the frame. For easier anchoring, allow
approximately 8" to extend past the edge of the end
rafter as the cover is anchored in place.
Continue down both edges of the first end rafter
6.
until the entire length of the end of the main cover is
secured in place.
Stretch the cover to the other end of the building and
7.
repeat the steps to secure the main cover in the
U-channel.
NOTE:
Pull the cover tight as the spring is inserted into
the U-channel.
After the cover is stretched end-to-end and secured
8.
using the spring and U-channel, move to one side of
the frame and repeat the steps to anchor the main
cover to the first side.
Begin at one end of the U-channel and work toward the
other.
COVER INSTALLATION (continued)
NOTE:
Maintain an even length along the side. The
final stretching of the cover takes place when the last
side is secured.
After securing the first side, move to the remaining side
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and secure it in place.
IMPORTANT:
DO NOT REMOVE TOO MUCH OF THE
EXCESS COVER MATERIAL AT EACH END.
Some
excess main cover material–the material that extends
beyond the end rafters–should remain in place. If the
main cover needs stretched in the future, remove the
spring from the U-channel, grasp the excess material,
pull the cover tight, and reinstall the spring.
Read the
10.
Care and Maintenance
information that
follows.
