CLEARSPAN
™
POLY BUILDINGS
10
Revision date: 09.11.09
FRAME ASSEMBLY
Gather the parts:
• All rafter assemblies
• Purlin pipe 1.315" x 75" swaged (131S075)
• Purlin pipe 1.315" x XX" plain pipe (#131P0XX)
• Band clamps (#QH1400) and cross connectors
(#102547)
• Struts (#QH1308) and Tek screws
NOTE:
The XX" represents the remaining length required
to reach the end of the shelter. Consult the Spec Sheet and
Side Profile diagrams (Quick Start) for pipe identification.
Frame Assembly Procedure
1. Stand one end rafter. The end rafters include the end
clamps. Be sure to position the bolt side of end clamp
to the inside of the frame
when setting the end rafter in
position. See the diagram below.
NOTE:
Purlin pipe shown in the above diagram is
installed during the frame assembly.
2. Check that the rafter is standing straight (plumb) and
brace it in place.
5. With the first end rafter set and the on-center width at
26', set the first interior rafter in place.
6. Using the on-center, rafter-to-rafter spacing, set
the interior rafter in position and repeat Steps 3-4.
(Additional assistants are required to hold the rafter
in position.) See Side Profile diagrams for the correct
rafter spacing.
3. Verify that the
on-center rafter width is 26'
and secure
the rafter feet of the end rafter to the pony wall using
customer-supplied fasteners
to prevent shifting.
If pony wall is concrete, consult the
Attaching Rafter
Feet to Concrete
section for suggested fastening
method.
4. Brace the rafter in place and tighten the rafter base
mounting bolts as shown below.
7. Install the upper two (2) cross connectors on the
interior rafter and insert a purlin pipe through each
connector and through the upper end clamps near the
top of the end rafter. See circles above.
8. Verify that both rafters are plumb and properly spaced
on-center and tighten the upper end clamps and cross
connectors.
1/2''
Toward the inside
of the frame when
assembled.
End Rafter
Purlin
End Clamp Bolt
Shelter shown may differ from actual frame in design.
Views are shown from outside the shelter.
Step 4
Customer
Supplied
Fastener
104302
104302
Step 4
center-to-
center
Upper End
Clamp
Upper End
Clamp
Step 7
Upper Cross
Connector
Lower Cross
Connector
Position
