Elite Greenhouses STREAMLINE Series, Instructions & Illustations

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SIDE FRAME ASSEMBLY
STARTING with the side frame—with a built in base model the base is an integral part of
each frame, and is therefore not built as a separate entity.
Components
1 Gutter/eave bar
1 Built in base
Glazing bars 1 if 4’m long, 2 in 6’long, 3 if 8’ long, 4 if 10’ long and 5 if 12’ long
Side diagonal brace 1 if 4’ or 6’ long, 2 if 8’, 10’ or 12’ long
From the bag of fittings you will need nuts and bolts and glazing beading
1. Lay out the pieces on the ground as though you were standing
inside the house i.e. with the gutter and cill facing downwards and the
bolt channel of the glazing bars upwards.
(Key Point). The single bolt
slot in the base also faces upwards.
2. Slide the glazing beading into each side bar taking care not
to stretch the material. Trim off any surplus level with the ends of
the glazing bar.
3.
Slide a bolt into each end of each glazing bar. (If you have bought a shelf , staging or louvre
to go in your greenhouse and you intend to fit it on a side wall, use the ½” headed bolts provided
with the shelf fittings).
4. Fix the combined eaves bar and gutter to the glazing bars pushing the bolts through the holes
in the eaves bar and securing with a nut. You do not need to tighten the nuts too much at this stage,
but they need to be tight enough to stop the bolts slipping out of the glazing bar.
5.
Fix the built in base to the glazing bars by pushing the bolt through the hole in the built in
base unit and tightening as before.
6. Correctly position the built in base on the outermost glazing bars by pushing the bolts through
the holes in the built in base but do not put the bolts on yet. (8’ and 10’ models only). The 4’ and 6’
long models have only 1 side diagonal brace per side, so it attaches to the bottom of the 1
st
glazing
bar (4’ long model) and on the 6’ model it attaches to the top of one glazing bar to the bottom of the
next (as per diagram), in a diagonal fashion.
7.
Put nuts on the bottom bolts and lightly tighten.
8.
Do the same with the other side frame assembly.
9.
Make sure that the glazing bars touch both the built in base and the eaves in each case. Tight-
en all nuts.
10. If you are fitting your greenhouse onto hard standing (flags, concrete etc),
then insert bolts into the bolt channel of the built in base (generally 1 every 2’).
These will be used to anchor the greenhouse to the floor during general assem-
bly. Do not insert these bolts if you intend to install your greenhouse on to soft
ground.
BEWARE OF
SHARP EDGES!