Elite 4'3" wide compact, Instructions & Illustations

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SIDE FRAME ASSEMBLY
Components
1 Combined gutter/eave bar
1 Built in base
Glazing bars—1 if 4’ long
Bracing angle 1 if 4’ or 6’ long
2 if 6’ long 2 if 8’, 10’ or 12’ long
3 if 8’ long
4 if 10’ long
5 if 12’ long
From the fitting list you will require nuts and bolts and glazing beading.
STARTING with the side frame.
With a built in base model the base is an integral part of each frame and
is therefor not built as a separate entity.
Slide the glazing beading into each side bar taking care not to stretch the material. Trim off any sur-
plus, level with the ends of the glazing bar.
Lay out the pieces on the ground as though you were standing inside the house i.e. with the gutter
and built in base facing downwards and the bolt channel of the glazing bars upwards.
(Key Point)
Slide a bolt into each end of each glazing bar into the bolt slot on the back of the bar. If you have
bought a shelf 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.
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.
Fix the built in base to the middle glazing bar by pushing the bolt through the hole in the built in
base and tightening as before. (4’ long model will only have 1 side glazing bar per side assembly, 2
for the 6’ etc.).
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 nuts on yet. (6’, 8’ and 10’ models only).
Place the side bracing angle over these bolts so that they point outwards towards the ends of the
eaves bar. They must be arranged so that the flat bit of the angle in each case faces towards the mid-
dle of the house (i.e. elongated hole will be by the eaves in one case and by the built in base in the
other.
(Key Point ). 4’ and 6’ long model will have 1 side bracing angle per side. This is to attach to
the top of the 1
st
glazing bar and then will attach to the gable end during general assembly, at the
base.
Put nuts on the bottom bolts and lightly tighten.
Do the same with the other side frame assembly.
Make sure that the glazing bars touch both the built in bases and the combined eaves gutter bar in
each case. Tighten all nuts.
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 assembly. Do not insert these bolts if you intend to install your green-
house on to soft ground.