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Your NOVA umbrella comes with a hinged spigot. Once you have installed the spigot according to
the instructions below, slide the umbrella on to the top of the spigot and raise the umbrella. This
is recommended as a 2-3 person operation.
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Deck Plate and deck bolts (purchased by you or supplied by your hired professional
contractor)
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A decently amp rated corded or cordless power drill.
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A scrap piece of wood (to make a reinforcing brace/blocking) and suitable hardware to
secure the blocking to the deck joists.
Once you have decided on the location of the NOVA/Deck Plate, use the four outer holes in the
deck plate as a template to start drilling each of the holes in the deck. Make sure each of the
four holes go through decking and miss the joists. Using the four holes drilled in the deck as a
guide, you now need to install a reinforcing brace/blocking hard up under the decking for the
deck plate bolts to be fixed into. It is recommended that two wood brace/blocking be secured
between the deck joists or bearers that form the structural frame of the deck. Ideally the brace/
blocking should be two short lengths of 4”x4” wood posts side by side, or alternatively two
pieces of 2”x8” wood joists joined together for the umbrella deck plate to bolt through. The
brace/blocking must then be securely fixed to the deck frame/joists using suitable hardware.
These may be large galvanized nails, coach screws or builders brackets etc. If the installation is
in a sea spray zone or coastal environment, then stainless steel hardware is recommended.
You can now use the four holes already drilled in your decking and drill them all the way through
the newly installed brace/blocking under the decking. Put the deck plate in place and install
purchased through the plate, decking and blocking. Use a washer and nut on the underside of
the bolt under the deck and torque down tight. After the deck plate has been securely fixed to
the deck.
You should now remove the four “grub bolts” that are installed in the four spigot-bolt holes. (
The
purpose of these grub bolts is to keep dirt out of the threaded holes when not in use
). Attach
the spigot to the deck plate using the supplied hardware and tighten down with the supplied
Allen key. Slide your NOVA umbrella onto the spigot, walk the umbrella upright and lock the spigot
down to the mounting plate. Now you can carefully open your umbrella for the first time.
WOOD DECK INSTALLATION
TOOLS NEEDED
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IMPORTANT
: Your umbrella must be bolted down into a reinforced brace/blocking that is
fixed under the deck planks to the deck joist. The umbrella must not only be fixed to the
deck planking as this will likely result in the deck planks “pulling up” and the umbrella falling
over in high winds.
SUPPLIED STAINLESS STEEL (4x 1/2”)
COUNTERSUNK BOLTS
RECOMMENDED
(1/2”x6”STAINLESS STEEL WOOD FASTENERS)
SPIGOT
12.5” DECK PLATE
DECK PANELS (BOARDS)
DECK JOISTS
BRACE/BLOCKING
WOOD DECK
INSTALLATION HARDWARE NOT INCLUDED.
HARDWARE INCLUDED WITH UMBRELLA
Galvanized Steel Spigot (29)
Spigot Mounting Hardware: 4x 1/2” (1.38mm) Stainless Steel Countersunk Bolts
1x 5/16” (8mm) Allen Wrench
INSTALLATION HARDWARE NOT INCLUDED.
