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BASE PLATES
Check List code of parts required: 50BP – 10LB – DPBPK
Please use the Parts Check List supplied with your order, together with this Guide, to help you
identify the different parts of your polytunnel and confirm the quantities.
Tools required:
Hammer drill 14mm masonry bit
16mm masonry bit 17mm spanner or socket
If you are placing your sheep house on a concrete base you will require
Base Plates
(Fig10)
which replace Foundation Tubes.
Please use the same method of measuring as for Foundation Tubes.
Fig10
When securing Base Plates to the ground, drill three 16mm holes (80mm deep
minimum) into the footing through the three Base Plate holes.
Insert the loose bolt sleeves into the holes until flush with the ground. Please make
sure to insert the sprung end of the sleeve first
(Fig11).
Bolt the Base Plates onto the ground by tightening the loose bolts through the
holes on the Base Plates and into the sleeves.
Fig11
End Frame posts are secured at the base with an Angle Bracket
(Fig12).
These require a 14mm hole to be drilled into the footing (70mm deep
minimum). Bolt these brackets down as you would Base Plates but with
only one loose bolt.
The End Frame posts then bolt to this bracket using the bolt supplied with
the Base Rails.
Fig12
