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GUIDELINES FOR DISASSEMBLY
Fabric:
Walls -- Remove Ground Bars; Unlace the 2-pc wall; slide hooks out of eave bar channel, and pull
kedar up and out of liner channels of beam and outer channels of end uprights.
Gabled Ends -- Release tension by jamming ratchet handles to full vertical position and removing the
web at end uprights and at beam baseplates. Release caribiners at top and bottom of lace line (use
safety line if climbing on top of structure). Unlace the 2-pc end and pull each half downward and out
through the channel flare in beam.
Middle Panels -- Release tension by jamming ratchet handles to full vertical position and removing the
web. Extract tails of tension arch up and through the flare in the outer beam channel. Grip kedar tails
to pull panel out of channel flares. Pull in same direction wind is blowing so that wind lifts panel.
Frame:
Remove End Framing -- Remove eave bars. Remove end upright stakes (or other anchoring devic-
es). Rotate each end upright by 90 degrees so that it drops out of the slots in the bottom of beam.
Lower carefully and remove.
Remove Baseplate Hardware -- Before lowering beams, remove baseplate adapter bars, fabric ten-
sioning winches , and all other baseplate hardware to avoid crushing them or damaging the beam as
the beam is lowered to the ground.
Lowering of Beams --. Remove middle eave bars; then follow instructions below: To release
SpanLatch™ purlins, push pointed end of purlin hook into release hole (with orange trigger) in bottom
of SpanLatch™ at an uphill angle until latch releases. Lift purlin off spacer. To avoid possible dam-
age, keep purlin under control. Do not let it swing under its own momentum against the purlin stop.
Use the gin pole (in same position as during assembly) to lower beams. Then, disassemble beam
sections: (Leave bolts/hardware together as complete assemblies for storage).
Do Not Stand or Walk in the Falling Path of the Beam
(Keep unlatched purlins under control. To avoid damage,
Do not let them swing under their own momentum.)
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Step 2
Step 3
HOLD ROPES
3 workers hold beam near vertical until joined by 3
additional workers to control beams descent
CONTROLLED DESCENT
4 or 5 workers control final descent of beam to ground
PURLIN RELEASE
1 worker releases final
SpanLatch purlin then joins
workers on hold ropes.
1 worker steadies
Gin Pole
SAFETY ROPES
2 workers pull until last purlin is released and beam
leans toward desired falling path, then join workers
on hold ropes to control descent.
DIAGONAL BEAM BRACE
Before releasing the next to last beam, re-install diagonal
beam braces. Do not remove braces until the last beam
is controlled by the harness for descent to ground.
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