Fitting Additional Rails (Accessory) - Worcester FKT Series Installation Instructions Manual

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5.7

Fitting additional rails (accessory)

Additional measures are needed for installation heights
of 20 to 100 m and/or with standard snow loads of 2.0 to
2
3.1 kN/m
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USER NOTE
The example here shows an installation
on pan tile roofs. The additional rails can
also be installed on other types of roof de-
scribed in this manual.
Fitting additional roof hooks
Additional roof hooks must be fitted for attaching the
snow load profiles.
B Fasten additional roof hooks (Fig. 28, Item 1) as cen-
trally as possible between the upper and lower roof
hooks already fitted.
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USER NOTE
There must be at least one free row of
tiles between the upper, middle and lower
roof hooks.
Fastening the snow load profile to the roof hooks
B Push sliding nut (Fig. 29, Item 1) onto the roof hook
in the direction of the arrow.
B Place the snow load profile (Fig. 29, Item 2) onto
the roof hooks and tighten using an M8 bolt (Fig. 29,
Item 3).
B Make sure snow load profiles are level and flush
(use string line).
Installing the profile rails
The profile rails must be joined before they are fastened.
Please see Chapter 5.8.1 "Connecting profile rails".
B Place the profile rails (Fig. 30, Item 1) into the inden-
tations (Fig. 30, Item 2) on the snow load profiles
and loosely fasten using bolt and sliding nut (Fig. 30,
Item 3) so that the profile rails can still be aligned.
B Carry out the same procedure for the other profile
rails.
To continue with the installation, see Chapter 5.8.3
"Aligning the profile rails".
6 720 613 055 (2006/04)
Fitting the roof connection and profile rails
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Fig. 28 Additional roof hooks for the snow load profile
(here: for two collectors)
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3
2
Fig. 29 Fastening the snow load profile
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2
3
Fig. 30 Fitting landscape profile rails
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