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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6’ x 8’ Cedar Summerhouse Assembly Instructions Contents: Section Page Introduction Base Preparation Overview Floor Assembly Side Assembly 7-12 Door Installation 13-14 Roof Assembly 15-23 Side Cloaking Fixing to base Roof Felting 26-28 Fascias and capping 29-33 Slatted Roof Installation (optional) 34-37 Top Cap and Finial Casement stay set-up...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Thank you for purchasing your new Alton summerhouse. We recommend you familiarise yourself with the instructions and read all safety information before you commence assembly. This instruction manual is also available online at www.greenhousepeople.co.uk in the technical help section should you need to reprint it. Should you require any additional advice you can always call us on 01782 385409.

  • Page 4: Base Preparation

    Choose a site where the summerhouse is relatively easy to get to and convenient to bring a supply of electricity to. Finally, and most importantly, choose a site where your Alton summerhouse will look right so that it will complement your garden.

  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview To build your new summerhouse you will need the following tools: Spirit Level Pencil PZ2 Screwdriver Bit Cordless Screwdriver (2 would be ideal, 1 to drill and 1 to screw) 4mm Drill Bit Hammer Step ladders x 2 Hand Saw There are 7 different types of fixings used in the construction of the summerhouse.

  • Page 6: Floor Assembly

    Floor Assembly Begin by laying out the 3 floor sections face down on your prepared area. Slide them together making sure the outside edges line up. Drill pilot holes with the drill bit provided and fix with 60mm passivated screws at the points shown by the arrows in the diagram below. Diagram 1 Once fixed together, with help, turn the base over and move into position.

  • Page 7: Side Assembly

    Side Assembly Diagram 3 The positioning of the side panels is entirely flexible and can be decided as you fit them, so for example if you want an opening window in the rear corner of the building you can. This instruction manual will show the standard layout.
  • Page 8 Side Assembly When fixing the panels bear in mind which faces will be most visible when you walk into the building. Try to keep the screw heads on the least visible faces where possible. Diagram 6...
  • Page 9 Side Assembly If you have followed the standard panel layout you can now fit a window section. Again it is up to you whether you chose a fixed window or opening window section. If the opening window is next to the door it does have the potential to knock into the window frame when open. If the cabin hook is used correctly this shouldn’t be an issue.
  • Page 10 Side Assembly Continue to fix the panels as you have been doing... Diagram 8...
  • Page 11 Side Assembly Diagram 9 Dia. 10 Diagram 10 When fixing window sections together you should drill your pilot hole through the frame as normal, just be extra careful you don’t drill into the window frame on the other side. Then fix with 60mm passivated screws.
  • Page 12 Side Assembly Diagram 11 With all the side sections in place you can now install the door. Remember not to fix the sides to the floor yet.

  • Page 13: Door Installation

    Door Installation Diagram 12 Before you can install the door section you need to fit the door handle. Slide the spindle through the Dia. 13 lock to give you the position of the handle on the door. Fix the handle with the 3.5 x 25mm countersunk screws supplied.
  • Page 14 Door Installation Slot the door section into position, drill pilot holes shown by the arrows below and fix with 60mm passivated screws. Diagram 14...

  • Page 15: Roof Assembly

    Roof Assembly You can now start to construct the roof. First you should fix the ridge infill (AB0014) to one of the ridge sections (AB0020). Drill three pilot holes in the infill section and fix with 40mm pan head screws. The infill should be level with the notches on the underside of the ridge section and extend beyond the ends by around 15mm (diagram 16).
  • Page 16 Roof Assembly Next you can attach the two ridge brackets EV1004. Line the tab up with the grove on the underside of the ridge bar (diagram 18). Slot the two parts together, drill a pilot hole and fix with 50mm countersunk screws. Diagram 17 Dia.
  • Page 17 Roof Assembly Add the last bracket (EV1006) to the middle of the two ridge bars, drill pilot holes and fix this in place with four 50mm countersunk screws. Make sure this is central to the two ridge sections. Diagram 20 Dia.
  • Page 18 Roof Assembly Diagram 23 With help lift the roof assembly onto the sides. Don’t fix this down until all the roof bars are in place. Now slot the rest of the roof bars into position. Fix them to the ridge brackets as you go. Diagram 24 AB0011...
  • Page 19 Roof Assembly With all the roof bars in place you should then drill 2 pilot holes in the bottom of each roof bar. This should go vertically down so that the screw goes into the corner bar of the side frame. The diagram below shows a good position for the hole (diagram 25).
  • Page 20 Door Installation Diagram 26 With all the roof bars installed you can fit the soffit boards. These are fixed to the top of the side panels (diagram 27). Push the soffits tight up AB0055 against the underside of the roof bars. Screw position shown in diagram 28.
  • Page 21 Roof Assembly Have a helper hold the soffit in position while you fix it from the inside through the pre-drilled holes with 4 x 80mm countersunk stainless steel screws. Its important to keep the ends inline with the joint between side panels. Diagram 28 Diagram 29 Work your way around the...
  • Page 22 Roof Assembly Diagram 31 Its best to fit all the soffits to the sides leaving the last one in the least visible place possible in case you have to trim the soffit or there is a slightly larger gap than normal. With all the roof bars fixed in place you can attach the ply roof sheets.
  • Page 23 Roof Assembly Diagram 33 Make sure the ply roof sheet does protrude past soffits.

  • Page 24: Side Cloaking

    Side Cloaking Diagram 34 Work your way around the building fitting the roof sheets, leaving out one double section and one single as you will use these as a template for the roof felt. AB0081 Diagram 35 Now is a good time to fit the side corner cloaking.

  • Page 25: Fixing To Base

    Fixing to Base Diagram 37 Line the corner up with the floor before fixing You can now fix the sides to the floor. Drill pilot holes in the cill section of the side frame and fix down with 60mm screws. 2005mm Diagram 38...

  • Page 26: Roof Felting

    Roof Felting Take the role of roof felt (grit side down) and roll it out somewhere flat e.g. a garage floor. Also it is a good idea to have a sheet of ply or something similar to slide under the felt to protect the floor when cutting. Diagram 39 Lay the single ply roof sheet onto the felt and mark out 50mm from the edge all the way around it.
  • Page 27 Roof Felting Diagram 42 Centerline of ply panel 50mm Now position the double ply panel as shown in diagram 42. As before you want to mark out 50mm around the ply. Lightly mark the centerline of the ply panel so you can position this edge 50mm in from the edge of the felt sheet.
  • Page 28 Roof Felting Lay the first piece of roof felt onto the ply roof, this should have about 50mm overhang at the bottom of the roof. Using the clout nails provided fix the sheet to the roof. When nailing you should position the nail no more than 20mm from the joint in the ply sheets so the nail goes into the roof bar.

  • Page 29: Fascias And Capping

    Fascias and Capping N.B. If you have the optional slatted roof go to section 11 now. With all the felt in place you can begin to fix the fascias. Start with the Diagram 45 fascia above the door. You will notice the holes are slightly off-set, this install...
  • Page 30 Fascias and Capping When fitting the next fascia section adjust the position until you get a neat joint between the two sections. You may find you need to adjust the first one to get them to sit right. Measure from the underside of the soffit to get the fascia in the same position as the first.
  • Page 31 Fascias and Capping Before you can fix the roof capping in place you need to trim it to length (the full length capping is used on the optional slatted roof). Trim 10 pieces at the end with the bevel so the square end that goes at the bottom of the roof is kept tidy and pre-treated.
  • Page 32 Fascias and Capping Diagram 51 Diagram 52 Once all the corner capping pieces are in position space the tops out evenly and fix into position.
  • Page 33 Fascias and Capping Next fit the intermediate capping strips. Find the centre of the fascia board and make a small mark on the top edge so it can’t be seen from below. Use this to position the bottom of the capping, make sure the capping is running straight and fix the bottom with a 50mm countersunk screw.

  • Page 34: Slatted Roof Installation (Optional)

    Slatted Roof Installation (optional) With all the felt in place you can lower the first slatted roof panel into place. Its best to start above the door and work around the building from there. Ask a helper to hold the first roof panel while you position the fascia board below.
  • Page 35 Slatted Roof Installation (optional) When fitting the next fascia board adjust the position until you get a neat joint between the two boards. You may find you need to adjust the first one to get them to sit correctly. You will need to trim the felt at the corners, trim the bottom layer and overlap the top layer.
  • Page 36 Slatted Roof Installation (optional) Diagram 59 When all of the fascias are in place lay on the rest of the roof panels. Now you can fit the capping working your way around the building. As you position each one, line the end up with the outer point of the joint between fascias (diagram 59).
  • Page 37 Slatted Roof Installation (optional) Once all the capping pieces are in position space the tops out evenly and fix into position. Diagram 60 Finish fixing the capping with the final 2 screws per strip. Diagram 61...

  • Page 38: Top Cap And Finial

    Top Cap and Finial On the underside of the top cap AB0106 (AB0101) mark the centerline, then Diagram 62 AB0106 measure in from each end by 100mm and make a mark. Drill a pilot hole at these points. Then find the centre point of the finial (AB0106) and mark this.

  • Page 39: Casement Stay Setup

    Casement Stay Setup Remove the casement stay peg Diagram 65 from below the window rail, keep the screw as you will need this to re-attach the peg (diagram 65). Then remove the transit screw and washer from the casement stay handle, again keep this screw for the peg (diagram 66).

  • Page 40: Cabin Hook Fitting

    Cabin Hook Fitting Firstly fit the cabin hook eye plate to the door. This should fit close to the bottom of the mid rail and 178mm in from the hinge side (diagram 68). Fix in place with two 25mm countersunk stainless steel screws.
  • Page 41 Cabin Hook Fitting With the cabin hook (AB0145) slotted onto the eye, position the back plate of the hook against the side panel. This should be fixed just below the window frame to make sure it doesn’t interfere. Screw the first 25mm screw into the top hole of the back plate, and the second screw in the bottom hole should be angled up slightly to be sure to pick up the softwood frame behind.

  • Page 42: Architrave Fitting

    Architrave fitting Dia. 73 Diagram 72 Finally you need to fit the architrave on the inside of the door frame. Measure 12mm from the inside face AB0093 of the door frame (diagram 74) and make a mark at the top and bottom on each side.

  • Page 43: Window Trim Fitting

    Window trim fitting Dia. 75 Diagram 75 Diagram 74 As with the architrave the window trims are fitted with four panel pins per side. (diagram 74). These need to be fitted to all window sections.

  • Page 44: Weather Strip Fitting

    Weather Strip Fitting Finally you need to attach the weather strips to all the panels with windows fitted. These locate with the cladding as shown in diagram 70. Push it tight up against the cladding above. You then simply screw from the inside of the building through the cladding as close to the horizontal rail as possible.
  • Page 45 Notes...

  • Page 46: Parts Lists

    Parts List BOM No. Part No. Part description Quantity ABCEDOCT66     Octagonal Summerhouse 6x6        ABA0002  Oct End Base Assembly 66  2     ABA0004  Oct Base Insert Assembly 68  1     ABA0025  SH Oct Side Panel Clad_Single_Plain  2     ABA0026F  SH Oct Side Panel Clad_Single_Window_Fixed  2     ABA0026V  SH Oct Side Panel Clad_Single_Window_Vent  2     ABA0027  SH Oct Side Panel Clad_Double_Plain  1     ABA0041  SH Door Frame Assembly_Double  1 ...
  • Page 47 Parts List BOM No. Part No. Part description Quantity ABSMA010     Smalls Pack 010        EV0332  40mm  x 4 Pan Poz A2 SS woodscrew EV0332  80     EV0333  50mm  x 5 Csk pozi woodscrew A2 SS EV0333  92     EV0334  80mm  x 5 Csk pozi woodscrew A2 SS EV0334  100     EV0336  25mm x 3.5 Csk pozi woodscrew A2 SS EV0336   12     EV0337  4mm HSS  1     02‐1675  Clout Nails 1/2in  125     02‐1680  Panel Pin 30 X 1.6mm S/steel  48 ...
  • Page 48 Alton Garden Buildings, TGP Ltd, Blythe Park, Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9RD Telephone: 01782 385 409 www.Altongreenhouses.co.uk sales@altongreenhouses.co.uk...

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