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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS The area you chose to install your building must be level, and flat- the more care you take in ensuring the ground where your building is to be installed is level and flat the easier your building will be to install Fit left-hand side panel to rear panel as below using 3 x M8x100mm Coach screws and washers- Top middle &...
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit right-hand side panel to rear panel as below using 3 x M8x100mm Coach screws and washers. Top middle & bottom. Ensure the panel is level & upright. You can temporarily fix using 100mm screws and install the coach screws and washers when all 4 walls are fitted together and squared up Approx.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit front panel to both side panels as below using 3 x M8x100mm Coach screws and washers to each side. Top middle & bottom. Ensure the panel is level & upright. You can temporarily fix using 100mm screws and install the coach screws and washers when all 4 walls are fitted together and squared up.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit left & right-hand gable ends to the top of side walls (the block fixed to the underside of the gable end needs to butt up to the shelter wall). Fix the gables in position temporarily using 100mm screws, once you are happy with the position fix using 3 x M8 x100mm coach screws and washers from the underside of the top rail of the sidewall up and into the uprights on the gable ends.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit the front height extension panel to the top of the front panel. The top height extension panel bottom shiplap board oversails the bottom timber and when in position the oversail shiplap needs to be nailed to the front panel top beam. Temporarily fix using 100mm screws, once you are happy with the position fix using 3 x M8x100mm coach screws and washers.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fix roof purlins to top of support rail, each purlin sits above the indicated pencil mark- fix from below using 100mm screws- also install additional screws from side or top of purlin through into the top rail of the gable end to stop any twisting. The 2 purlins which fit into the metal hangers front &...
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit the first full-length roof sheets starting from the back at the left-hand side (note 10ft deep shelters only need one full sheet to reach from eve to apex) ensure the edge of the first sheet fits tight into the bargeboard on the gable end and ensure the overlap to back of building is adequate for water run-off.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Fit the front and rear cover fillets, screw in place using 2 x 70mm No. 4 screws top, middle & bottom. For eCONO Plus shelters fit the gallows brackets using 100mm No. 5 screws, one top & bottom & fit the front fascia timber (18mmx145mm) using 8 x No. 5x50mm screws.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS KICK BOARD LINED- optional extra on 10ft deep shelters Install the kick boarding sheets following the design below- the kickboards will have letters marked in pencil on them. Start with the first board hard into the corner, fix using 40mm galvanised nails. Start with A- finish with G.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS Completed shelter PLEASE FIX DOWN TO STOP YOUR SHELTER BLOWING OVER IN HIGH WINDS. We suggest bolting down to a concrete slab or fence posts driven into the ground a minimum of 2ft on all corners and bolted to the shelter.
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS 12 x 10 Materials List • 10 x Full black roof sheets • 5 x black ridge caps • 1 back panel – approx. 3.47m wide • 2 x side panels – approx. 3.0m wide •...
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12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS 12x12 Materials List • 10 x Full black roof sheets & 10 x Half black roof sheets • 5 x black ridge caps • 1 back panel – approx. 3.47m wide • 2 x side panels – approx. 3.6m wide •...
12x10 & 12x12 eCONO Apex Shelter FITTING INSTRUCTIONS YOU WILL NEED THE TOOLS BELOW TO INSTALL YOU SHELTER 6ft Level, hammer, tape measure, Posi-drive No.2 screwdriver, 13mm Socket wrench or spanner, ladder. HEALTH & SAFETY You have chosen to fit you shelter yourself – please be very careful during construction •...
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