Empire Apex Summerhouse 5060659536980 User manual

WARNING
SAFE UNPACKING
Please follow the instrucons for safe unpacking of your garden building
UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS
• Please read though the instrucons before aempng to build the product.
• Posion the pallet on rm level ground
• Cut the plasc banding
• Unpack the pallet by removing the screws from one panel at a me as shown.
Two people required
Empire Sheds cannot take responsibility for your safety while handling this product.
Image for illustraon purposes only, your shed may vary
Instrucons
Apex Summerhouse

Gable top
(4)
Roof Truss
(4)
Bargeboard
for 4 Apex
Roof Truss
(6)
Gable top
(6)
Final Bargeboard
for 6 Apex
Cover strip Felt Fixing
Pack
4x4 2040020411 6x4 2140020611 8x4 2140020611
10x4 2240020811 12x4 2240020811 14x4 234002010 11 16x4 234002010 11 18x4 244002012 11 20x4 244002012 11
4x6 0000224611 6x6 0001224811 8x6 0001224811
10x6 000222410 11 12x6 000222410 11 14x6 000322412 11 16x6 000322412 11 18x6 000422414 11 20x6 000422414 11
Parts Checklist
4x6
oor
2x6
oor
4x4
oor
2x4
oor
4 blank
panel
2
blank panel
4 widow
panel
4 door
panel
4 Roof
panel
for 6 wide
2
roof
panel
for
6
wide
4 Roof
panel for
4 wide
2
roof
panel
for 4
wide
Heavy duty bearer
(For 6)
Heavy duty bearer
(For 4)
4x4 00102011002002 6x4 00112211002202 8x4 00203021004002
10x4 00213221004202 12x4 00304031006002 14x4 00314231006202 16x4 00405041008002 18x4 00415241008202 20x4 005060510010 002
4x6 10002211200020 6x6 11002411220020 8x6 20003221400020
10x6 21003421420020 12x6 30004231600020 14x6 31004431620020 16x6 40005241800020 18x6 41005441820020 20x6 5000625110 00020

Ensure the base is level and is built on rm ground, to prevent distoron. The base
should be slightly smaller than the external measurement of the building to allow
water to run away freely. i.e. the cladding should overlap the base.
When construcng your base, remember not to build it too close to walls, fences,
trees or overhanging bushes as this may cause issues with water ingress over a long
period.
Base
Timber
As mber is a natural product it is prone to changes in appearance during dierent
weather condions, including swelling, warping and spling. Whilst every eort is
made to hand pick mber to avoid splits and knothole, there may be instances
where the mber has shrunk and small knots may have fallen out, or a small split
may have appeared. Unfortunately, we can not take responsibility for the seasoning
of the mber, but we can give helpful advice on how to treat the issue. None of the
menoned instances will aect the structural integrity of the product.
70mm
1. Floor
a. Starng with the oor panels laid upside down, screw the panels together
using 3 x 50mm screws in each join.
b. Turn the oor over so that it is the correct way up and aach the 2 heavy
duty oor bearers as shown below. These must sit ush with the oorboards
c. Lay the completed oor in the desired locaon and think about where you
want to posion the walls. The gable walls (Panels which have the triangles on
top) will sit on top of the heavy duty bearers. e. On the inside of the
door, line up the lock
with the pre-drilled hole
in the door and x in
place with the screws.
d. Fix the turn buon to the door
frame at the top of the door. Don’t
screw in too ghtly or it won’t turn.
2. Door
a. Lie the doors into the door frame on a at surface with
the cladding facing upwards, ensuring that the doors are
square in the door opening.
b. Posion the T hinges in each corner as shown. With the
T hinges in place, using the 25mm screws, x the hinges to
the frame and door using just 1 screw in the frame and 1
in the door. Make sure that the door can open and close
freely and then x the remining screws into the hinges.
25mm
......
.
.
c. Aach the bolts to
the top and boom
of the inside of the
door which has no
weather strip
aached.

b. If you have a 6 wide shed, you will need to posion one of the 2 side panels next to
the 4 panel to make up the 6 gable end. Screw these two panels together on the in-
side of the shed using 3 x 50mm screws
a. Pick out one of the 4 panels that will be part of the gable end of your shed and place
this on top of one of the heavy-duty oor bearers and line it up so that it is ush with the
side of the oor.
c. Fix the remaining wall panels together in your desired layout using the same method.
d. Once all of the side panels are xed together you can then aach the sides to the oor
by screwing through the boom internal frame into the oor panel, using 70mm screws.
4. Front and Top Gables
b. Aach the gable tops to the gable end panels (the panels which are on the heavy-duty
bearers) by screwing up through the internal framing using 50mm screws. Make sure that
they are ush with the front and back of the panel.
50mm

5. Apex supports
For sheds with mulple roof boards, aach
the roof connector batons to the underside
of the roof panels as shown using 50mm
screws. For larger roofs 10 and above the
batons will need to be aached to both
ends.
Lay the roof boards on top of the
shed as shown, ensuring that the
panels sit halfway across the
apex roof supports, so that the
next panel has space to t onto
the same support.
For sheds with more than 2 roof panels in length, posion
the apex supports so that the roof panels sit halfway across
each support, x with 50mm screws. Ensure that the nished
roof will overhang the gable ends equally.
50mm screws
50mm screws
Once all of the roof boards have been placed onto the shed,
screw the centre of the underside of the roof together.
Then x the gables, roof supports and the boom edge of the
shed using the 50mm screws.

Front/Rear panel
.
.
.
40mm Nails
Pent end panel
(sloping panel)
c. Finally, aach the cover trim to all
corners and all joins between panels
using 4x 40mm nails for each strip, as
shown.
13mm Nails
...
..
.
.
.
13mm Nails
6. Roof felt
a. Starng with the lower part of the roof, aach the felt using the 13mm clout
nails ensuring that there is a 30mm overhang around the edge. Next roll out and
aach the centre piece of felt as shown above
b. Aach the roof trim to the front and rear of the sheds using the 40mm nails.
Use step Ladders when nailing the felt on to the roof, do not climb on
top of the roof as it is not designed to hold the weight of a person.
7. Windows
The glazing for the windows is already ed , but we recommend applying
a bead of waterproof sealant (not supplied) around the outside edge of
the window to help prevent water ingress