Freedom Showers Flat Top Slot Series User manual

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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PLEASE READ THESE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY PRIOR TO INSTALLING THIS SHOWER SEAT
IMPORTANT: THIS PRODUCT SHOULD ONLY BE INSTALLED BY QUALIFIED AND TRAINED PERSONNEL
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS COULD LEAD TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE SHOWER SEAT,
STRUCTURAL AND/OR WATER DAMAGE TO THE WALL AND IN-WALL SUPPORT STRUCTURES, AND/OR SERIOUS
BODILY INJURY IN USE. IN ADDITION, ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WILL BE NULL & VOID DUE TO
IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THIS PRODUCT. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE
RESULTING FROM SERVICES PERFORMED BY OTHERS, OR FAULTY INSTALLATION, MISUSE OR MISAPPLICATION OF
GOODS.
THIS PRODUCT IS DESIGNED TO MEET OR EXCEED ALL LOAD REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN THE FEDERAL
SPECIFICATION #WW-P-541/8b AT 250 POUNDS OF FORCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PRODUCT IS SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED BY THE STRENGTH OF THE WALL TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED.
TO ASSURE PROPER AND SAFE INSTALLATION, THIS SHOWER SEAT MUST BE INSTALLED INTO A MINIMUM 2” THICK,
SOLID WOOD, IN-WALL BACKING MATERIAL. MAKE CERTAIN IN-WALL BACKING COMPLIES WITH ALL LOCAL BUILDING
CODE REQUIREMENTS.
MAXIMUM WEIGHT CAPACITY FOR THIS PRODUCT IS 400 LBS. WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED.
1. Remove the Silhouee Shower Seat from the shipping carton. Carefully unwrap packaging as the Seat Back
Rest and mounng screws are packaged separately inside the carton.
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2. Locang the Shower Seat in the desired posion for Walk-in Showers and Tub Enclosures.
Walk-in Shower
Tub Enclosure
Remove and open the paper template from the
shipping carton.
Locate the area with 2” solid wood in-wall
backing. Determine desired seat height (ADA
requirements spulate a seat height of 17” – 19”
from the floor). Using the template (supplied by
manufacturer), align hole centerlines with the in-
wall backing. Using a level (not provided) ensure
the “Top of Seat Frame Mounng Bracket” line is
level.
Tape the template into posion on the mounng
surface.
When installing the seat in a tub enclosure, place
the shower seat (in the open posion) against
the template, prior to installaon, to ensure the
boom of the seat will clear the tub dam.
Using a pencil or suitable marker, it is extremely
important you mark the center of each of the six
(6) mounng holes precisely on the mounng
surface. (See Diagram A)
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Proceed cauously through the following steps in this installaon process to avoid drilling into in-wall water supply lines.
3. Mounng the Silhouee Shower Seat in Tiled Wall Enclosure.
All mounng points must fasten into structural wood backing, minimum 2” thickness.
Avoid electrical and/or plumbing behind the wall, and where possible drill through le – not through grout.
Step #1
Drill through the le only with a 1/4“ Carbide le drill bit (not provided) at the six (6) locaons marked on
the wall to create clearance holes, leaving a center point mark in the cement board backing to use as a guide
for Step #2.
Step #2
Use a power drill with a 3/16” Standard drill bit (not provided) and drill into the 2” thick solid wood backing
in the wall, using the center point guide marks created in Step #1. Fill the clearance holes on the mounng
surface with silicone to ensure a water-ght seal will be created at all mounng locaons.
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Diagram A
NOTE:
The seat boom panel is aached to the aluminum frame at the factory using high-strength VHB tape.
Do NOT aempt to remove the seat boom panel from the seat frame as it may cause severe damage to the seat.
To ensure proper and safe installaon, the shower seat should not shiin any direcon on the mounng surface.
Hardware Provided: (6) #14 Flat Head Phillips sheet metal screws 2-1/2” length.
Tools required: Marking pencil/pen, level, masking tape, power drill, 1/4” Carbide le drill bits, 3/16” Standard drill bit,
#3 phillips driver, silicone.
THIS COMPLETES THE INSTALLATION OF THE SILHOUETTE SHOWER SEAT.
Step #3
Secure the Seat Mounng Bracket to the wall
using the (6) #14 Flat Head Phillips sheet
metal screws (supplied by manufacturer)
and screw into the solid wood backing,
starng with the top two hole locaons.
Do NOT ghten the mounng screws
completely unl ALL (6) screws are in place.
Step #4
Once all six (6) screws have been ghtened,
install the seat backrest by placing the four (4)
pins (aached to the backside of the phenolic
seat backrest panel) into the four (4) sloed
key-holes on the seat frame. The backrest
panel should easily slide down approximately
½” unl secure in its normal posion. Make
certain all four (4) pins are engaged in each
key-hole slot.
To remove the seat backrest, slide the
backrest panel up approximately ½” so the
four (4) pins align with the enlarged poron of
the key-hole slots on the seat frame, and pull
the backrest away from the frame.
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