Landscape Forms Connect 2.0 User manual

Tools Required
•Safety glasses
•protective padding
•5/32” hex key
•ladder
•T55 torx driver
•Proper personnel for lifting panels (75lbs)
•glass handling equipment, to lift 150lbs
Installation Guide
Connect 2.0 Shelter, 8ft solar unit, louvered metal roof assembly
www.landscapeforms.com Ph: 800.521.2546
Date: January 9, 2023
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8ft
ASSEMBLE WITH CARE! Pangard IIPolyester Powdercoat is a strong, long-lasting
finish. To protect this finish during assembly, place unwrapped powdercoated parts on
packaging foam or other non-marring surface. Do not place or slide powdercoated parts
on concrete or other hard or textured surface –this will damage the finish causing rust to
occur. Use touch-up paint on any gouges in the finish caused by assembly tools.
1. Anchor kit installation
2. Frame assembly
3. Roof assembly
4. Wall glass assembly
5. Wiring connections
Order of operations:
Included components:
5/16 CAMTAINER
NUT –24X
5/16 x 6” THREADED
ROD -6X
5/16 x 6-1/2”
THREADED ROD -18X
5/16 SET
SCREW -4X
¼-20 x 3/4”
BHCS-16X DOUBLE ENDED
RATCHET WITH 3/16”
BIT-1X
FRONT/REAR
CASTING
–12X
HOLES
MIDDLE
CASTING
– 6X
HOLES
8FT INT
LOUVER
–19X
HOLES
8FT
FRONT/REAR
LOUVER –2X
HOLES
L-ANGLE
-LONG -2X
SOLAR PANEL -
1X
SOLAR PANEL EXTENSION
HARNESS -2X
JUNCTION BOX
COVER -1X
¼-20 x 1-1/4”
SHCS -10X
SOLAR PANEL
C-SHAPED
GASKET - 2X
C-CHANNEL -
LONG
-2X
C-CHANNEL -
SHORT
-2X
L-ANGLE -
SHORT
-2X
SPACER
BLOCK - 4X
10-24 x 5/8”
SHCS -8X
GLASS STORAGE & HANDLING! The glass will arrive to the job site on
separate pallets from the metal components. Handling of the glass panels
is potentially hazardous and proper procedures should be followed. The
crate for the glass panels should be slightly elevated on the front side to
prevent the glass panels from falling forward when the front is removed
from the crate.

Installation Guide
Connect 2.0 Shelter, 8ft solar unit, louvered metal roof assembly
www.landscapeforms.com Ph: 800.521.2546
Date: January 9, 2023
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ASSEMBLE WITH CARE! Pangard IIPolyester Powdercoat is a strong, long-lasting finish. To protect this finish during
assembly, place unwrapped powdercoated parts on packaging foam or other non-marring surface. Do not place or slide
powdercoated parts on concrete or other hard or textured surface –this will damage the finish causing rust to occur.
Use touch-up paint on any gouges in the finish caused by assembly tools.
INSTALLATION:
1. Install one set screw in the center threaded hole of each rafter. Head of screw should be flush or just below top
of rafter.
2. Install threaded rods into rafters, see Fig. 4 and Fig. 4A for locations of 6” and 6-1/2” long rods.
3. Set castings in position on rafter, installing over threaded rods. Front and rear castings will overhang the edge of
the rafter, with the hole in the end face of each casting oriented on the outside edge, see Fig. 4.
4. Set louvers in position. The front and rear louvers have holes on the face of the slat. Those holes should be
oriented to the inside of the roof. Each location on the casting for accepting louvers, that isn’t drilled, will have a
locating bump. The holes in the short side of the louver should sit on those bumps.
5. Set second set of castings on top of louvers. Install camtainer nuts loosely on the six 6” threaded rods in the
middle of the center rafter.
6. Using the double ended ratchet and 3/16” bit, install button head cap screws on the front and rear louvers, see
Fig. 4.
7. Install panel stop blocks on rear ends of long c-channels, see Fig. 3, found in hardware pack #62946.
8. Place C channel extrusions on roof, with open channels facing each other as shown in Fig. 4.
9. Loosely install camtainer nuts on threaded rods as shown in Fig. 4. Adjust position of the C channel until the
width between them is 71-1/2” on both ends and the cross diagonal dimensions measure the same. Distance
between short c-channels should be 42-9/16”. See Fig 5.
10. Tighten all hardware.
11. Connect solar panel extension harnesses as shown in Fig. 2.
12. Install junction box cover on solar panel. See Fig. 1 for location. Remove backing on VHB strips and adhere to
clean, dry solar panel.
13. Install long U-shaped gaskets on short edges of solar panel. Install short U-shaped gaskets, centered on long
sides of panel.
14. Using proper glass handling techniques, set solar panel in position on top of C-channels in center of roof.
Junction box should be on the underside of the panel, toward the front of the shelter, see Fig. 6. Connect wires
to connectors that are factory-installed in front horizontal beam. Route wires in between roof panels, down
along front of center rafter, tucking excess wires along side of rafter, see Fig. 8. Rafter skin will be installed after
downlight is installed (see separate instructions).
15. Install L-angles as shown in Fig. 6, placing on top of C-channels until mounting holes align. Use hardware pack
#62946.
16. Proceed to Wall Glass Installation Guide if applicable. If unit is specified with no wall glass, proceed to Solar
Wiring Installation Guide.
WIRING
CONNECTIONS
JUNCTION
BOX
Fig. 1 –install junction box
SHORT U-
GASKET -
2X
LONG U-
GASKET -
2X
Fig. 2 –install junction box

Installation Guide
Connect 2.0 Shelter, 8ft solar unit, louvered metal roof assembly
www.landscapeforms.com Ph: 800.521.2546
Date: January 9, 2023
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ASSEMBLE WITH CARE! Pangard IIPolyester Powdercoat is a strong, long-lasting finish. To protect this finish during
assembly, place unwrapped powdercoated parts on packaging foam or other non-marring surface. Do not place or slide
powdercoated parts on concrete or other hard or textured surface –this will damage the finish causing rust to occur.
Use touch-up paint on any gouges in the finish caused by assembly tools.
FRONT/REAR
CASTING
FRONT/REAR
CASTING
Fig. 4 –louvered metal roof installation
THREADED
ROD *SEE
FIG. 4A*
SET SCREW
CAMTAINER NUT
BHCS
FRONT/REAR
CASTING
FRONT/REAR
LOUVER
C-CHANNEL
SHORT
C-CHANNEL
LONG
REAR
10-24 x 5/8”
SHCS
PANEL
STOP
Fig. 3 –install panel stops
THREADED HOLES
ON C-CHANNEL
6-1/2”
LONG
THREADED
ROD
6” LONG
THREADED RODS
6 PLACES
CENTER RAFTER
ONLY
Fig. 4A –install threaded rods on center rafter
6-1/2”
LONG
THREADED
ROD

Installation Guide
Connect 2.0 Shelter, 8ft solar unit, louvered metal roof assembly
www.landscapeforms.com Ph: 800.521.2546
Date: January 9, 2023
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Fig. 5 –spacing of c channels
EQ.EQ.
SOLAR
PANEL
5/16”
CAMTAINER NUT
WITH THREADED ROD
Fig. 7 –detail view of panel install
L-ANGLE -
LONG
LOUVER
CASTING C-CHANNEL
PANEL STOP
BLOCK
¼-20 x 1-1/4”
SHCS
WIRES IN
BETWEEN 4th
and 5th
LOUVERS
Fig. 8 –route solar panel wires
ALONG
RAFTER
WIRES IN
FRONT
OF RAFTER
INSTALLED
JUNCTION BOX
LOCATION,
UNDERSIDE OF
PANEL
Fig. 6 –solar panel installation
¼-20 x 1-1/4”
SHCS
SOLAR PANEL
¼-20 x 1-1/4”
SHCS
L-ANGLE -
SHORT
L-ANGLE -
LONG
¼-20 x 1-1/4”
SHCS
REAR
U-GASKET,
BOTH ENDS
OF PANEL
U-GASKET,
BOTH SIDES