Little Cottage Colonial 8x8 Installation guide

LITTLE COTTAGE CO.
PO Box 455, Berlin, OH 44610 • 330-893-4212 • www.cottagekits.com
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8x8 Colonial
Greenhouse
8x12 Colonial Greenhouse
- Cordless Drill (12V or higher)
- #2 Square Drive Bit
- Hammer
- 6’ Step Ladder
- Tape Measure
- Square utility knife with
blade & hook blade
- Speed Square
- 5/16” Wood Drill bit
Tools Needed:
Sizes: 8’x8’ - 10’x16’
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1. Thank you for purchasing from Little Cottage
Co! Begin your kit by locating the 4x4 pressure
treated runners. Place them roughly 6’ apart.
2. Next locate 2x4’s for oor.
3. Make sure joist and rim are ush as shown and
secure with 2 1/2” screws.
4. Next measure 13” from outside to 4x4 runner.
5. Use square to place 4x4 as shown. 6. Make sure 2x4 and 4x4’s are ush. Secure with
2 1/2” screws on angle as shown.

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7. Once 2x4’s are in place, verify that ooring
structure is square by measuring from corner to
corner as shown.
8. Next measure 16” on Center, and secure 2x4’s
into 4x4 by toe nailing a 2 1/2” screw on both
sides.
9. Set sheeting in place using angles to ensure
sheeting is ush on both sides. Secure in place by
driving 1 1/4” screws through the sheeting and
into the 2x4’s every 8”.
10.Continue to set remaining sheeting until the
entire oor is in place.
11. Next locate the walls. 12. Locate the rst wall panel and set in place.

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13. Make sure stud is ush with edge of oor
structure using an angle. Apply pressure from
outside and secure with 2 1/2” screws.
14. Secure at the opposite end in a similar
manner as well as at every stud in between.
15. Set the next panel in place. 16. Apply pressure on the outside as before and
secure with 2 1/2” screw.
17. Next make sure walls are ush on inside and
secure with 2 1/2” screw.
18. Use 1 1/4” screws to secure wall as shown.

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19. Set the next set of walls in place by letters. 20. Continue with walls per diagram as shown.
21. Make sure the walls are ush on the inside
and secure with 2 1/2” screws as shown.
22. Next install end wall.
23. Apply pressure on outside while fastening
with 2 1/2” screw from inside as shown.
24. Apply pressure on all walls as shown before
securing with 2 1/2” screws.

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25. Next apply pressure on corners as shown. 26. Secure with 2 1/2” Screws on an angle.
27. Remove 2x4 plate underneath door. 28. Next install door panel.
29. Apply pressure on outside and secure with
2 1/2” screw.
30. Secure corner with 2 1/2” screw.

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31. Make sure you have 34” between door
opening.
32. Secure wall with 2 1/2” screws.
33. Secure 1 1/4” screws every 8” on bottom all
around the outside.
34. Secure 1 1/4” screws every 8” on all corners.
35. Locate 2x6 top plates with 3/4” trim as
shown.
36. Top plates are marked for trusses as shown.

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37. Wall is marked where top plate starts. 38. Next install top plate, make sure 2x6 is at the
pencil mark as shown in the last picture.
39. Fasten with 2 1/2” screws every 16” o.c. 40. Make sure the top plate is ush on the inside
as well as shown, before fastening.
41. Top plates are complete. 42. Next locate gable wall and use it for truss
assemble as shown.

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43. Lay rafters on top of gable, so all trusses will
be the same. Place truss gussets as shown, and
secure with 1 1/4” screws.
44. Flip truss around as shown.
45. Repeat with gusset as shown. Truss gets a
gusset on each side.
46. Next install gables.
47. Secure with 2 1/2” screws once gable is in
place.
48. Make sure 2x4’s are ush and secure with
2 1/2” screws as shown.

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49. Gables are completed. 50. Next set trusses.
51. When securing truss use (3) 2 1/2” screws
as shown (1) on top and (1) on each side of the
truss.
52. Trusses are completed.
53. Next locate 2x3’s for Purlins. 54. Purlins will be installed on top of trusses for
Sunsky to set on.