Robinsons 5ft Wide LEAN-TO User manual

NOMINAL SIZE A (mm) B (mm)
5lt x 8
1620 2610
5lt x 10 3230
5lt x 12 3850
5lt X 6 1990
NOMINAL SIZE A (mm) B (mm)
6ft extension
-
1860
8ft extension 2480
10ft extension 3100
12ft extension 3720

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Thank you for purchasing your new Robinsons greenhouse. We recommend you familiarise yourself with the instructions and read all safety
information before you commence assembly. This instruction manual is also available online at www.robinsonsgreenhouses.co.uk
in our technical help section should you need to reprint it. Should you require any additional advice you can always call us on 01782 385409.
These instructions are divided into sections highlighted by a white number/letter on a black background at the bottom corner of most pages (see opposite
page for details); part lists, B-base, P-preparation, 1-side, 2-front gable, 3-rear, 4-joining the three sides together, 5-roof, 6-wall attachment, 7-vent, 8-
door, 9-glazing, 10-vent attachment, 11-door attachment, 12-anchoring down, 13-optional louvre, 14-optional shelf, 15-optional staging, 16-finishing
touches. If you need to contact us for assistance please refer to the relevant section/s. If your building is longer than 12’, i.e. has an extension then
please also refer the separate extension manual.
Safety Warning
 Glass and aluminium can potentially cause injury. Please ensure you wear protective goggles, gloves, headgear and suitable footwear when
assembling and glazing the building.
 Please remember that glass is fragile and should be handled with extreme care. Always clear up and dispose of any breakages immediately.
 Do not assemble the greenhouse in high winds.
 For safety reasons and ease of assembly, we recommend that this greenhouse is assembled by a minimum of two people.
 Please clear all lying snow from the greenhouse roof as it can cause the roof to buckle or collapse.
Site Preparation
 When selecting a site for your greenhouse, it is vital that you choose as flat and level an area as possible.
 A concrete or slabbed base will provide the most solid foundation for your greenhouse.
 IMPORTANT: Do not fix your building down until the building is fully assembled, including glazing.
 Avoid placing your greenhouse under trees or in other vulnerable locations.
 To minimise the risk of wind damage, try to select as sheltered a site as possible, e.g. beside a hedgerow or garden fence.
Additional Considerations
 Please bear in mind that assembling your greenhouse can be time consuming. You may need to spread the construction over two or more
days. We recommend that you avoid leaving the building partially glazed. If you ever have to leave your greenhouse half assembled and not
anchored down, weigh it down with slabs or bags of sand to stop the wind moving it.
 You will find it helpful to prepare a large, clean and clear area in which to work in. A garage floor or flat lawn area is ideal.
 If you have arranged for someone to install your greenhouse for you, please check that all components are included. Some parts are numbered
and can be identified by a stamped or hand written number (without the ’D’). Alternatively, the components can be identified by their distinctive
profiles, lengths and quantities detailed in the parts list (see next page).
 Anchoring down your greenhouse should be the final stage of construction (including glazing).
 Once installed your greenhouse requires little maintenance, but to maintain the smooth running of
your door(s) WD40 or similar can be applied to the door wheels and lower door guides.
Guarantee
 Your new Robinsons greenhouse is guaranteed for 10 years against faulty manufacture of the frame-
work. This does not include glazing, moving parts, accidental damage or wind damage.
KEY
SYMBOL KEY DESCRIPTION
EXTERNAL VIEW
THINK
THIS SECTION
RELATES TO
ANOTHER
(e.g. 1 to 5)
CORRECT
DO NOT FIX DOWN!
TWIST TO LOCK
TIGHTEN
PUSH AND HOLD
CUT TO LENGTH
INTERNAL VIEW
639mm D866

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SECTION
No TITLE ASSEMBLY SYNOPSIS: IMPORTANT INFORMATION / CONSIDERATIONS
PARTS LIST Most components should have a ‘D’ code punched into their metal surface. Identify and sepa- rate all like for like components prior to assembly. The ‘parts list’ also separates parts into the
various sections shown below. Parts can also be identified by their profile pictures and stated
lengths etc..
B BASE Base dimensions and recommendations. Ensure that your base is level as this will make as-
sembly of the building, especially the glazing of the roof much more straight forward.
P PREPARATION Tools required. IMPORTANT: Use WD40 or similar in the glazing bar channels and insert the
black glazing rubber prior to frame assembly.
1
SIDE Take the side glazing bars ‘D609’ with the rubber inserted and the diagonal braces ‘D604’, use 10mm bolts to join them to the gutter and 15mm bolts to the cills (note how the head of
the bolts slide into each glazing bar during construction).
2 FRONT Again ensuring that the gable framework is rubbered-up follow the diagrams to assemble
each end of the building. Make sure that you have inserted the extra bolts utilised in sections
4, 5 and 11. On the roof and side corner bars not every rubber channel will require rubber
unless it is to be utilised in a partition (see separate manual and section P).
3 REAR
4 JOINING THE
THREE SIDES Take the side (1) and both gables (2 & 3) and join them together on your base. It is a good idea to tie some ladders to the side to support them if you do not have anyone to hold them
for you.
5 ROOF Attach the ridge and then the rubbered-up roof bars ensuring that they are fully butted up to
the ridge and down onto the gutter. Some tubular braces are supplied to add extra strength,
they can be fitted now or later with crop head bolts.
7a VENT Once the vent is glazed add silicone to the vent sides and top. Stand the vent/s on their hinge
(vent top) and then leave the silicone to set.
7b VENT SLAM The slam bar ‘D079’ can be moved up and down between the roof glazing bars so that it can
be butted down onto the pane of glass beneath, the autovent is attached to it later on (10).
8 DOOR Construct the door using the diagrams and then leave to one side ready for attachment in
section (11).
9
GLAZING
Layout the bar capping and covers around the building like a sundial checking that all is pre-
sent and correct. You can also place the roof capping in the gutters so they are closer to
hand. The glass in the ends has to bevel on the black separator strip, this bevelling action
allows the glass to tuck underneath the roof corner canopy. Use the capping and the self tap-
ping screws to then hold the glass in place. The covers then enclose the screw heads giving a
neat finish. A top tip is to not attach the door post capping (D814/D836) until you have fitted the door
runner and threshold (11) to give you more room to manoeuvre.
10
VENT
ATTACHMENT
Take the assembled vent and slide the vent hinge ‘D866’ into the end of the ridge allowing the
vent the pivot open and closed. Vent stops go either side of the vent to stop any lateral move-
ment (so insert stop / vent / stop). Attachment of the Bayliss XL autovents.
11 DOOR
ATTACHMENT Use the bolts inserted in section (2) to attach the upper door track. The lower door runner ’D860’ and ramp threshold ‘D087’ push down and lock together.
12 ANCHORING
DOWN Now that the greenhouse is finished and the door and vent/s are operating without interfer- ence then you need to anchor the building down using 2” rawl plugs and screws. Use a 7mm
masonry bit in a hammer drill to create the holes.
13 OPTIONAL
LOUVRE They attach to the building during the glazing process (9) like a piece of glass with a black separator above and below them.
14
OPTIONAL
SHELVING
15
OPTIONAL
STAGING
16 FINISHING
TOUCHES Now that the main body of the structure is complete you can add; downpipe fittings, eave bungs.
Robinsons integral cantilever staging and shelving attaches to the inside of the greenhouse
frame using either square head bolts (insert four into each side glazing bar ’D609’ during con-
struction of the sides (1)) or rectangular ‘crop head’ bolts which can be fitted retrospectively
(both sets of bolts accompany the shelving/staging). This system allows the height of either
the staging or the shelf to be set at an operator specific height. Commonly the staging brack-
ets are set 900mm from the cills though you can alter this to suit the end user/s. The alumin-
ium shelf / staging slats come in two lengths; (4’):1240mm ‘D2002’ and (6’):1860mm ’D2003’.
These slats can combine to create any length of staging required, i.e. 4’+6’ = 10’ etc...
6 REAR WALL
ATTACHMENT The main body of the frame is complete it can be attached to the wall. Make sure that the wall bars are vertical and the ridge is horizontal then drill and screw the building to the wall. Do not
attach the base to the ground until section (12) as your building may not be square.

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Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5lt 6 5lt 8 5lt 10 5lt 12 Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5lt 6 5lt 8 5lt 10 5lt 12
D043 1894 1
D021 2514 1
D022 3134 1
D023 3754 1
D042 1897 1
D014 2517 1
D015 3137 1
D016 3757 1
D604 1316 2
D609 1160 2 3 4 5
RUBBER 1000 (1m)
5 6 7 8.5
D174
N/A
2 2 4 4
D866 639 1 1 2 2
D863L 613 1 1 2 2
D863R 613 1 1 2 2
D862 593 1 1 2 2
D079
PLUS FLUFF
590 1 1 2 2
D114 N/A 2 2 4 4
D220
PLUS FS6060
SCREW
N/A 2 2 4 4
D205 N/A 2 2 4 4
D039L
1625 1?
D039R 1?
D668
1004 1?
D669 1?
D628 650 1
D608 1160 2
D655 1906 1
D656 1610 1
D657 1314 2
D670 2210 1
D675 2506 1
D110 1585 1
D626 1497 2
D149 N/A 2
D045 1897 1
D007 2517 1
D008 3137 1
D009 3757 1
D065 1744 2 3 4 5
RUBBER 1000 (1m)
7 11 14 18
D854L
1744
1
D854R 1
RUBBER 1000 (1m)
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D174
N/A
8

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D090 +
D347 lock =
D301
1824 1
D094 1824 1
D096 +
D217 wheel =
D307
611 1
D095 611 1
D097 611 1
D232 905 2
D233 797 2
P053 N/A 1
D225 610 1
D840B 4000 1
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5lt 6 5lt 8 5lt 10 5lt 12 Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5lt 6 5lt 8 5lt 10 5lt 12
1 D618 1144 2 3 4 5
2/3 D658 1314 2
3 D659 1610 1
2 D660 311 1
3 D661 1906 1
2 D662 600 1
5 D870 601 2 3 4 5
5 D876 1152 2 3 4 5
2/3 D610 1160 2
1 D620 1144 2
2 D814 1883 2
5 D871 601 2
5 D877 1152 2
2/3 D614 1162
1 D619 1144 4 5 6 7
2/3 D663 1316 2
3 D664 1610 1
3 D665 1908 1
2 D666 602 1
2 D667 313 1
5 D811 1754 4
2 D836 1883 2
2
5 6 7
D860 1240 1
D087 587 1
D084 1270 1
D083 1270 1
D627 114 1
D163 90 2
D154 N/A 1
D864 590 1
10mm 23 26 29
15mm 38 39 40
m6 61 65 69
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MAIN FRAME QUANTITIES
VENTS / DOORS etc SEPERATE

600mm
50mm MINIMUM
600
TITLE:
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GUIDANCE NOTE FOR ROBINSONS DWARF WALL GREENHOUSES.
FOOTINGS CONCRETE STRIP FOOTINGS SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 400mm WIDE X 200mm DEEP. IF THE SITE IS ON MADE UP GROUND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE FOOTINGS ARE CUT INTO THE COMPACTED GROUND BELOW. WHERE THE GROUND IS LIABLE TO MOVEMENT SUCH AS HEAVY CLAY OR LOOSE SANDY SOIL REINFORCING SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CONCRETE FOOTINGS. WALLS IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT THE BRICKWORK IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED AND IS SQUARE, LEVEL AND UPRIGHT, THE DIAGONAL MEASUREMENTS SHOULD BE EQUAL. WALLS CAN BE EITHER DOUBLE OR SINGLE SKIN. THE TOP COURSE OF BRICKS SHOULD BE LAID FROG DOWN. IF ENGINEERING BRICKS ARE USED FOR THE TOP COURSE PLEASE ENSURE THEY ARE SOLID NOT CELLULAR (WITH HOLES THROUGH THEM) OR FIXING DOWN OF THE GREENHOUSE WILL BE A PROBLEM. BRICKS SHOULD BE A GOOD QUALITY STOCK BRICK, SAND FACED FLETTON TYPE BRICKS ARE NOT SUITABLE. GABLE DOOR OPENING THE DOOR THRESHOLD REQUIRES BRICK WORK ACROSS THE OPENING WHICH SHOULD BE LEVEL WITH THE FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL (F.F.L) OF THE GREENHOUSE. THE OPENING FOR THE DOORWAY AND THE HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE WALL FROM THE THRESHOLD LEVEL REQUIRE THE HIGHEST ACCURACY AND ARE MOST IMPORTANT SO THAT THE DOOR FITS THE APERTURE CORRECTLY. IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAKE A WOODEN TEMPLATE TO CHECK THE DOOR APERTURE DIMs. IF SINGLE SKIN WALLS ARE USED THEN PIERS SHOULD BE FORMED AT THE DOOR OPENING. IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE DOOR THRESHOLD THERE MUST BE A PROJECTION OF BRICKWORK / CONCRETE INFRONT OF THE DOOR END WALLWITH A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 50mm. THIS NEEDS TO BE LEVEL WITH THE DOOR THRESHOLD OPENING. Property of 'Robinsons Greenhouses'
5LT DWARF WALL PLAN
OVERALL LENGTH 'L'
DOOR
1620mm OVERALL WIDTH
655mm
965mm
OVER ALL LENGTH 'L' = BASIC GREENHOUSE LENGTH
+ EXTENSION IF REQUIRED
BASIC
GREENHOUSE LENGTH GREENHOUSE
EXTENSION LENGTH
6ft LONG 1990mm 6ft EXT LONG 1860mm 8ft LONG 2610mm 8ft EXT LONG 2480mm
10ft LONG 3230mm 10ft EXT LONG 3100mm 12ft LONG 3850mm 12ft EXT LONG 3720mm
DOUBLE BRICK
SKIN OPTION
MIRROR LINE FOR DOOR AT OTHER END
SINGLE BRICK SKIN OPTION
WITH PIER

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Feed glazing rubber into each glazing bar and
trim to length. Notice that some channels are
only used on a partition. Applying a lubricant to
the aluminium channels will speed up insertion.
The frame is assembled by feeding square
headed bolts, either 10mm or 15mm in length
into the slots on glazing bars and then locating
those bolts through holes in purlings and cills,
etc… Twist in (rectangular) crop headed bolts
are also used towards the end of construction
to attach components to the frame when the
glazing bar slots are no longer exposed at the
ends. 10mm
15mm

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12
X 1
8
X 1
10
X 1
D042
D043
D014
D021
D015
D022
D016
D023
Part No mm Quantity
D016 3757 1
D023 3754 1
D609 1160 5
D604 1316 2
D174 4
M6-
10mm 5
M6-
15mm 7
M6-
NUT 12
12 X 1 DWARF
Rubber 1000 12
Part No mm Quantity
D015 3137 1
D022 3134 1
D609 1160 4
D604 1316 2
D174 4
M6-
10mm 4
M6-
15mm 6
M6-
NUT 10
10 X 1 DWARF
Rubber 1000 9.5
Part No mm Quantity
D014 2517 1
D021 2514 1
D609 1160 3
D604 1316 2
D174 2
M6-
10mm 3
M6-
15mm 5
M6-
NUT 8
8 X 1 DWARF
Rubber 1000 7
Part No mm Quantity
D042 1897 1
D043 1894 1
D609 1160 2
D604 1316 2
D174 2
M6-
10mm 2
M6-
15mm 4
M6-
NUT 6
6 X 1 DWARF
Rubber 1000 5
6
X 1

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D604
TRANSIT
BOLT ON
DIAGONALS
15mm
D604
15mm
D609
10mm
D609

10
D657
Part No mm Quantity
D608 1160 1
D626 1497 1
D628 650 1
D657 1314 1
D669 1004 1
D670 2210 1
D675 2506 1
D854R 1744 1
D628
D670 D670
D608 D608
D854R
D626 D626
D854L
Part No mm Quantity
D174 3
M6X10 9
M6X15 11
M6NUT 20
D149 1
D227 17m
+
D657
D628
D675 D675
Part No mm Quantity
D608 1160 1
D626 1497 1
D628 650 1
D657 1314 1
D668 1004 1
D670 2210 1
D675 2506 1
D854L 1744 1
DOOR ON LEFT DOOR ON RIGHT
DOOR ON
LEFT
EXTERNAL
VIEW
DOOR ON
RIGHT
EXTERNAL
VIEW
D669 D668
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm 15mm
10mm
10mm

11
D628
D670 D626
D670
D174
D608
D669 /
D668
D608 D626
D854R /
D854L
D670
D675
D149
D854R /
D854L
D854R /
D854L
D675

12
D657
D039L
D656 D656
D608 D608
D854R
D626 D626
D854L
Part No mm Quantity
D174 2
M6X10 7
M6X15 11
M6NUT 18
D149 1
D227 14m
D657
D039R
D655 D655
Part No mm Quantity
D039R 1625 1
D110 1585 1
D608 1160 1
D626 1497 1
D655 1906 1
D656 1610 1
D657 1314 1
D854R 1744 1
DOOR ON
LEFT
EXTERNAL
VIEW
DOOR ON
RIGHT
EXTERNAL
VIEW
Part No mm Quantity
D039L 1625 1
D110 1585 1
D608 1160 1
D626 1497 1
D655 1906 1
D656 1610 1
D657 1314 1
D854L 1744 1
D110 D110
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm 15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm 10mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm

13
D655
D039L /
D039R
D854R /
D854L
D656
D149
D854R /
D854L
D656
D110
D608
D626
D854R /
D854L
D110
D608
D174
D626
D656
D039L /
D039R
D039L /
D039R

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EQUAL

15
6’
Part No mm Quantity
D045 1897 1
D065 1744 2
RUBBER 1000 7
D126 445 2
4 8’
Part No mm Quantity
D007 2517 1
D065 1744 3
RUBBER 1000 11
D126 445 3
6 10’
Part No mm Quantity
D008 3137 1
D065 1744 4
RUBBER 1000 14
D126 445 4
8 12’
Part No mm Quantity
D009 3757 1
D065 1744 5
RUBBER 1000 18
D126 445 5
10
X2
1
2
1
D065
2
D065
D609
D126

16
D234
EQUAL
D234

17
5x6 5x8 5x10 5x12
Part No mm Quantity
SYSCR3 75 10 11 12 13
SYRAWL 50 10 11 12 13
7mm
No 10 x 3”
D119
SILICONE
There are various methods for attaching your greenhouse frame to its wall.
1) Drill through the vertical wall bars with a 7mm drill/hammer drill using a 7mm masonry bit, Use 3”
screws to secure the wall bars.
2) Drill through the vertical wall bars with a 7mm drill bit and enlarge the inner hole to 10mm. Use 2“
screws to secure the wall bars hiding the screw heads inside the bars to give a neat finish.
3) Use L-shaped brackets and 2” screws to secure the frame to the wall similar to anchoring the green-
house down (e.g. section 12).

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D1208
1 of -
610 x 610
pane
D866
D863R
D863L
D866 639 1
D863L 613 1
D863R 613 1
D862 593 1
Part No mm Quantity
D220
PLUS
FS6060 SCREW
N/A 2
D205 N/A 2
SY-
BOLM6X11 10 4
SYNUTM6 M6 4
8 X 12 S/T
FS6017 10 2
Part No mm Quantity
8 x 19 S/T
FS6018 19 2
D863R
D866
2
2
D1208
1 of -
610 x 610
pane

19
D862 D862
D863L
2
2
2
2
2
FLIP
VIEW
D119
CUT
6mm
SILICONE

20
D114
D079
FLIP
VIEW
D079
PLUS
FLUFF
590 1
D114 N/A 2
Part No mm Quantity
SY-
BOLM6X11 10 2
SY-
BOLM6X15 15 2
SYBOLM6
X11CROP 10 2
SYNUTM6 N/A 4
Part No mm Quantity
D114