Robinsons DWARF User manual

NOMINAL SIZE A (mm) B (mm)
6 x 6
1960
1990
6 x 8 2610
6 x 10 3230
6 x 12 3850
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-sides, 2-front gable, 3-rear, 4-joining the four sides together, 5-roof, 6-vent, 7-door, 8-glazing, 9-vent
attachment, 10-door attachment, 11 anchoring down, 12 optional louvre, 13 optional shelf, 14 optional staging, 15 finishing touches. If you need to con-
tact 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. Most parts are numbered
and can be identified by a stamped number (without the ’D’) or removable label. Alternatively, the
components can be identified by lengths detailed in the packing list (see diagram below).
 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.
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SIDES 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 insuring 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 10. 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
FOUR SIDES Take the two sides (1) and both gables (2 & 3) and join them together on your base. It is a good idea to tie some ladders to the sides to support them if you do not have anyone to hold
them for you.
5 ROOF Attach ridge and then the rubbered-up roof bars ensuring that they are fully butted up to the
ridge and down onto the gutter. If you have cresting then it is a good idea to fit it before glaz-
ing, see section (15).
6a 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.
6b 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 will be attached to it later on (9).
7 DOOR Construct the door using the diagrams and then leave to one side ready for attachment in
section (10).
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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 which this bevelling ac-
tion allows the glass to tuck underneath the roof corner canopy. Use the capping and the self
tapping screws to then hold the glass in place. The covers then enclose the screw heads giv-
ing 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 (10) to give you more room to manoeuvre. It is a good
idea to glaze two roof sections first to ensure the building is square followed by two side sec-
tions to ensure the building isn't leaning,
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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.
10 DOOR
ATTACHMENT Utilise 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.
11 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.
12 OPTIONAL
LOUVRE They attach to the building during the glazing process (8) like a piece of glass with a black separator above and below them.
13
OPTIONAL
SHELVING
14
OPTIONAL
STAGING
15 FINISHING
TOUCHES Now that the main body of the structure is complete you can add; ridge caps, downpipe fit- tings, eave bungs. Images showing cresting and finial attachment, this is often easiest to do
after section (5) rather than using the vent apertures later on (i.e. before glazing).
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...

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Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12 Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12
D043 1894 2
D021 2514 2
D022 3134 2
D023 3754 2
D042 1897 2
D014 2517 2
D015 3137 2
D016 3757 2
D604 1316 4
D609 1160 4 6 8 10
RUBBER 1000
(1m)
10 14 19 24
D174
N/A
4 4 8 8
D044 1897 1
D001 2517 1
D002 3137 1
D003 3757 1
D063 1052 4 6 8 10
RUBBER 1000
(1m)
9 13 17 22
D605R(RH)
689 1
D606L(LH)
689 1
D036A 1976 1
D601 1460 2
D607 2060 2
D608 1160 4
D604 1316 4
D111 N/A 2
D850L 1052 2
D850R 1052 2
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 SCREW
N/A 2 2 4 4
D205 N/A 2 2 4 4
RUBBER 1000
(1m)
28
D174
N/A
8
D628 650 1

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Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12
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
N/A
7
N/A
7
D260
pack
N/A
12
D263
pack
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12
3 D611 1460 2
1 D618 1144 4 6 8 10
2 D689 245
5 D878 1062 4 6 8 10
2
2/3 D610 1160 4
1 D620 1144 4
2 D814 1883 2
5 D879 1062 4
2/3 D614 1162 4
3 D615 1462
1 D619 1144 8
2 D690 245 2
5 D809 1063 8
2 D836 1883 2
2
10 12 14
10 12 14
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
D222/B 590 1
D112 650 1
D845 N/A 2
D842 N/A 1
10mm 28 40 46
15mm 34 38 40
m6 62 78 86
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MAIN FRAME QUANTITIES
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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

8
6
X 2
12
X 2
8
X 2
10
X 2
D042
D043
D014
D021
D015
D022
D016
D023
Part No mm Quantity
D016 3757 2
D023 3754 2
D609 1160 10
D604 1316 4
D174 8
M6-
10mm 10
M6-
15mm 14
M6-
NUT 24
12 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 24
Part No mm Quantity
D015 3137 2
D022 3134 2
D609 1160 8
D604 1316 4
D174 8
M6-
10mm 8
M6-
15mm 12
M6-
NUT 20
10 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 19
Part No mm Quantity
D014 2517 2
D021 2514 2
D609 1160 6
D604 1316 4
D174 4
M6-
10mm 6
M6-
15mm 10
M6-
NUT 16
8 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 14
Part No mm Quantity
D042 1897 2
D043 1894 2
D609 1160 4
D604 1316 4
D174 4
M6-
10mm 4
M6-
15mm 8
M6-
NUT 12
6 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 10

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

10
D628
D607 D607
D608
D608
D850R
+
D604
D604
D850L
Part No mm Quantity
D174 4
M6X10 8
M6X15 16
M6NUT 24
D111 1
D227 15
D605
D606
Part No mm Quantity
D604 1316 2
D605 689 1
D606 689 1
D607 2060 2
D608 1160 2
D628 650 1
D850L 1052 1
D850R 1052 1
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm

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D628
D604
D607
D606
D607
D607
D850L
D608
D174
D111
D850R D850L
D850L
D608
D604
D606
D607

12
Part No mm Quantity
D036A 1976 1
D601 1460 2
D604 1316 2
D608 1160 2
D850L 1052 1
D850R 1052 1
Part No mm Quantity
D174 4
M6X10 8
M6X15 10
M6NUT 18
D111 1
D227 13
D036A
D601 D601
D608
D608
D850R
D604
D604
D850L
10mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm

13
D601
D850L
D608
D036A
D174
D604
D601
D036A
D850L
D608
D604
D111
D850R D850L

14

15
6’
Part No mm Quantity
D044 1897 1
D063 1052 4
RUBBER 1000 8.5
8
2
1
8’
Part No mm Quantity
D001 2517 1
D063 1052 6
RUBBER 1000 13
12 10’
Part No mm Quantity
D002 3137 1
D063 1052 8
RUBBER 1000 17
16 12’
Part No mm Quantity
D003 3757 1
D063 1052 10
RUBBER 1000 22
20
2
D063
D609
1
D063
D063

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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
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

17
D862 D862
D863L
2
2
2
2
2
FLIP
VIEW
D119
CUT
6mm
SILICONE

18
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

19
D1210
GLASS
D893
GLASS
D893
GLASS

20
D090 + D347 lock =
D301
1824 1
D094
1824 1
D096 + D217 wheel =
D307
611 1
D095
611 1
D097
611 1
Part No mm Q
D232
905 2
D233 797 2
P053
N/A 1
D225
610 1
D840B
4000 . 1
N/A 7
N/A 7
D260
PACK
N/A 12
D263
PACK
Part No mm Q
D911
555 x 812
pane
D912
555 x 922
pane
D301
4
D094
D095
D233
D232
0
A
B
A
B
D095
D233
D232
B
33mm