Robinsons Regatta DWARF User manual

NOMINAL SIZE A (mm) B (mm)
5 x 6
1654
1990
5 x 8 2610
5 x 10 3230
5 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. 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.
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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 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 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).
8
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 (D766/D767) 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,
9
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 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.
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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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
2
5
2
D071 1274 2
D070 1277 2
10mm 28 40 46
15mm 40 44 46
m6 68 84 92
34
42
76
22
36
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MAIN FRAME QUANTITIES
VENTS / DOORS etc SEPERATE
D044 1897 1
D001 2517 1
D002 3137 1
D003 3757 1
D752 882 4 6 8 10
RUBBER 1000
(1m) 8 11 15 18
D072 1277 1
2
4
D866 639 1 2 3 4
D863L 613 1 2 3 4
D863R
613 1 2 3 4
D862 593 1 2 3 4
D079
PLUS
FLUFF
590 1 2 3 4
D114 N/A 2 4 6 . 8
D220
PLUS
FS6060
SCREW
N/A 2 4 6 . 8
D205 N/A 2 4 6 . 8
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5 6 5 8 5 10 5 12
5
4
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5 6 5 8 5 10 5 12
5
4
DV301L
537 1
DV301R 1
D628 650 1
D756 1670 1
D788 1986 2
D785 1386 2
D608 1160 4
D789 1250 4
D111 N/A 2
D750
882
2
D751 2
RUBBER 1000
(1m) 27
D174
N/A
8

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1 D618 1144 2 4 6 8 10
5 D754 892 2 4 6 8 10
3 D786 1391 2
2 D819 227 2
2/3 D610 1160
1 D620 1144 4
5 D753 892 4
2 D766 1773 2
4
2/3 D614 1162 4
1 D619 1144 6 8 10 12 14
5 D755 892 6 8 10 12 14
2 D767 1773 2
3 D787 1391 2
2 D846 229 2
D762 +
D347 lock
=
D764
1714 1
D763 +
D156
strike =
D765
1714 1
D059+
D217
wheel =
D060
305 2
D061 305 2
D062 305 2
D233
797 8
P053 N/A 2
D225 610 1 CUT
D840
B
4000 1
D263
Pack
Of 7
N/A
14
N/A
14
D260
pack
N/A
24
D760 1714 1
D761 1714 1
D860 1240
D087 587 1
D082 1270 1
D081 1270 1
D163 90 2
D150 N/A 1
D222
/B 590 1
D204
L&R /B 1 + 1
D845 2
D312
2
1
D864 590 1
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 5 6 5 8 5 10 5 12
5
4
Section
Ref Part
No. Sec- tion Size (mm) 5 6 5 8 5 10 5 12
5
4

6

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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
Part No mm Quantity
D070 1277 2
D071 1274 2
D609 1160 2
D604 1316 2
D174 2
M6-10mm 2
M6-15mm 4
M6-NUT 6
4 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 5
D070
D071
4
X 2

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

10
D628
D788 D788
D608
D608
D751
+
D789
D789
D750
Part No mm Quantity
D174 4
M6X10 8
M6X15 14
M6NUT 22
D111 1
D227 15m
DV301R
DV301L
Part No mm Quantity
DV301L 537 1
DV301R 537 1
D608 1160 2
D628 650 1
D750 882 1
D751 882 1
D788 1986 2
D789 1250 2
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm

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D628
D789
D788
DV301L
D788
D750
D608
D174
D111
D751 D750
D750
D608
D789
DV301L
D788

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Part No mm Quantity
D608 1160 2
D750 882 1
D751 882 1
D756 1670 1
D785 1386 2
D789 1250 2
Part No mm Quantity
D174 4
M6X10 8
M6X15 10
M6NUT 18
D111 1
D227 12m
D756
D785 D785
D608
D608
D751
D789
D789
D750
10mm
15mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm
15mm

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D785
D750
D608
D756
D174
D789
D785
D756
D750
D608
D789
D111
D751 D750

14

15
2
1
2
D752
D609
1
D752
D752
12’
Part mm Quan.
D003 3757 1
D752 882 10
RUBBER 1000 18
20
Part mm Quan.
D002 3137 1
D752 882 8
RUBBER 1000 15
Part mm Quan.
D001 2517 1
D752 882 6
RUBBER 1000 11
Part mm Quan.
D044 1897 1
D752 882 4
RUBBER 1000 8
10’ 16
8’ 12
6’ 8
4’ 4
Part mm Quan.
D072 1277 1
D752 882 2
RUBBER 1000 4

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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

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
D1254
GLASS
D775
GLASS
D775
GLASS

20
Part No mm Q
D233
797 8
P053
N/A 2
D225 610
(cut 2
x 305)
1
D840B
4000 . 1
D263
PACK x 2
N/A 14
N/A 14
D261
PACK
N/A 24
D909
247 x 812
pane
D909
247 x 812
pane
8
D761
D233
D233
A
B
A
B
D061
D233
D233
D909
247 x 812
pane
D909
247 x 812
pane
D765
D764
D760
D762 + D347 lock =
D764
1714 1
D763 + D156 strike =
D765
1714 1
D760
1714 1
D761
1714 1
D059+D217 wheel =
D060
305 2
D061
305 2
D062
305 2
Part No mm Q
D840B
D840B
33mm
B