Robinsons Victorian RUGBY 6 Dwarf User manual

NOMINAL SIZE A (mm) B (mm)
6 X 6
1968
1990
6 X 8 2610
6 X 10 3230
6 X 12 3850

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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-louvre, 6-roof, 7-vent, 8-glazing, 9-
vent attachment, 10-door attachment, 11 anchoring down, 12 finishing touches, 13 optional shelf, 14 optional staging. If you need to contact us for assis-
tance 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 separate all like for like com-
ponents prior to assembly. The ‘parts list’ also separates parts into the various sections 1 - 12 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 assembly of the building,
especially the glazing of the roof much more straight forward. Please be aware that the hinge door on your green-
house opens inwards, make sure that there will be no interference between the door and the foundations.
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
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 bolt slides into each glazing bar during con-
struction). Please also remember to slide in your 22mm bolts for attaching the decorative eave spandrels ‘DV100’ in
section 5.
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 and 5. 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 lad-
ders to the sides to support them if you do not have anyone to hold them for you.
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LOUVRE They attach to the building during the glazing process (8) like a piece of glass with a black separator above and below
them. If you are fitting an optional auto-louvre then you need to carefully drill (3mm bit) out the rivets which mount the
handle to the frame. You can then either utilise those holes or create more to mount the unit.
6 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. Attach your cresting before you glaze the building to give yourself more room to work. Utilise the 22mm
bolts slid into the side (section 1) and roof bars to attach your DV100 and DV101 spandrels.
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 will be attached to it later on (9).
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GLAZING
Layout the bar cappings and covers around the building like a sundial checking that all is present and correct. You can
also place the roof cappings 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 tapping screws to then hold the glass in place. The covers then enclose the screw heads giving a neat finish.
It is a good idea to glaze two roof sections first to ensure the building is square followed by two side sections to en-
sure the building isn't leaning.
IMPORTANT: On the roof sections please make sure that you place a screw around 25mm / 1” from the bottom of
each capping strip (create a hole in the plastic if required) and that the screws are nice and tight to avoid any glass
slippage.
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 movement (so insert stop / vent / stop). Attach the
Bayliss XL autovents.
10 DOOR
ATTACHMENT Your door comes pre-constructed and locked minus the handles and their pivot pin but now it needs to be mounted to
the front end of your building. Utilise the ‘DV522’ plates and twist in crop headed bolts to join the door and its frame to
the building (pinch the door frame against your long front verticals whilst tightening your ‘DV522’ plates to ensure that
there is no gap). If you are struggling to eradicate the gap between the door frame and verticals then some silicone
can be carefully applied to the area to create a vertical seal. Be careful not to lock yourself in the building and to avoid
damage do not open the door until it is attached to the front gable. Getting the door to swing perfectly without dropping
or rubbing on the ground may require some small but vital adjustments. You may also need to insert a packer under-
neath the door frame hinge to increase ground clearance. Part ‘DV275’ canopies the door frame top hiding the clear-
ance space at the top of the door. The door can only be made to swing inwards.
IMPORTANT: Please do NOT let the door slam open or closed as it is likely to cause damage to the door and the
frame. Please twist the handle to open and close. Please also be aware that your door KEYS (3 provided) are unique
to the building so they should not be stored together.
11 ANCHORING
DOWN Now that the greenhouse is finished and the door and vent/s are operating without interference then you need to an-
chor the building down using 2” rawl plugs and screws. Use a 7mm masonry bit in a hammer drill to create the holes.
12 FINISHING
TOUCHES Now that the main body of the structure is complete you can add; downpipe fittings, eave bungs, gutter stop ends. It is
also important to carefully apply some silicone to the internal eaves corners and external and internal ridge corners to
minimise the chance of water entering the structure.
13 OPTIONAL
SHELVING
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 construction 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 brackets are set
900mm from the cills though you can alter this to suit the end user/s. The aluminium shelf / staging slats come in two
lengths; (4’):1240mm ‘D2002’ and (6’):1860mm ’D2003’. These slats can combine to create any length of staging re-
quired, i.e. 4’+6’ = 10’ etc...
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STAGING

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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
DV213 1897 2
DV210 2517 2
DV211 3137 2
DV212 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
DV204 1897 1
DV201 2517 1
DV202 3137 1
DV203 3757 1
DV253 1345 4 6 8 10
RUBBER 1000 (1m)
11 17 22 27
D866 639 2 2 4 4
D863L 613 2 2 4 4
D863R 613 2 2 4 4
D862 593 2 2 4 4
D079
PLUS FLUFF
590 2 2 4 4
D114 N/A 4 4 8 8
D220
PLUS FS6060
SCREW
N/A 4 4 8 8
D205 N/A 4 4 8 8
DV230 1984 1
DV301LH
537 1
DV301RH 1
D608 1160 4
DV233LH
2173 1
DV233RH 1
DV308LH
1657 1
DV308RH 1
DV060 2091 1
DV269 468 2
DV272 1840 1
DV300 1193 4
DV250LH
1345
2
DV250RH
2
D671 610 1
DV275 904 1
DV104 N/A 4
DV105 N/A 2
RUBBER 1000 (1m)
37
D174
N/A
5
D163 90 2

5
1 D618 1144 4 6 8 10
2 / 10 D662 600 1
3 DV409 2091 1
10 DV479 1384 1
3 DV608L/R 1657 1 + 1
2 DV633L/R 2173
5 DV653 1378 4 6 8 10
1 + 1
2/3 D610 1160 4
1 D620 1144 4
5 DV650 1345 4
2/3 D614 1162
1 D619 1144 8 10 12 14
2 / 10 D666 602 1
3 DV436 2091 1
10 DV480 1384 1
3 DV609L/R 1657 1 + 1
2 DV634L/R 2173 1 + 1
5 DV656 1378 8 10 12 14
4
Section
Ref Part
No. Section Size (mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12
D522 N/A 10
D119 N/A 1
DV120 N/A 4
D841 N/A 2
D211
PIPE
1625 2
D207 N/A 2
D214 N/A 2
D201 N/A 2
D208 N/A 2
DV219 N/A 2
DV218 N/A 2
SILICONE
10mm
SYBOLM6X11
10mm
62 68 74
SYBOLM6X15
15mm
25 27 29
SYBOLM6X22
22mm
24 36 48
80
31
60
SYNUTM6
M6
NUT
111 131 151 171
MAIN FRAME QUANTITIES
VENTS / DOORS etc SEPERATE
Size
(mm) 6 6 6 8 6 10 6 12

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525 525
THRESHOLD OPENING. WIDTH OF 50mm. THIS NEEDS TO BE LEVEL WITH THE DOOR CONCRETE INFRONT OF THE DOOR END WALLWITH A MINIMUM TITLE: THRESHOLD THERE MUST BE A PROJECTION OF BRICKWORK / 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. PLEASE ALSO BE AWARE THAT THE DOOR OPENS INWARDS AND THEREFORE THE FOUNDATIONS NEED TO AVOID ANY DOOR INTERFERENCE. 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
ROBINSONS VICTORIAN
DWARF WALL RANGE
THIS PLAN APPLIES TO GREENHOUSE WITH DOORS AT ONE END ONLY!
RETURN
DIMENSION 'X'
964mm 964mm
OPENING
RETURN
OPENING
DOORWAY
BRICKWORK
RETURN
BRICKWORK
DIMENSION 'X' DIMENSION 'X'
BRICKWORK
DIMENSION 'X'
BRICKWORK
RETURN
DOORWAY
DOUBLE SKIN BRICKWORK THROUGHOUT OPTION
GREENHOUSE TYPE OVER ALL
WIDTH 'W' BRICKWORK RETURN
DIMENSION 'X'
RUGBY (6ft WIDTH) 1968mm 502mm
RUSHMOOR (8ft WIDTH) 2598mm 817mm
ROEDEAN (11ft WIDTH) 3532mm 1284mm
OVER ALL LENGTH 'L' = BASIC GREENHOUSE LENGTH
+ EXTENSION LENGTH IF REQUIRED
BASIC
GREENHOUSE LENGTH GREENHOUSE
EXTENSION EX. 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
OVER ALL WIDTH 'W'
OVER ALL LENGTH 'L'
50 mm MIN FOR
DOOR THRESHOLD
PIERS AT DOOR OPENING IN SINGLE SKIN BRICKWORK OPTION
50mm MIN FOR
DOOR TYHRESHOLD

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PARTITION
ONLY
REFER TO
SEPARATE
MANUAL
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
PARTITION
ONLY
REFER TO
SEPARATE
MANUAL

8
6
X 2
12
X 2
8
X 2
10
X 2
DV213
D043
DV210
D021
DV211
D022
DV212
D023
Part No mm Quantity
DV213 1897 2
D043 1894 2
D609 1160 4
D604 1316 4
D174 4
SYBOLM6X11 4
SYBOLM6X15 8
SYNUTM6 12
6 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 10
SYBOLM6X22 8
Part No mm Quantity
DV210 2517 2
D021 2514 2
D609 1160 6
D604 1316 4
D174 4
SYBOLM6X11 6
SYBOLM6X15 10
SYNUTM6 16
8 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 14
SYBOLM6X22 12
Part No mm Quantity
DV211 3137 2
D022 3134 2
D609 1160 8
D604 1316 4
D174 8
SYBOLM6X11 8
SYBOLM6X15 12
SYNUTM6 20
10 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 19
SYBOLM6X22 16
Part No mm Quantity
DV212 3757 2
D023 3754 2
D609 1160 10
D604 1316 4
D174 8
SYBOLM6X11 10
SYBOLM6X15 14
SYNUTM6 24
12 X 2 DWARF
Rubber 1000 24
SYBOLM6X22 20

9
D604
D604
15mm
D609
10mm
D609
TRANSIT
BOLT ON
DIAGONALS
15mm
22mm

10
D608
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
D608
DV300
DV300
DV233LH
DV233RH
15mm
10mm
15mm 15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
DV250LH
DV250RH
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
Part No mm Quantity
D671 610 1
D608 1160 2
DV233LH 2173 1
DV233RH 2173 1
DV250LH 1345 1
DV250RH 1345 1
DV269 468 2
DV275 904 1
DV300 1193 2
DV301LH 537 1
DV301RH 537 1
Part No mm Quantity
D174 2
M6X10 28
M6X15 8
M6NUT 36
DV104 2
D227 18m
DV105 1
D163 2
DV269 DV269
DV275
D671
DV301RH
DV301LH
6’ dwarf front
10mm 10mm

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DV301LH /
DV301RH
DV250LH
DV301LH /
DV301RH
D174
DV300
DV250RH
D608
DV105 D671
DV233LH /
DV233RH
DV250LH /
DV250RH
DV233LH /
DV233RH
D608
DV300
DV250LH /
DV250RH
DV269
DV104
DV104
DV250LH /
DV250RH
FLIP VIEW
DV233LH /
DV233RH
DV275
D163

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Part No mm Quantity
D608 1160 2
DV060 2091 1
DV230 1984 1
DV250LH 1345 1
DV250RH 1345 1
DV272 1840 1
DV300 1193 2
DV308LH 1657 1
DV308RH 1657 1
DV230
D608
Part No mm Quantity
D174 3
M6X10 22
M6X15 9
M6NUT 31
DV104 2
D227 19m
DV105 1
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
15mm
D608
DV300
DV300
DV308LH
DV308RH
DV060
DV272
DV250LH
DV250RH
10mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
15mm
10mm
15mm 10mm
15mm
10mm 15mm
15mm
15mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
6’ dwarf rear

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DV250LH
DV230
D174
DV300
DV230
DV250RH
D608
DV105 DV060
DV308LH /
DV308RH
DV250LH /
DV250RH
DV308LH /
DV308RH
D608
DV300
DV250LH /
DV250RH
DV272
DV104
DV104
DV250LH /
DV250RH
FLIP VIEW

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EQUAL

15
D168L
D168R (handle)
552
552
1
1
D165 612 2
D166 552 2
FS6013 12 4
Part No mm Quantity
INTERNAL VIEW
D165
D165
D166 D166
D168L D168R
D165
PINCH ALL GLASS RETAINERS
BEFORE GLAZING
D729TG - 100 x 525 panes x 6

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Part No mm Quantity
DV204 1897 1
DV253 1345 4
DV100 n/a 4
DV101 n/a 2
RUBBER 1000 11
SYBOLM6X11 8
SYBOLM6X22 16
SYNUTM6 32
6’
Part No mm Quantity
DV201 2517 1
DV253 1345 6
DV100 n/a 6
DV101 n/a 3
RUBBER 1000 17
SYBOLM6X11 12
SYBOLM6X22 24
SYNUTM6 48
8’
Part No mm Quantity
DV202 3137 1
DV253 1345 8
DV100 n/a 8
DV101 n/a 4
RUBBER 1000 22
SYBOLM6X11 16
SYBOLM6X22 32
SYNUTM6 64
10’
Part No mm Quantity
DV203 3757 1
DV253 1345 10
DV100 n/a 10
DV101 n/a 5
RUBBER 1000 27
SYBOLM6X11 20
SYBOLM6X22 40
SYNUTM6 80
12’
FINISH
EQUAL
ROFIN W/G ROCRE W/G
ROFIN W/G
START FINISH
D119
CUT
6mm
SILICONE
START
EQUAL

17
2
1
3
4
1
DV253
D609
2
DV253
DV253
4
3
10mm
22mm
10mm
22mm
DV101
DV100
DV100

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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

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