Suncast HomePlace Vintage Garden Building User manual

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Vintage Garden Building
Assembly Manual
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Dear Customer,
Thank you for the purchase of our garden building, with its excellence in craftsmanship and details.
We are proud to bring it to you from our Amish friends and neighbors, who build such remarkable
products.
Before you Begin
• Consult your local authorities for any permits required to construct the garden building.
• Complete site preparation and any needed foundation construction before unpacking the parts. It is
very important to assemble the unit on a rm, level surface.
• Read all instructions thoroughly prior to assembly. Assembly questions? Missing parts?
Call toll-free 866-768-8465, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Assistance is required. Due to the size of the parts, at least two people are required to handle, t
and secure the components. We strongly recommend having an experienced carpenter involved
with this project.
• Please note that the manual may show some options that were not included with your unit.
• It took two experienced men eight hours to assemble the garden building, using their air-powered
tools. However, it will probably take you a little longer since it will be a new project for you. While
air tools were used to assemble much of the unit in this manual, the unit can also be assembled
with hand tools.
Assembly Day Tips
• Safety rst!! Follow tool and equipment manufacturer’s instructions for the use of their products,
such as step ladders and power tools.
• Take care when removing parts from the packaging. There may be parts nested inside of cavities
in other sections.
• DO NOT attempt to assemble this item on a day with strong winds.
• Make sure that assistance is available for lifting and securing large sections in place.
• Wear light-duty work gloves while assembling unit.
• This product contains parts that are used in specic orientations to construct the garden building.
Please take note of the orientation of the parts. Suncast HomePlace is not responsible for
replacing parts lost or damaged due to incorrect assembly.
Tools Needed:
- Level
- Hammer
- Screw gun with Phillips drill bits
- Tape measure
- Reciprocating saw
- Skill saw
- Speed square
- Chisel
- Chalk line
- Pencil
- Caulk gun
- Two (2) step ladders
- Safety goggles
Also needed - heavy-duty silicone caulk, roof felt, shingles & paint
Hardware needed for assembly is included in the kit.

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Your unit will arrive completely packaged
and wrapped in plastic (similar to the kit pic-
tured). Leave the packaging intact until the
day you are ready to start assembly.
NOTE: complete site prep work before
starting assembly - unit should be built on a
level, solid surface. 4 to 5 inches of crushed
stone is recommended as a base.
Locate the small OSB cleats.
Locate and lay out oor as shown, stag-
gering the splices for added strength. The
outside band boards are notched where the
2x4 joists will be fastened.
Organize and lay out all the parts.
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Using the cleats, attach short oor joists to
long oor joists, keeping all pieces ush at
the top as shown in Steps 6 & 7.
The joists on both ends of the oor will only
have one cleat (cleat will face in towards the
interior)
Ensure that all oor joists are lined up with
the corresponding notches in the outside
band boards; fasten together with 3” nails.
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Joists will t into the notches as shown in
Steps 9 and 10.
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10.
Make sure oor is square. Floor is square
when diagonal measurements are equal.
Next, lay out engineered wood oor sections
as shown.
It is important to align oor decking properly
at edges.
Fasten with nails, spaced 8” apart.

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Tip - Be sure the oor is level before pro-
ceeding to the next steps.
Locate studs for front wall framing.
The double door may be installed at several
positions on one of the long walls (left of
center, center, or right of center). The door
could also be installed centered on one of
the short gable walls.
Bottom plate splice - note the notched ends.
Front wall framing - locate 6 notched
2x4’s, as shown.
Note - Notches are cut in top and bottom
wall plates to aid in the proper placement of
the wall studs (24” on center).
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The shorter studs (jack studs that t un-
der the ends of the door header) must be
installed in the bottom plate notches. The
space between the jack studs will be 70-
1/2”. The 78-1/2” studs are fastened to the
jack studs, providing 3” thick framing on
both sides of the door opening. Door head-
er consists of 3 pieces of pre-assembled
lumber.
Front wall framing layout for doors-on-left/
window-on-right is pictured here.
Taller door framing stud (king stud) will mea-
sure 78-1/2” due to not going into a notch.
Other studs that go into the notches will
measure 79”.
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20. Select studs with notches for window fram-
ing, and place them at appropriate locations
on the building when framing. Nail the hori-
zontal window framing pieces to the studs,
placing the horizontal pieces in the provided
notches.

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The top plate is composed of 2 layers. The
notches on the lower layer face down to
receive the wall studs. The notches on
the upper layer face up to receive the roof
rafters.
Fasten the lower layer to the wall studs be-
fore adding the upper layer.
NOTE: Make sure door and window open-
ings are square before proceeding (opening
is square when diagonal measurements are
equal).
Fasten with 3” nails.
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24. Locate and lay out siding as shown. Use
three 4’ pieces, starting from the right side
of the wall, with an overlap on the far right
hand side.

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26. First piece of siding on right hand side of the
wall is to be installed with the edge of the
siding overlap extending 1/2” past the end of
the wall framing, as shown.
Line up top of siding with bottom edge of top
plate, as shown.
Add a 2’ piece, with overlap on the right
side. Make sure all three joints between
siding pieces have one piece with an over-
lap, and the adjacent piece has an underlap.
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Underlap portion of rst 4-foot piece of sid-
ing should center on a wall stud as shown.
This will also help ensure that the wall will
be square/plumb when erected.
There will be 2-1/2” of overhang at bottom
edge of wall.

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30. Install all siding pieces as shown, keeping
groove reveal consistent at joints.
Fasten with 2” nails.
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Lift and set wall as shown.
Make sure edge of wall is ush with edge
of oor and that overhanging siding is tight
against the oor’s band board.