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MODEL ZX4700
Assembly Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Drill
• File
• Measuring tape
• Sledgehammer
• Stepladder
LIST OF PARTS
Half hoop x 22
13Nail x 60
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Polytunnels are sturdy and strong, so wherever you build one, you can be sure it will
be safe. However, if you have the luxury of space, consider the following when
choosing the location and alignment of your polytunnel:
• A location that provides a little cover (such as near a wall or hedge) is better
than an exposed location. Try to leave at least 1m of space on each side of
the polytunnel for ease of access and cleaning.
• Try to have one of the sides of the polytunnel facing the prevailing wind to
protect your doors from the elements.
• An East-West facing tunnel will become very warm in the summer months.
• A North-South facing tunnel will receive slightly more sunlight at one end,
giving you a warm end and a slightly cooler end.
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SITE PREPARATION
2. Place a ground peg in corner 1 (do not hammer it down all the way yet).
4. Measure 5.8m from each of these and place ground pegs in corners 3 and 4.
Steps 2-4
5. Measure the length of the diagonals. If they are the same length, your site is
squared. If not, adjust the ground pegs slightly until the diagonals measure
the same length.
Step 5
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6. Drive your ground pegs down using a sledge hammer, leaving 50mm visible
above ground. Use a piece of timber as a cushion between the hammer and
the ground peg to avoid deforming the ground peg.
FRAME ASSEMBLY
Step 1
2. Stand your completed hoop up and slide it onto two parallel ground pegs. If
the hoops do not slide on to the ground pegs freely, you may have to file
the inside of the hoops.
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3. Connect the ridge bars between all the t-tubes and crosses along the length
of the tunnel. Use a step-ladder if necessary.
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
6. Join the two Q-clips with a bolt and two nuts as shown.
Use the large nut as a spacer between the two Q-clips.
Keep the small nut to the inside of the tunnel so that it
does not poke into the polythene. Do not tighten the
bolts completely until you have completed steps 7-9. Step 6
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7. Attach a Q-clip to the opposite end of the prop bar, pointing towards the
end hoop.
8. Mark the point where your prop bar reaches the end hoop, and attach a Q-
clip, pointing back towards the second hoop.
9. Join the two Q-clips as in step 6. Fully tighten all nuts on both sets of clips.
10. Repeat steps 4-9 in the remaining three corners of the tunnel.
1. Dig a trench all around the outside of the tunnel (except for the area in front
of the two doorways). The trench should begin 150mm outside the ground
pegs, and measure 300mm wide and 300mm deep.
Step 1
2. Place anti hot spot tape over all steel surfaces which
will be in contact with the polythene sheet. This
Step 2
includes the top surface of all hoops and the
outside faces of both end hoops.
Step 2
3. Anti hot spot repair tape should be placed over old
anti hot spot tape periodically, as it degrades over
time.
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3. Cut a series of sections around the doorframe, starting with the centre, each
60cm wide. Do not cut past the point where the polythene meets the
doorframe.
Step 3
4. With the help of a second person, stand at opposite doorways and pull the
sheet tightly at the centre of the doorframe (Section 1 in the image above).
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Step 6
10. Place 3-4 shovels of soil into the trench between each set of hoops and
around the ends of the tunnel, covering the ends of the polythene sheet.
Step 10
Step 10
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11. Remove bagginess by pulling the sheet and soil from the centre out to each
end.
Step 11
12. Lift the sheet and tread down heavily on the soil, further stretching the
sheet. Add more soil and continue to compact it underfoot until the trench
is full along both sides of the tunnel. Do not fill in the trench at the ends
yet.
Step 12
13. Tighten the polythene sheet around the remaining side sections of the doors
using the same timber batten technique in steps 5-7.
14. Fill in the remaining trenches at the two ends using the same technique in
step 12.
15. If any ripples remain, continue lifting and compacting soil between the
nearest hoops until all but the smallest of ripples are gone.