Instructions / Assembly

STEP-5 FOAM FILLED SIDE PLATE
INSTALLATION
PRIOR TO INSTALLING SIDE PLATES TO POST, PUT 2”
X 6-1/2” END CAPS ON MITERED END. THE 2” X 6-1/2”
FOAM F1LLED SIDE PLATES SHOULD BE CUT 8”
TALLER THAN THE 3” X 3” SQ. POST (MITERED END
ON TOP SIDE). WHEN DRILLING HOLES IN SIDE
PLATES, LAY TWO SIDE PLATES NEXT TO EACH
OTHER WITH THE SEAMS FACING EACH OTHER. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR THE SEAMS TO RUN IN THE SAME
DIRECTION ON ALL OF THE SIDE PLATES ONCE
INSTALLED. SEVEN TO NINE 5/8” DIAMETER HOLES
ARE DRILLED THROUGH ONE FACE AND THE FOAM
IN EACH SIDE PLATE. DO NOT DRILL THROUGH THE
BACKFACE. NEXT, FASTEN 2 EACH #8 X 5/8” TEK
SCREWS TO THE BACKSIDE OF SIDE PLATE TO
SECURE THE 2 X 6 END CAP TO SIDE PLATE.
ATTACH SIDE PLATE TO 3” X 3” SQ. POST AND 3” X 8”
HEADER BEAM WITH #14 X 3/4” SMS. INSERT THE 5/8”
PLASTIC PLUGS AFTER ALL THE SIDE PLATES ARE
PROPERLY FASTENED.
STEP-6 LATTICE TUBE INSTALLATION
STARTING 2”AWAY FROM LEDGER BOARD, INSTALL
THE LATTICE TUBES WITH 2” SPACING BETWEEN
EACH LATTICE TUBE. MEASURING AT EACH END OF
LATTICE TUBE TO ENSURE BOTH SIDES HAVE EQUAL
OVERHANG. PLACE THE 2” X 2” LATTICE TUBE SO
THAT ALL THE SEAMS FACE TOWARDS THE TOP SIDE.
SECURE TUBES USING THE #8 X 2-1/2” SMS WITH
NEOPRENE WASHERS TO EACH RAFTER.
HELPFUL HINT: BY LAYING OUT A FEW 2” X 2” TUBES
AT A TIME AND SECURING EVERY OTHER TUBE THIS
WILL BE 4” ON CENTER WITH 2” SPACING BETWEEN
TUBES.
THE REMAINDER OF ALL THE 2” X 6-1/2”,
3” X 8” AND 2” X 2” END CAPS CAN NOW BE
INSTALLED.
FOAM FILLED
SIDE PLATE
#8 X 5/8” TEK SCREWS
(BACKSIDE)
5/8” PLASTIC
PLUGS
#14 X 3/4” SMS
3 X 8
BEAM
#14 X 3/4” SMS
3 X 3 POST
2” x 6-1/2” SIDE PLATE
2” MAX.
5/8” SPADE BIT
EQUAL
SPACING
MAX. 24” O.C.
SEAM
2” X 6-1/2” RAFTER
EXISTING STRUCTURE
RAFTERS
12”
24”
3 X 3 POST
4”
4”
4”
4”
3” X 8” BEAM
2” SPACING
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE JUST COMPLETED
THE INSTALLATION OF YOUR
LATTICE PATIO COVER