Friday, December 16, 2011

How to Erect an Omlet WIR - with photos

Omlet were very helpful, and I finished the run back in July. I've just started a Photobucket account and uploaded all the pictures I took at the time in the hope that they will be of help to anybody embarking on building the run themselves. It was OK, but I did have to redo several bits as the instructions were quite difficult to see.


There are also some photos of the run covers I bought and put up yesterday as well as the funshades that were on sale at £5 each and seem to do a good, if gaudy, job of protecting the sides a little.

Things to watch out for:

Square door sections - these must not stick up above the start of the roof or the roof panels will not go on. Sounds obvious but didn't occur to me :)

Roof struts - These should fit neatly into the corners where the roof joins the sides. If the ground is a bit uneven, it can take a bit of jiggling to get this right.

Roof - The curved bit of the panel is the bit that joins onto the wall. Don't do what I did and attach the straight piece to the side. It most definitely does not work!  :lol:

Door - I found it quite difficult to get the door attached so it opened easily. You need to be sure that the ground is not uneven where you position the door or it will hit the bumps as it opens and not open enough.

Other than that, it goes together fairly easily. I put it up on my own and didn't need a stepladder. It took several afternoons though, but that was probably because I made mistakes and had to keep rebuilding bits.

I've now added the roof covers (just in time for the snow) and they work a treat.