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DC Shelter
Advantages
- Protects against: hurricanes with winds up to 200 miles/hour (300 km/h), theft, vandalism, and fire.
- Simple, fast and accurate installation
- Maintenance free, does not rot or rust
- Available in hardware stores and building material suppliers
- Five-year warranty against manufacturing faults
MODEL ABACO
8.5' X 6.5' (2,60 x 2,00 m)
Height: 8.1' front (2,46 m) 7' back (2,10 m)
- Kit includes:
- Steel doorframe
- Steel door 36" X 80" (91 x 203 cm)
- Steel joist to support the concrete roof
- Wall and roof PVC components
- 2 heavy locks
- Screws and hardware
- Steel doorframe
- Materials and tools required from local supplier:
- Concrete
- Reinforcing steel bars
- Electric screwdriver
- Silicone calking
- Concrete
MODEL KEY WEST
10.5' X 8.5' (3,20 x 2,60 m)
Height: 7.7' sides (2,34 m) 8.3' center (2,50 m)
- Kit includes:
- Steel door and window frames
- Steel door 36" X 80" (91 x 203 cm)
- Laminated window glass 23" X 45" (58 x 114 cm)
- Window protective steel shutter
- 3 steel beams to support the concrete roof
- Wall and roof PVC components
- 3 heavy locks (2 - door, 1 - window)
- Screws and hardware
- Steel door and window frames
- Materials and tools required from local supplier:
- Concrete
- Reinforcing steel bars
- Electric screwdriver
- Silicone calking
- Concrete
Assembly
- Level ground to ensure appropriate drainage away from the building. A sand bed has to be put in place before the construction of the foundation. The concrete slab should be 4" (10 cm) thick and must be free of bumps and completely level.
- Assemble the interior profiles on the ground, one side at a time. The profiles slide easily one into the other. Attach them together with aluminum angles to the base and the top of each wall. Integrate the door and window frames into the front side.
- Erect the four walls on the top of the concrete slab and attach the aluminum angles together.
- On the outside of the shelter, put in place the reinforcing steel bars according to the structural drawing. To complete the framework, install the flat profiles on the outside.
- Pour in the concrete with a pump or directly with a bucket.
- Install a top plate on the upper side of the wall. Pass the steel bars through the top plate and bend them in the roof. A concrete mortar or grout must assure proper level and the sturdy support of the top plate.
- Place a ridge beam in the center of the roof and two secondary beams at each side to support the roof profiles.
- Screw the roof profiles to the ridge steel beam and to the wall top plate.
- Integrate the reinforcing steel bars into the roof profiles and attach them to the bent bars coming from the walls to make a monolithic concrete building.
- To support the concrete, attach a fascia profile (wall plate) to the roof profiles at the lower side of the roof. The concrete will be poured with a bucket into the profiles, four sections at a time. Immediately after, slide the flat profiles in place, also four at a time.
- Install an aluminum ridge capping on the top of the roof.
- Put the door and window in place and adjust them.
- Clean the surfaces by using water and a brush.
