KUDOS
REFRESHING INNOVATION IN SHOWERS
ORIGINAL RANGE
1200 BOW SLIDER DOOR
Installation Instructions
Please read these instructions before installing, as incorrect fitting will invalidate the guarantee.
Carry out each stage before moving onto the next. Do not dispose of packaging, no claims for damaged or missing parts will be accepted if the packaging has been disposed of.
If you are unsure about these instructions please contact Kudos Shower Products:
Customer Service Helpline: 01539 564040
TOOLS REQUIRED KEY STAGES
IMPORTANT
Check appearance of shower enclosure - any defects must be reported to Kudos Shower Products before assembly/installation
Claims for imperfections will only be accepted prior to assembly/installation
Prior to tiling, any gap or crevice between the rim of the tray and the wall must be filled with silicone sealant flush with the rim of the tray - see Fig.1
Waterproof the walls using ceramic tiles/shower panels etc. before installation of the shower enclosure Any claims made under the terms of the Lifetime Guarantee must be reported to Kudos within 21 days of the fault occurring
Check the enclosure adjustment sizes are suitable for your installation
Fully seal between tiles/shower panels and the tray BEFORE
installing the enclosure - see Fig.2
Ensure the top of shower tray is level in all directions
Use care when drilling into the walls to avoid hidden pipes or electric cables
FIG.1
FIG.2
Once the tray is installed but
before the tiles are fitted any crevice between the tray and the walls must be filled with silicone sealant flush with the top of the tray.
SILICONE
SEALANT Once the walls have been tiled but before the enclosure is installed, the tiles must be silicone sealed to the tray all of the way around in one continuous bead.
CLEANING
GENERAL - for the frame work and fixings use only warm soapy water and damp cloth/ sponge on a regular basis. After cleaning please rinse with clean water to remove any residue.
Do not use abrasive scouring powders, chemicals or aerosol cleaners - these may result in damage to the surfaces, in particular, the plated component parts. See instruction below for glass cleaning advice.
LIFESHIELD
Your Kudos Product is pre-treated with Life Shield on the inside surfaces only. While this makes cleaning the glass a lot easier and helps prevent the build up of harmful lime-scale and soap deposits the glass still needs to be maintained on a regular basis. We recommend the use of a detergent and aroma free glass cleaner (A 50/50 mix of Vinegar and Water works well!!) Strong detergents and abrasives can damage the coating.
DO NOT use abrasive cleaners or abrasive scrubbing equipment for cleaning!!
DO use a squeegee to remove remaining droplets of water from glass after showering, any build up of residue can be removed easily using an appropriate cleaner and agitation from soft cleaning equipment
THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE LEFT WITH THE CUSTOMER
1
IMPORTANT- If you are installing a side panel together with this door, please read these instructions in conjunction with the side panel installation instructions
CONTENTS, carefully remove unit parts, fixing packs, installation instructions and glazing seals from packaging.
2 INSERT DOOR STOP-BLOCKS into curved rails, slide one door stop into each rail.
7 FIX WALLPOSTS TO CURVED RAILS, using No. 6’s x
30mm long screws from fixing pack labelled ‘ASSEMBLY
SCREW PACK’.
Insert each screw through the relevant holes in white plastic spacer blocks and into each screwport, two screws for each corner of frame, ensuring these are fully tightened. Also ensure that the curved rails are fitted flush with ends of each wallpost.
Screw ports
Door stopblocks
3 STAND FIXED PANEL GLASS, (glass piece without handle), upright against a wall with inside of glass facing you.
4 FIT CURVED RAILS to fixed panel glass.
Slide first rail into both top patch fittings ensuring rail channel fully interlocks with recesses in the patch fittings.
Carefully turn panel glass with rail attached, upside down and repeat above to fit second curved rail.
PATCH FITTINGS
FIXED PANEL
CHANNEL
TIP
END VIEW
Apply vaseline/lubricant to rail channel to ease fit.
Place cloth between top rail and wall to protect rail surface.
5 REMOVE CONNECTOR POSTS from both wallposts.
These simply un-clip from each wallpost.
TIP
Hand tighten these screws to avoid stripping the pozi-drive cross in head of screw.
8 REMOVE COVER CAPS from fixed panel patches at top and bottom using small-size screwdriver.
TIP Using recesses on either side of cover cap, gently prise both sides of cover cap out, this will prevent breaking the plastic locating pins on the cover caps.
9 REMOVE CLIP-IN EXTRUSIONS from wallposts on each side of the unit.
A- press along length of clip-in extrusion as shown to release
B- ease clipin extrusion out of wallpost
C- lift out and away
A
A
B C
RELEASING CLIP-IN EXTRUSION ON FIXED PANEL SIDE
B C
RELEASING CLIP-IN EXTRUSION ON DOOR OPENING SIDE
10
INSERT HEIGHT ADJUSTERS into the bottom of each wall post.
6 HANDING OF UNIT- this stage will determine which side you wish to fit the fixed panel glass, to the left or to the right of the unit, to suit your installation.
The plastic seal on fixed panel glass must be on opposite side of unit to door opening, if not, carefully turn unit upside down.
THIS FACE TO
OUTSIDE
THIS FACE TO
OUTSIDE
SLIDING DOOR
WALLPOST
Door opening for this example
VIEW
FROM
INSIDE
FIXED PANEL
WALLPOST
Plastic seal
INSIDE
INSERT SPIRAL CAM INTO
HOLE SHOWN.
ORIENTATE CAM AS SHOWN
SLIDE HEIGHT ADJUSTER INTO
WALLPOST AND OVER SPIRAL
CAM-IT ‘CLICKS’ TO ENGAGE
HEIGHT ADJUSTER SHOULD
BE FLUSH WITH BOTTOM OF
WALLPOST
11 REFIT CONNECTOR POSTS, to wallposts, ensuring curved faces are to inside of unit.
Use low-tack tape to temporarily secure connector posts to wallposts.
OUTSIDE OUTSIDE
12 POSITION UNIT ONTO TRAY, holding each side of fixed panel glass, carefully position unit centrally onto tray.
13 EXPAND FRAME WIDTH equally on both sides by turning the nylon adjustment screws (3 in each wall post) in an anticlockwise direction, until unit is lightly
wedged into position.
NB- turning these screws force the compensating channel outwards to increase the width of the
door-max. 20mm adjustment in each wall post.
14 SET FRAME LEVEL, if necessary, by turning relevant height adjuster screw (clockwise to raise). Use spirit level to ensure accurate levelling.
NB- turning the screw will raise that side of the unit off the tray, there is 5mm adjustment in each height adjuster.
15 MARK POSITION of connector posts onto walls near bottom.
NB- if height adjusters have been utilised, mark position of base of connector post onto wall.
CAREFULLY remove unit from tray.
16 REMOVE CONNECTOR POSTS from unit and re-position these to marks made on walls.
Using spirit level to ensure posts are vertical, mark through
3 pre-drilled holes ‘A’ in each post.
HOLES ‘A’
CURVED
FACE TO
INSIDE
17 DRILL HOLES in walls using
7mm masonry drill and fit wall plugs supplied, or fixings suitable for the construction of your wall.
FIX CONNECTOR POSTS to walls using six-No. 8’s x 30mm long-panhead screws provided (3 each post).
CURVED
FACE TO
INSIDE
18
A
FIX UNIT TO CONNECTOR POSTS, ensuring that the compensating channels in wallposts fully engage into the connector posts. Fix unit to connector posts using six-No.8’s x 30mm longpanhead screws, through wall post mouldings into pre-drilled holes in connector posts (3 each side).
Do not overtighten these screws.
19 CHECK FRAME is level, vertical and square on all sides of the unit, frame must not be twisted. Using spirit level check wall posts are vertical and straight, (use adjustment screws as described in stage
13, as necessary).
TIP
Use clip-in extrusions as straight edges to ensure wall posts are straight.
20 REFIT CLIP-IN EXTRUSION, to the fixed panel side, ensuring the leading edge is properly located along the full height before pressing it into the wall post-it will not engage
properly if twisted.
OUTSIDE
B
PLASTIC
CLIP
C
RE-FITTING CLIP IN EXTRUSION ON FIXED PANEL SIDE
A-offer leading edge to wallpost ensuring correct face to outside
B-ensure leading edge is fully located into all plastic clips
C-press clip-in extrusion until it snaps into wallpost
21 SLIDE FIXED PANEL back to the wall post, ensuring the ‘lip’on the rigid plastic seal slots fully home into the groove on the clip-in extrusion along it’s entire
length. Secure panel in place by fixing top and bottom patches to curved rails using the two 6’s x 20mm long panhead screws provided. Tighten all patch fitting screws with allen key.
TIP To ease sliding action, loosen all patch fitting screws and then slide across.
To align hole in patch fitting with hole in curved rail, loosen patch fitting screw and move patch independently to align.
22 CHECK OVERALL HEIGHT between curved rails at centre of unitthis should measure 1850mm- if not, loosen fixed panel patch fitting screws, top and bottom, at centre of unit.
Adjust distance between rails and retighten screws.
NB- the patch fittings allow for positional adjustment on glass.
23 FIT GLAZING
SEALS to fixed panel glass on outside of unit. Insert long length between clip-in extrusion and glass.
Insert short lengths between curved rails and glass at top and bottom, in-between patch fittings.
GLAZING
SEAL
TO GAP
TIP If tight, lubricate seals with water. Do not stretch seals when inserting-after cutting, the seals will shrink and leave a gap.
NB- R efer to next stage ONLY, i f short lengths are falling through gap between glass and curved rails.
24 TO EVEN GAP between glass and curved rail, bend glass by pushing vertical edge towards wall until even gap is achieved.
Holding glass in this position, drill (3mm drill), through existing hole in patch fitting into
one wall thickness only of curved rail. Secure this patch in position using the screw used in stage 21.
Repeat at top if necessary.
PUSH
NB- bending glass to suit rail has no detrimental effect to the product.
25 SLIDING DOOR- using 4mm allen key supplied, remove patch fittings (with ROLLERS), from door glass.
Remove cover caps and check that screw is at the top of slot and is fully tightened.
Fit these patch fittings into TOP curved rail.
Screw in slot
Turn roller patch fittings upsidedown, fit roller into top running channel then turn upright again.
26 CHECK HANDING OF SLIDING DOOR- Stand door upright so that the lever patch fittings are at the bottom and the outside face of door is facing you. If the door handle is on the correct side to suit your installation, proceed to next stage.
If not, simply remove lever patch fittings and plastic seal from bottom of door and re-fit these to top of door (levers to point to centre of door). Turn door upside-down to complete.
TIP Slide door stop-blocks to fixed panel wallpost before carrying out next stage.
27
TIP
FIT SLIDING DOOR, carefully feed sliding door through opening and fit door to ‘roller’ patch fittings using inner covers and screws. Ensure shoulders of patch fittings are tight against top edge of door.
If working alone, have allen key, ‘roller’ patch inner covers and screws on your person before fitting sliding door.
Use foot to support door when fitting.
28 LUBRICATE BOTTOM RAIL, apply vaseline/lubricant spray to running channel on bottom curved rail.
33 ADHERE CUSHION PADS to inside face of door stops, top and bottom, as shown.
CUSHION PADS
34 SET DOOR STOPS, using 2.5mm allen key, set door stops in top & bottom rails to prevent door handle coming into contact with fixed panel glass when door is in fully opened position.
35 FIT COVER CAPS, to all patch fittings and each wallpost.
Secure wallpost cover caps using No.4 x 10mm long screws provided.
PINS TO FACE CENTRE
29 ENGAGE BOTTOM LEVERS, with levers constantly
pressed down, engage into bottom rail and slide door from side to side. If sliding tight, lower relevant lever patch fitting on door glass, re-tighten screw, until patches slide free.
30 CHECK HANGING OF DOOR, by sliding door to closed position. The vertical edge of door (handle side), should be flush to the wallpost along it’s entire height. If not, refer to next stage to adjust hanging of door.
31 ADJUST HANGING OF DOOR, there are two methods to adjust the hanging of the door, A and B.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT AFTER ADJUSTMENT
ALL SCREWS ARE FULLY TIGHTENED
TO RAISE
THIS SIDE OF
DOOR USE
SCREW ‘A’
TOP
TO RAISE
THIS SIDE OF
DOOR USE
SCREW ‘A’
A A
36 FIT VERTICAL DOOR SEAL, this simply clips onto back edge of sliding door to bridge the gap between the two pieces of glass.
If flexible seal is touching fixed panel glass, the flexible seal can be removed from the rigid plastic extrusion and re-fitted to the ‘inner setting’ to give clearance. If tight when re-fitting, lubricate flexible seal with clean water.
FLEXIBLE SEAL
FIXED
PANEL
GLASS
SLIDING
DOOR
GLASS
SEAL ON
INNER SETTING
RIGID
PLASTIC
STRIP
SEAL ON
OUTER SETTING
TIP To improve door sliding action- cut notch in flexible seal at top and bottom to clear fixed panel patches.
37 SILICONE SEAL UNIT, to walls and tray.
B B
TO LOWER
THIS SIDE OF
DOOR USE
SCREW ‘B’
SLIDING DOOR
VIEW FROM INSIDE
TO LOWER
THIS SIDE OF
DOOR USE
SCREW ‘B’
A
Roller bearing adjustment- using screwdriver, loosen screw
(do not remove), re-position screw in slot and re-tighten.
TIP Use foot to support door when adjusting.
OUTSIDE
AND
INSIDE
OUTSIDE ONLY
SEAL THIS JOINT ON BOTH
ENDS OF RAIL (BOTTOM ONLY)
B
Patch fitting adjustment- using allen key, loosen screw (do
not remove), lower glass and re-tighten.
If, after using max. adjustment in A & B, the door is still not flush with wallpost, use adjustment screws in wallpost (stage 13) to align.
32 REFIT CLIP-IN EXTRUSION, to the door opening side, ensuring the leading edge is properly located along the full height before pressing it into the wall post-it will not engage
properly if twisted.
OUTSIDE
A B
PLASTIC
CLIP
C
RE-FITTING CLIP IN EXTRUSION ON DOOR OPENING SIDE
A-offer leading edge to wallpost ensuring correct face to outside
B-ensure leading edge is fully located into all plastic clips
C-press clip-in extrusion until it snaps into wallpost
Silicone seal wallposts to wall on inside & outside
Silicone seal frame to tray and joints as shown
IMPORTANT
Do not silicone seal on the inside of unit
(except where shown). Sealing the wallposts
& rails to the tray on the inside can result in leakage problems-please note that, in use, water can penetrate into the frame extrusions-this has no detrimental effect to the
product-however, this water must be allowed to drain out of the extrusions to the inside.
Allow 24 hours for the silicone to cure before using the shower.
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