ASSEMBING A 1-SIDED GONDOLA WALL

ASSEMBING A 1-SIDED
GONDOLA WALL
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attention to detail is a must. These vary from safety requirements to specific tasks. The icons
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Impact Resource Group safety requirements that must be
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these items greatly increases the risk of a project being
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Directions for installation of items specific to this fixture.
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Supplemental
Training Video
A video of this step of the project is provided on the
accompanying CD. All Install Leads are required to view
the video training.
Manufacturer’s
Assembly
Instructions
Detailed instruction manuals for the various fixture
manufacturers. Follow these instructions carefully.
TRAINING AND PROJECT PREPARATION
All Install Leads are required to watch the “Lozier Video
Assembly Instructions” video tutorial. To correctly
complete fixture assembly, all procedures found in both
these written instructions and the video training must be
followed.
Refer to the Lozier assembly guide for detailed assembly
instructions.
PROJECT DETAIL
ASSEMBLING A 1-SIDED GONDOLA WALL
‰ CHALK LINE PLACEMENT
Snap a chalk line where the front of the
kickplate will sit on the floor. The chalk
line must be snapped taking into
consideration the upright is 3” deep and
that the base bracket is 3” less than the
base deck depth. For example, a 16” deep
base deck overall depth from the back of
the upright to the front of the base deck is
19” deep. The depth from the rear of the upright to
the front of the kickplate is 16” deep.
‰ STAGE THE UPRIGHTS
Stage the uprights. These are slotted standards which
hold the shelves. Uprights should be placed on the floor and overlapped so they’re 4’ apart.
Sometimes they will be either 3’, 30” or 2’ apart which is determined based upon the floor
plan. The bottom of the upright contains a leveling leg that will rest on the floor.
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‰ ATTACH THE BASE BRACKETS
The base brackets, or base feet, now need to be attached to the uprights. Be sure to attach the
base bracket to the upright based upon the manufacturer’s instructions.
‰ STAGE THE CLOSED BASE FRONTS AND RAILS
Next, lay out the closed base fronts, or kick-plates, on either side of a gondola section. Then,
lay out one bottom rail per section and center rails based on how many are needed per
section. You will always want to reference your project pack for specific information on
exactly what items are incorporated when building gondolas.
‰ INSTALL THE INITIAL CLOSED BASE FRONTS AND RAILS
Now it’s time to stand the shelving up. One Installer should take an upright (with the 2 base
brackets attached) and stand it up vertically. The other installer should do the same to the
next upright. The installer should reach and install the closed based fronts on either side of
the gondola.
Install the bottom rail in the lower lance of the upright. Install the center rail following the
manufacturer’s installation instructions or the work order project packet. Usually the center
rail is in the middle of the back.
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STABILIZE THE UNIT
Installers must not let go of the uprights. The unit is very unstable at this point and it could easily fall over and cause
injury if it is not stabilized.
‰ INSTALL THE BACK MATERIAL
The backing material may be either peg board or slot wall grid. Make sure you have
determined which peg board back is the lower back for the particular gondola you are
assembling. Have this back close at hand when setting the first section of shelving.
Install the lower peg board back. Many
manufacturers pre-mark the top edge of the
peg board with a paint stripe indicating the
top of the back. Refer to the manufacturer’s
install instructions for details.
Once one back is installed, the installers are
now free to let the section to stand by itself
and continue installation of the run of
shelving. Repeat this along the run, not
inserting the rest of the peg board backs, until
you get to the last section of the run.
SLOT WALL EDGES ARE SHARP! WEAR GLOVES!
Slot wall pieces are very sharp. All Impact Resource Group technicians should wear quality work gloves when sliding
the slot wall pieces into place. The edges are very sharp and can cut your hands if you’re not careful.
‰ INSTALL THE OTHER CLOSED BASED FRONTS AND RAILS
When installing two kick plates in the same base bracket, it is best to lift up the adjacent
installed kick plate slightly above the base bracket top and then install the adjacent kick
plate.
Install a lower back in the last section of the run. This should be done for all length runs
before the leveling process begins. Resist the temptation to install all lower backs as it will
make the leveling process more difficult.
Be sure to stand the fixture up on the chalk line to avoid having to move it a great deal
which could affect the structural integrity of the unit at this point and it could fall over.
Make sure the fixture is on the chalk line before leveling.
‰ IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE BOTTOM RAIL
When only 1 back is being installed as in most walls sections, the
bottom rail tab opposite the back or usually the tab closet to the
physical wall of the store should be bent upward to prevent the
bottom rail from rolling forward. This should be done with a
standard screw driver and before the backs are installed.
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‰ LEVEL THE FIXTURE
Using the masonry string and the 2 leveling leg
wrenches, put a wrench in corresponding slots at
each end of the run, counting the slot from the base
up, making sure they are in the same slots. Tie the
masonry string between the two wrenches and make
sure it is extremely tight and taught, with no sag.
Using a magnetic torpedo level, plumb one end of
the gondola run using screwdrivers in the top of each
base bracket. If the upright is not plumb, then
adjustments can be made to each base bracket to
raise or lower each side of the gondola. Repeat this process at the
other end of the gondola. Make sure you plumb the ends first.
Place your foot up against the kickplate and at the same time, turn the screwdriver inserted
into the top of the base bracket. This will cause the upright to creep up (or down) the wall. If
the upright leveling leg is off the floor, screw it down to the floor (usually by hand). Make
sure the upright is plumb.
When setting the wall end uprights, measure from the floor to the top of the upright and
adjust. The uprights are 3/8” less than the nominal height of the upright. If a gondola calls
out a 60” high gondola, set the 2 end uprights at 59 5/8” off the floor and plumb to this
height.
After the two ends are plumb, walk the string line to determine if the uprights need to be
raiser higher or lower off the floor. This is done to determine if the entire run is level. Once
the two ends are plumb, now it’s time to walk down the string line to determine which ends
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need to be raised or lowered. This can be determined by the string line being above or below
the slots on the two end uprights. A decision has to be made to either bring up most of the
uprights to the string line or possibly bring up the end uprights
to accommodate a hump or raise in the floor causing an upright
to be higher than the rest in the run.
Now, plumb and raise or lower each upright to the string line.
Make sure there is not any “wobble” or movement in the
upright. The connection between the uprights and the base
brackets must be tight together and the base bracket leveling
legs tight to the floor.
Walk down the line to double-check the string is at the top of
the slot it should be. Remove the wrenches and the string, being
careful not to tangle the string.
‰ INSTALL REMAINING LOWER PEG BOARDS
Get the remaining lower peg board backs and insert them in the entire run.
‰ INSTALL THE SPLICER RAIL (If Required)
For a two piece back system, a splicer rail is needed to connect the two backs together. This
becomes the base for the top two backs. Using a peg hook, you can pull out the peg board so
it seats into the splicer rail correctly.
‰ INSTALL THE TOP PEG BOARDS (If Required)
Now, insert the top front and back, into the gondola system. Depending upon the height of
the gondola, instead of sliding the backs in from the top, they can be bowed into place. This
is especially important given low ceilings when there is not enough clearance between the
gondola and the ceiling. Once you understand the process, bowing in the backs is actually
the fastest way to install peg boards and avoids the use of a ladder.
‰ INSTALL THE TOP RAILS
Install the top rails, making sure they are
engaged in the lances at the top of the
upright. Follow manufacturer’s instructions.
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‰ INSTALL THE BASE END TRIM
Install the base end trim to cover the base
brackets at each end of the run. The base end
trim are left handed and right handed. Insert
the front of the base end trim into the front of
the base bracket approximately 1-1/2 down
and slide into place. Then rotate the rear of
the trim into the rear flange of the base
bracket.
‰ INSTALL THE BASE DECK
Now install the base deck, or base shelf. In this installation, the base deck has a notch on the
rear which will install into the rear of the shelving unit. The deck should be installed on a
slight 45 degree angle and dropped into place at the rear so the pins on the rear of the base
bracket are in the tag molding channel. If a base deck will not drop into place, it is usually
because the base bracket is not square in a section. Make sure the base brackets are at a 90
degree angle to the kick plate. Tap the base bracket into place if it’s not at a 90 degree angle
due to movement.
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‰ INSTALL THE UPRIGHT END TRIM
Install the upright end trim to cover the end
of the uprights. Depending upon the project
specifications, not all work orders will call
for end trim. As always, refer to your project
packet for specific installation instructions.
‰ REFER TO ASSEMBLY
INSTRUCTIONS
Refer to the specific manufacturer for
detailed assembly instructions for
various fixtures.
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