4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Electricbarbarella]

I am starting to panic about putting together my cuibe, run and extension with the help of my 4 and 2 year olds. Please tell me I can do it and it is straight forward and I won't have to spend the day shouting at people.

[Scottie]

I managed to put our cube together on my own - ours doesn't have a run though, and I had no "help", but I got on just fine. Check first that you've got everything plus a screwdriver, lay it all out in an order and then get stuck in!

 

Hope all goes well

 

Sheila

[Karen & co.]

Worry not I put our cube together by myself, and it wasn't too bad, the children will be a great help for passing screwdrivers etc.

 

Good luck!

 

Karen x

[Jules.]

I put my cube together with the help of a "normal" screwdriver & a 4 year old.

I don't have a run however, & I think that the trickiest thing to do is fasten the little run clips..........

[Snowy]

Definitely - the cube should be a doddle, it's the run that is a pain! just time consuming and fiddly, but not difficult

[quickcluck]

HI EB

 

Well, as you know mine arrived today.... Have just been perusing the comprehensive destructions, and they seem fine.... goes together in a odd order but you can see why when you look at the pics....

 

Soooooooooo I would say fret no more.... Al will be well

[Egluntyne]

I got Omlet to do mine.

[Gallina]

I don't think it is going to be difficult: just time-consuming and irritating, so just make sure you allow enough time. It takes Omlet over an hour to put together a Cube and run, and will take you longer.

 

Both the Omlet men who put together my Cubes (one of whom was Johannes himself) thought it was best to assemble the whole thing together away from the site where it is going to go and then wheel it into place. But remember that it really only likes being wheeled in straight lines, so it needs to be the right way round and with no awkward corners to turn.

 

The Cube joints at the top do not meet. This is intentional, but has worried some people.

 

Take special care that the ground is really flat before you start. And never, never drag the run a little to the side to adjust positioning, always use the wheels.

[Egluntyne]

The Omlet man told me that an electric screwdriver is a must, so get yours on the recharger, or you wrist will ache a bit.

[Electricbarbarella]

right, I have borrowed my dads electric screw driver, my Sister in law will be coming to distract the helpers i will definatley have to build it where it is going a there is nowhere else in a straight line (really small garden).

My ground is fairly flat, but I thought I would go and get some tent pegs today just in case.

[Steve.]

right, I have borrowed my dads electric screw driver, my Sister in law will be coming to distract the helpers i will definatley have to build it where it is going a there is nowhere else in a straight line (really small garden).

My ground is fairly flat, but I thought I would go and get some tent pegs today just in case.

 

Good luck!

 

Distractions for the helpers is a must!

[Egluntyne]

**This thread** gives you something of an idea about what is involved. Scroll down a bit.

[Gallina]

Maybe it would be a good idea to have a sticky "Handy hints on assembling the Cube" listing any pitfalls, and including photographs?

 

I had an extra extension on mine, which is probably why Mr Omlet wanted to assemble it out of the way on the grass, where there was more room. It was such a big object.

[Electricbarbarella]

That thread is really usefull, lets me see exactly what is involved, I will try to do something similar if i am not too stressed, also a good close up of the end panel helps me understand how everybody has done the door conversions. I though they looked really complex but didn't relise that the endpanel is already hinged. Guess that will be my next job, I do like a project although i am not sure dh will approve of m spending anymore money.

I have an extension as well but I shall just try to take it slowly and see where we end up.

[quickcluck]

Steve did yours arrive? You've been very quiet of late!!

[Electricbarbarella]

If the ground isn't 100% flat it is still fax proof isn't it, are tent pegs the way to go or bricks around the skirt? surely very few people have 100% flat grass.

I have been waiting for this for far too long, I am thinking of every possible problem now.

[Gallina]

Don't panic. The ground doesn't have to be perfectly level: it can be a slight slope. But if it is on a slight slope, it needs to be a smooth slope, if you know what I mean.

 

I only mentioned flatness because it is quite difficult with the Cube (if it has a run and extension) to put it right afterwards. And I think some of the leakage problems have been caused by unevenness.

 

I think slabs (either under the skirt or to hold the skirt down) are a good idea, but not everyone bothers. You can weigh the skirt down later: take one step at a time.

 

If the ground is so uneven that the skirt rides up in places, offering a gap underneath, then obviously that is a problem. But a little lopsidedness won't matter.

[Steve.]

Steve did yours arrive? You've been very quiet of late!!

 

Yes arrived today

 

All is well .... will update in due course!

 

Hope all is well with you.

[quickcluck]

Phew!!! Was worried there for a mo!!!

 

Am under no illusion that everyones will be constructed before mine..... hopefully it will make it from the living room to the garden on the weekend if it ever stops raining!!!

[Electricbarbarella]

I can't believe you haven't built it yet, get on with it.

[quickcluck]

If I had a rain free milli second!!!!

 

Praying for a dry weekend. Am working in the morning tho so will have to do it in the afternoon...... pesky work, always gets in the way!!

[Electricbarbarella]

that would be a pain, I don't have that particular bind, I just have my helpers.

[Lapinou]

If the ground isn't 100% flat it is still fax proof isn't it, are tent pegs the way to go or bricks around the skirt? surely very few people have 100% flat grass.

I have been waiting for this for far too long, I am thinking of every possible problem now.

 

Not sure about 'fax proof' , but I think that in order to be 'fox proof' then there needs to be no gaps between the skirt and the ground. We added the run pegs into our order as we knew our ground was bumpy and they've done the trick nicely - no gaps anywhere. I guess tent-pegs would do the same.