Installing Roof Joint Cover Strip

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Fig 1: Identifying Roof Joint Cover Strip Position

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Position spreaders -1- (5 per roof channel) in the recesses, beginning at the front. Press the spreader right down into the roof channel.

Fig 2: Fitting Spreader
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Push wedge piece into the spreader -1- until the spreader is braced in the roof channel.
Position the roof joint strip -1- on the roof channel, and align the roof joint clips -2- in the roof joint cover strip with the spreaders -3- so that they lie directly above one another.

Fig 3: Installing Roof Joint Cover Strip
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Press in roof joint cover strip -1- until it audibly engages.