Costco Penguin 12X12 Solarium Assembly

I had a few problems with the instructions and assembly of the Penguin Solarium I ordered through Costco. Here is the finished product (assembled) with some tips for the layman (since I'm a layman too).

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• Penguin Solarium
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[itwyful]

I found your video very helpful. We put ours together last weekend. It's 12 x 18, and took two days, 10 hours each day. Our main problem was that most of the 'E' joining slats did not slide well, we used lots of WD40, grease and elbow grease. The instructions were very poor. It would have helped to have an idea of what parts were inside. In the end, it was a real 'puzzle', but it's very nice! Let's see how it stands up to Manitoba snow, wind and ice! Thx for the video, our weather strip

[DraftedByTheMan]

@itwyful Curious about your weather stripping. I found the E slats would slide well you wiggle the panels while trying to slide it. At first I was doing the same thing - forcing the slats.

I never had the doors with the proper weather stripping replaced. I think Costco and the manufacturer just let this issue go away.

[heebs420]

I've been looking at the pics of these and it looks like the doors are on the outside whats right hmm.guess im going to find out when i get mine

[DraftedByTheMan]

@heebs420 The doors have to be hung from the inside...the directions are very specific about that and you can also see it in the diagram.

[tonyviscione]

@DraftedByTheMan HI DO YOU THINK THIS SOLARIUM WILL WORK IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH THE SNOW AND RAIN/

[DraftedByTheMan]

@tonyviscione Yes - I'm in Canada so we also get rain and snow here. It's very sturdy. There are anchors too but I didn't bother since my solarium is sheltered from the wind. We've had some of the hardest rainfall I can remember this year and it's dry as a bone inside.

[heebs420]

ok thank you. it does look good cant wait to see what mine will look like with my hot tub in it

[DraftedByTheMan]

@DraftedByTheMan Their solution is for me to install the doors backwards but then the panel on the bottom will not match the rest of the panels. Not good!