Getting the parts ready…
All 9 steps, in writing.
44 parts, 161 screws, under five hours. The instructions and all the tools are included.
Step 1
Prepare the roof
- Lay the roof flat, top side up.
- Screw the two fans into their openings, with their covers: one shim under each screw, and the cable on the channel side.
- Screw the transformer beside the fan with its sticker showing, terminals towards the channel. Its wires are already connected: leave them.
One fan goes sticker up, the other sticker down. The air comes out on the sticker side.
8 × Shims
One under the head of each M4×45 screw.
8 × M4×45 wood
Through each fan and its cover: 4 per fan. (Phillips screwdriver)
2 × M4×10 wood
Through the transformer. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 2
Connect the wires
- This is the trickiest part: take your time. Each plug has a number, so always join the same number.
- Feed the two leads from the power box through the hole in the right rail, up onto the roof.
- Lay the lamp lead in the channel and feed it down the small round hole.
- Plug the other lead into the white plug on the transformer's wires.
- Connect each fan: its black plug into its white plug.
- Lay the wires in the channel, coil the spare length and snap the cover on.
Don't unwrap the taped wires, and don't touch the wires already screwed to the transformer.
Step 3
Stand up the frame
- Stand the four pillars on the base: hex socket screws first, countersunk screws next.
- With help, lower the frame slowly onto its side, on the mats.
- Bring the roof over on its edge and slide its corners onto the ends of the pillars. Screw it on. Keep the wires clear: they must not get pinched.
- Stand the frame back up.
The pillar with the keyhole and the pillar with the hinge holes go on the same side: the front. Stick the adhesive strips on the four corners.
8 × M6×16 hex socket
At the foot of each pillar: 2 per pillar. (Hex key)
16 × M4×8 countersunk
At the foot of each pillar: 4 per pillar. (Phillips screwdriver)
16 × M4×8 countersunk
At the top of each pillar, into the roof: 4 per pillar. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 4
Fit the outer walls
- Slide the left wall into its slot, press it against the frame and screw it on.
- Do the same on the right, minding the wire slot at the top. The wires stay on the inside.
- From the inside, push the power box out through its opening in the right wall, then screw it on from the outside.
12 × M4×20 flat head
All around the left wall, from the inside, into the aluminium frame. (Phillips screwdriver)
12 × M4×20 flat head
All around the right wall, from the inside, into the aluminium frame. (Phillips screwdriver)
4 × M4×10 wood
From the outside, at the four corners of the power box. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 5
Fit the rear glass
- Do this now, before the inner boards: afterwards the cabin is too tight to move the glass.
- Bring the glass in through the door opening. From the inside, set it against the frame, printed side facing in.
- Hold it with the two short retainers, top and bottom, pressing each one against the glass while you screw it. The vertical retainers come at the very end.
The glass is tempered: wear gloves and lift it gently.
4 × M4×8 flat head
Through the top and bottom retainers, from the inside. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 6
Fit the inside
- Screw on the left inner board. If a hole doesn't line up, lift the board slightly with a screwdriver.
- The switch, the socket and the network port arrive already wired. Take off their covers with a flat screwdriver.
- On the right, fasten the socket bracket first. Pass each socket through the opening of the right inner board, then screw the board on.
- Nail the acoustic felt on both sides with the nail gun, held flat. On the right, pass the sockets through the felt's opening.
- Fix the sockets to their support with the screws that come with them, then put their covers back on. Screw the air filter into its slot.
Pass the sockets through at an angle, one at a time: if one won't go, try another angle.
24 × M4×16 self-tapping
All around the left inner board. (Phillips screwdriver)
24 × M4×16 self-tapping
All around the right inner board. (Phillips screwdriver)
2 × M4×25 wood
Through the air filter: top and bottom. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 7
Hang the door
- Screw on the door retainers, top and bottom, pressing them firmly in place.
- Mount the hinges on the glass, lined up with the inner edge of the printed pattern, with the rough side of the rubber pads against it.
- Pull the black seal strip out of the right pillar's groove. One person lifts the door slightly while the other screws it to the pillar, printed side facing in. Then press the strip back in.
- Once the door is fixed, mount the handle, with the rough side of the rubber pads against the glass.
4 × M4×8 flat head
Through the top and bottom retainers of the opening. (Phillips screwdriver)
6 × M5×10 countersunk
Through the hinges into the pillar: 2 per hinge. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 8
Connect the light and lay the carpet
- Feed the light's wire through the hole in the ceiling and connect it to the wire with the same number. Screw the light on.
- Put on the lampshade.
- Lay the carpet and plug the power cord into the box.
3 × M4×25 wood
Through the light into the ceiling. (Phillips screwdriver)
Step 9
Fit the vertical retainers and the plugs
- Last of all, once everything else is done. Press each retainer firmly in place while you screw it.
- At the rear: the two long retainers, from the inside.
- At the front: the two side retainers.
- Press a plug into each screw hole of the retainers.
- Plug your Solo into a standard outlet and check the light, the fans and the lock. It's ready.
8 × M4×8 flat head
Through the two vertical retainers of the rear glass, from the inside. (Phillips screwdriver)
8 × M4×8 flat head
Through the vertical retainers at the front. (Phillips screwdriver)