Training Barrier Construction Instructions
32" wide barrier cut Piece A to 30"
Material List for one barrier:
1 - 10 foot length of 1/2" PVC (You may need more,Assemble Top Rail Assembly:
The two elbows on the top rail must be in the same plane so that your rectangular frame
ends up flat and not catty-wumpus. To assure that they are in the same plane, assemble
Piece A with an elbow on each end but do not glue the elbows to Piece A. Rotate the
elbows until they are both pointing in the same direction (downwards). Place the openings
in the elbow against a flat surface, such as a counter top or smooth floor. Make slight
adjustments in the elbows,
rotating them as needed, until the Top Rail Assembly does not rock
on the counter top, but sits nice and flat.
Make a mark with a soft felt tip marker on the elbow and the pipe at each end. This mark will be what you use to preserve this alignment when you glue the assembly together. Remove one elbow, swab pipe and elbow with glue, slide elbow in place being careful to line up the marks. Line up the marks both side to side and depth. Repeat for the other elbow. Test your Top Rail Assembly by placing it on the counter top again - hopefully it does not rock at all!
Assemble Bottom Rail Assembly:
This requires a bit of finesse too. You want the elbow openings in the Top Rail Assembly to directly line up with the TEE openings in the Bottom Rail Assembly. Place a TEE on each end of Piece C but do not glue the TEEs in place. Twist them until they are lined up. Again, place them flat on a countertop and tweak until the assembly does not rock.
Now put the Top Rail Assembly right against the Bottom Rail Assembly and move the TEEs out or in until they line up perfectly with the elbows in the Top Rail Assembly. Check again that the TEEs are flat on the counter top. Now mark both TEEs and the pipe with your felt marker.
Remove one TEE, swab pipe and TEE with glue, slide TEE in place being careful to line up the marks. Line up the marks both side to side and depth (Depth of pipe into socket is what will determine that the TEEs line up with the elbows. So it's important not to cram the TEE all the way onto the pipe just because it will go. Use your markers and only slide it on to the mark.) Repeat for the other TEE. Test your Bottom Rail Assembly by placing it on the counter top again and placing the Top Rail Assembly against it - hopefully they are fairly well aligned!
Sides:
Glue Pieces C into Bottom Rail Assembly, both sides. Glue Top Rail Assembly onto the other end of Pieces C. You now have your flat rectangle!
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Feet: Glue 6" pieces for the feet onto ends of the remaining 2 TEEs. Glue a 1 1/2" nipple (a nipple is a very short piece of pipe) into the upward-facing projection on these TEEs. Glue the other end of this nipple to the downwards-facing projection on the TEEs on the Bottom Rail Assembly. You'll have to be careful to have the feet aligned at right angles to the Bottom Rail Assembly. I just do this by eyeball and it works out fairly well.
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Fencing:
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