Installation manual

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Understanding Furniture
Systems Furniture
Most of your projects involving furniture lift will be working with systems furniture. Systems furniture
normally consist of what is called a panel. The panels can be attached to one another in a number of
different ways.
It is important that you understand the differences between a panel & post and a rigid connection. Keep
in mind that very few panels can be lifted from the bottom.
Panels start normally around 32” high and can go up to 80” high. There are some systems that will
go from oor to ceiling. These panels can also have what is called “hang on” components. These
components may consist of overhead storage, lower storage and even worksurfaces being hung from the
panels. All this adds to what you have to lift when performing carpet replacement.
Knowing your furniture can greatly cut down on your preparation/training time when you get on the
jobsite.
Freestanding/Casegoods
Most freestanding furniture/casegoods (desks) will be located in the private ofces. These will take a
fair amount of time when working around them. Keep in mind they tend to be a wood veneer or laminate
nish. You may nd in some cases this would be a good situation to use your furniture skates to slide
things around as little as possible.
There will be times that you will need what is called a push pad to make the lift due to the size.
Storage and Filing
There are different types of storage and ling. Lateral les, vertical les and pedestals (peds) can be
found in various places around the ofce. There may also be storage in and under the workstations. In
some cases these les could be attached to the worksurfaces making them a bit more challenging while
performing the lift.
Lateral/vertical les: When there are a large number of les (lateral/vertical) on a project make sure
before the 1st night of the project to determine whether they are ganged together. If les are ganged
together, you should recommend to the customer that they use either in-house labor if available or bring
in their local furniture labor to have the les de-ganged each day prior to getting started. This will greatly
improve down time on the project.
Make sure they get someone the next morning to re-gang the les. It is very important have this done for
safety reasons. Files are ganged together to keep them from falling over on someone.
Pedestals (Peds) Normally found in the workstations under the worksurfaces. Sometimes there are
peds that are oor supported. This means that the worksurface is being supported by the pedestal
which means you would have to lift the pedestal and panel at the same time in order to make the lift in
these areas.