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SECTION 11: FIBER OPTIC BULLNOSE INSTALLATION
STEP 1: ATTACH THE SUPPLIED PVC FITTING TO THE BACK OF THE SLOTTED FIBER OPTIC
BULLNOSE CORNER USING TWO (2) #6 X 1" FLAT HEAD SELF-TAPPING SCREWS. THIS CORNER
WILL BE YOUR BUNDLE ENTRY PIECE. DECIDE WHICH CORNER OF THE POOL YOU WOULD LIKE
YOUR FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE TO ENTER THE POOL AND PLACE THIS CORNER AT THAT
LOCATION. BE SURE TO FILL ANY VOIDS BETWEEN THE COPING AND THE PVC FITTING WITH
SILICONE SEALANT. SEE FIGURE 2lB. FOR FURTHER FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE MANUAL SUPPLIED WITH YOUR FIBER OPTIC KIT.
STEP 2: KEEP THE FIBER OPTIC BULLNOSE AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE POOL SO THAT IT
WILL NOT GET DIRTY OR DAMAGED DURING CONSTRUCTION. AFTER THE POOL IS
BACKFILLED, LAY OUT THE FIBER OPTIC BULLNOSE AROUND THE POOL. START AT YOUR
BUNDLE ENTRY CORNER AND LOCK IT INTO THE TOP RAIL OF THE WALL PANEL. SEE FIGURE
21A. AS EACH PIECE IS LOCKED IN PLACE, CENTER IT ON THE TOP RAIL AND SCREW IT DOWN
USING THE #10 X l/2" SCREWS SUPPLIED. REPEAT THIS ON ALL THE SECTIONS.
FOR THE SIDE SIZES, FOLLOW THE SIZES ON FIGURE 22 THE WALL PANELS. INSTALL THE
ROPE EYES AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 21A.
STEP 3: USE A 6" SPLICE TO JOIN THE ENDS OF THE 3" BULLNOSE ON A STRAIGHT
CONNECTION. BE SURE TO BUTT THE BULLNOSE ENDS FLUSH. PUT A BEAD OF WHITE
SILICONE SEALANT AT EACH JOINT TO FILL ANY VOIDS. SEE FIGURE 21A. WHEN POURING THE
DECK, IT IS ADVISABLE TO COVER THE BULLNOSE WITH 2" WIDE MASKING TAPE TO KEEP FROM
SLOPING THE CEMENT ONTO THE BULLNOSE. THE TAPE CAN BE EASILY REMOVED WHEN THE DECK
HAS CURED. IF YOU CHOSE NOT TO USE FIBER OPTICS WITH YOUR POOL, INSERT THE SUPPLIED
PLASTIC FEATURE STRIP IN THE FRONT FACE OF THE BULLNOSE COPING.
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