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Installation Guide

Installing our aluminium jamb is easy - it should take between an hour to an hour and a half and you just need to follow the steps below. But if you have any questions, our team is only a phone call away. Depending on the external cladding of the house, please see information specific to that type, as listed at the bottom of the page.  

Download & print our installation guide or Product Supplier Statement

Need to take a copy to the building site? No worries, here’s one we’ve prepared so you can download and print.

Online Installation Guide

Follow our installation guide below to install our product into your build. Please note that the final steps are specific to the external cladding system of the home.

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Step 1. Position head profile

Hold head profile up to lintel and install central face screw. Measure from concrete to underside of lintel. Subtract 20mm. Cut legs to length. Install corner cleats into head profile.

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Step 2. Fix side profiles

Slide side profiles over corner cleat. Level each side with soffit plum and install face screws to side profiles.

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Step 3. Plum head profile

Remove central screw and allow head profile to sag. Level head profile to string line and install face screws to head.

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Step 4. Install jamb clips

Check for plumb outside edge with level and install 2 - 3 clips up each side. No higher than two thirds up sides.

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Step 5. Install head clips

Run string line along and across underside of head profile. Install head clips.

Step 6. Select your external cladding system

The final step of our installation process is specific to the external cladding of the home. Please follow the corresponding instructions that apply to the cladding system of your build. 

Brick Cladding

Click to View Diagram details below on how to install your aluminium garage door jamb with brick cladding.

Duragroove Cladding

Click to View Diagram details below on how to install your aluminium garage door jamb with Duragroove cladding

Hermpac Cladding

Click to View Diagram details below on how to install your aluminium garage door jamb with Hermpac cladding.

Weatherboard Cladding

Click to View Diagram details below on how to install your aluminium garage door jamb with weatherboard cladding. 

Do you have a question about ordering or installation?  Call 027 248 3677 or email tauranga@alijamb.co.nz