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Mobile Home Trailer Skirt Options
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:39 pm
Anyone seen a better option for trailer skirting besides the track vinyl panels?
Vinyl has too many drawbacks. Poor fit. Weed eater holes. Trash pandas break thru.
Do not want lattice.
Vinyl has too many drawbacks. Poor fit. Weed eater holes. Trash pandas break thru.
Do not want lattice.
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Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:40 pm to MrWhipple
Why not brick?
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:41 pm to MrWhipple
Hardie Board
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:12 pm to GrapevineTiger
ought to be lots of used sheet metal blown off of roofs by hurricanes
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:49 pm to GrapevineTiger
Hardie Board is the answer.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 5:20 pm to MrWhipple
Block then stucco
Posted on 4/5/22 at 8:47 pm to MrWhipple
Hardie board for sure.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 7:23 am to GrapevineTiger
quote:
Hardie Board
Hardie board would have to be well off the ground. It will pull moisture like a sponge. Have a rental house with Hardie board on the dormers and the installer did not leave a big enough gap where it meets the shingles and over the years it has soaked up water and swelled out. Has to be painted every 5-7 years also. Called the manufacturer and they said it has to have a 1” gap from shingles and 4” from ground around bottom of a house.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:14 am to MrWhipple
I've skirted 100s of mobile homes, unless it is extremely dry I would use vinyl lattice with the 1" holes to allow air circulation.
Have fixed numerous subfloors because of moisture issues
Have fixed numerous subfloors because of moisture issues
Posted on 4/6/22 at 12:45 pm to highcotton2
quote:Clearance minimums are all spelled out in the Hardie installation instructions. The issue is contractors do not properly paint the cut edges lying along the roof line, which is the correct way to do it.
Hardie board would have to be well off the ground. It will pull moisture like a sponge. Have a rental house with Hardie board on the dormers and the installer did not leave a big enough gap where it meets the shingles and over the years it has soaked up water and swelled out. Has to be painted every 5-7 years also. Called the manufacturer and they said it has to have a 1” gap from shingles and 4” from ground around bottom of a house.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 1:02 pm to MrWhipple
We had hardie board on one at the coast, after about 10 years it was toast and falling apart due to the moisture. Went back with 6 ft. x 8 ft. Pressure-Treated Fence Panels, add some 2" x 2" behind them where you need the extra bracing and cut to size. Most of mine needed to be about 28 to 30" tall so I added a matching 1x6 horizontally across the top where it met the trailer and got 24' of coverage out of a single fence panel. The gaps in the panel will also help with air circulation, big enough for air flow but some small enough to keep critters out.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 3:38 pm to White Bear
quote:
Clearance minimums are all spelled out in the Hardie installation instructions. The issue is contractors do not properly paint the cut edges lying along the roof line, which is the correct way to do it.
Still don’t think I would use it for underpinning on a trailer.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 5:05 pm to highcotton2
quote:I agree.
Still don’t think I would use it for underpinning on a trailer.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 8:21 pm to MrWhipple
Back in the day, an old buddy of mine must’ve had a hookup with someone at a door manufacturer.
He took the cutout centers from exterior doors when whoever installed the glass panels.
He painted the panels and it actually looked good.
Edit to add….Roll Tide
He took the cutout centers from exterior doors when whoever installed the glass panels.
He painted the panels and it actually looked good.
Edit to add….Roll Tide
This post was edited on 4/6/22 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:57 pm to RoIITide
quote:
Mobile Home Trailer
quote:Checks out
Roll Tide
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:14 pm to RoIITide
quote:
Roll Tide
I saw a mobile home that used the Tony Stewart Lexan panels from coke machines. The guy must have worked for coke and got them for free when they updated the coke machines
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:21 pm to MrWhipple
My 3rd cousin in The Ozarks just parks his broken down cars around it as a skirt. You can’t even see the possums under it at night.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 9:14 am to Trevaylin
Found a metal roof manufacturer that has seconds and imperfect panels available for cheap. Will cut them crossways and overlap. Put a ground contact board along bottom. Trailer pad is 8” of crushed concrete above level. 2’ gaps on all sides with treated lattice for access and airflow.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 12:27 am to MrWhipple
quote:This is what I did, the spot my trailer was in had a lot of water flowing around in heavy rain. Just flipped the tin around backwards because it's all white on the bottom. When we removed the skirting to sell the trailer there was 6-8" of gravel that had washed up against the uphill side.
Found a metal roof manufacturer that has seconds and imperfect panels available for cheap. Will cut them crossways and overlap. Put a ground contact board along bottom. Trailer pad is 8” of crushed concrete above level. 2’ gaps on all sides with treated lattice for access and airflow.
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