Replace Mobile Home Skirting
Mobile home skirting serves to protect the underside of a mobile home. The skirting prevents animals from getting underneath the home and tearing out the insulation and protects the plumbing. Additionally, skirting prevents small children from getting under the home where they may suffer injuries, damage parts of the home or encounter snakes or poisonous insects. Mobile home skirting needs replacing when it is damaged. Replacing the skirting is a simple process that the homeowner can accomplish on his own. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Remove the existing mobile home skirting panels. Remove the trim pieces along the top of the skirting that holds that skirting into place. Retain the pieces for reuse or dispose of at a recycling center. Keep pieces together in a wheelbarrow and then move to a truck bed; you don't want loose, sharp pieces of metal or plastic skirting in your yard.
2. Wear gloves and safety goggles. Push each panel of the mobile home skirting upward to disengage the ends of each panel from the adjacent panels. Once half-way up, you can then pull the panel piece out from the bottom of the piece. If the pieces are stuck, you may need the tin snips at this time to cut the panels loose.
3. Collect all old pieces of mobile home skirting and dispose of appropriately to ensure the safety of your family and pets. While the skirting is removed from the home and before new skirting is placed, check the underside of the mobile home for any necessary repairs.
4. Measure for the replacement mobile home skirting panels. Homes on a level surface will have a constant skirt height throughout the perimeter of the home, while homes on slopes will have skirting that tapers from one end to the opposite end. Measure every two feet and record all measurements in order to obtain precut skirting panels for your home.
5. Put the new skirting panels into place around the perimeter of the mobile home. Start at a corner and place each skirting panel one at a time, overlapping and latching each piece together. Use the tin snips to make any small trims necessary to fit the panels into place around the home.
6. Attach new trim along the top of the skirting to hold the skirting panels into place. Use the old trim piece if it is still in good shape.
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