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How to Measure for Rock Skirting Kits |
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Manufactured homes come in many sizes, and you may have decks, porches, or additions attached to your home that you will need to cover, or perhaps you may only need to skirt a portion of your home. For this reason we do not sell a specific size of skirting kit. This page is designed to help you determine what amount of skirting materials will be needed for your specific job.
*Shipping Note: All skirting kits must ship by freight. The national average for shipping and handling is $160-200, depending on your shipping address and the size of the kit. Please email us for an exact quote.
Please choose from one of the following categories or scroll down the page to follow our simple steps.
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Calculating Vents |
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Quick Reference Component Chart |
 Calculating Trim |
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| If you plan to enclose the entire home, measure all four sides. A 16' wide x 76' long home will total up to 184 lineal feet (LF) ► |
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| If you also have decks to cover, simply add the sides coming away from the home to the total lineal footage. Normally, if a deck is covered, there will be no skirting behind the deck. The red line indicates where your skirting will be installed. ► |
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Divide the total LF by 10. Our steel trim pieces are 10' long. 184 LF will require 19 pieces each of the top trim and ground channel. ► |
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| Calculating Panels | ||
| Each panel (after trimmed down one side to better overlap the neighboring panel and give the skirting a continuous look) will be roughly 57 ½" wide ► |
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| To calculate the total number of full panels you will need, use this handy formula: Total lineal feet times 12 divided by 57.5= Total number of panels needed. ► |
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| Use a yardstick to measure from the ground to the very bottom of the home's outside wall. This will determine how tall a panel must be to reach from the ground channel to the siding. The flange of the rock panels will extend just above the bottom of the wall. The flange and the fasteners attaching it to the house will later be covered with the top trim. ► |
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| We offer 3 different heights of panels, so it will be important to know how much of each size you will use. Take a height measurement every 5 feet and mark them down on a diagram of the house. ► |
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| Now make "zones" for each size of panel. Determine how many running feet will use 32", 36" and 48" panels each. The quantities of each size should add up to the total number of panels you calculated earlier. ► |
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| If you use a rock access door, try to place the door in a spot that is near your water cut-off, and no taller than 36" in height, or lower than 24". Access doors are 32" wide, and count as one half of a panel in your panel total! ► |
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| Calculating Vents | ||
| If you use access vents, you will need to plan where they go. We recommend at one vent every 15-20 running feet. Try to place your vents in the middle of a panel, rather than where two panels overlap. This may offset the vents a little, but the idea is to plan for an even look overall. ► |
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| Calculating Fasteners | ||
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black hex head screws to install the
panels. A good formula for calculating panel screws is- Number of full panels x 12 = # of black screws recommended. ► |
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| You will
need ground spikes to secure the bottom channel to the ground.
► 5-7 spikes per piece of ground channel is recommended, but you may need more for sandy soil. |
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| If your skirting runs over
concrete instead of soil, you will need
liquid adhesive in lieu of
ground spikes to hold down the ground channel.
► One tube of liquid adhesive for every 15 lineal feet over concrete is recommended. |
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| Panels taller than 48"
become susceptible to wind damage and require interior bracing. Bracing
can made with any sturdy material. We offer a method using
Steel
"J" Rail for bracing. ► One 10' piece of steel rail is recommended for every 5 LF over a 48" panel height. |
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