Curious about how to measure your skirting? Check out this post and learn about how to ventilate your skirting well, too.
There are many components to mobile home skirting. I’d like to stress the importance of skirting in this article. It’s not merely a decorative part of the home, but rather a protector of your home’s pipes/temp control, underbelly, and keeps the area clear of critters. Let’s check out how to get the right amount of skirting for your home.
To measure your mobile home, you’ll need two things:
According to this great mobile home repair site, here’s one of the easiest strategies to measuring your mobile home for skirting:
Measuring the linear feet is easy – you just need to add up all the feet around your home. So, if you have a 52 x 32’ you’ll multiply that by 2 or could add it this way 52 + 32 + 52+ 32.
The skirting height measurements are a little more confusing, but not bad. Here, you’ll be measuring the length from the ground to the corners of your mobile home. Because the ground your home is on may be unlevel, it is recommended to measure the front, back and middle of your home as well. The site I mentioned above, says to add 2 inches to each length. Then you add the 6 sides together and divide them by 6 for the average. This will give you the length for the height of the skirting.
With these measurements I would suggest to get a little extra material. You can always return product, but if you get too little, it can be extra work to return to the store or purchase more online. The product you need could be sold out or you may have to wait for an order to be delivered and you wont be able to complete your project.
Further, ventilation plays an important role, but it’s often forgotten in the process or deemed optional.
There are plenty of reasons why ventilation is necessary, a skirting company explains them as:
According to a mobile home site, vents should be placed at every 150 to 250 feet of flooring. There should be about a foot of venting at every 150 ft section. It’s important to take notice of where you place the vents so that things like pipes; which are the very thing you hope to protect from outside air don’t end up freezing because they are right next to a vent opening.
You can find vents online or at a mobile home parts store locally. They generally range from about 7 – 20 dollars give or take. You can measure your home and decide the number of vents you’d need for the size of your mobile home. You can also add in an access door you choose one you can fit through. There are some that an arm can fit though as well. These are just what they sound like- doors to access underneath the home. You may need to access the underbelly for repairs, to apply heat tape to your pipes, to replace your moisture barrier, etc.
I hope that this helps you get the perfect amount of skirting and protect your home well.
