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How to Repair Damaged Mobile Home Skirting and When to Replace It
Damaged or missing skirting panels should not be left unattended. They can expose the underside of a manufactured home to wind, animals, debris, and blowing snow. Replacing one or more panels makes sense when the rails, neighboring panels, and attachment surfaces are sound. Repeated failures, however, point to a larger problem that a few new…
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Measuring a Mobile Home for Replacement Skirting
Replacing the skirting on a mobile home isn’t as simple as just measuring the length and width of the home. The perimeter is only the starting point. You also need the height at multiple locations, the number and type of corners, the location of access points and vents, as well as the actual width each…
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Mobile Home Skirting Materials Compared
Skirting closes the space between a manufactured home and the ground. It improves appearance, reduces wind beneath the home, limits animal access, and shields plumbing, ductwork, insulation, and the underbelly from weather and debris. The best material isn’t always the most expensive one. Rather, it’s the material that best fits the home’s height, site conditions,…
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Does Your Mobile Home Need Heat Tape?
Heat tape can protect a vulnerable water line, but not every mobile or manufactured home needs it. Some homes use listed pipe-heating cable at the water inlet, while others protect their plumbing through pipe placement, insulation, an intact underbelly, and the home’s heating system. The useful question is not simply whether the home is old…