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HomeMy WebLinkAboutINSTALLATION DETAILSSCANNED BY st brip r°llinte SKIRTING BY HAVERFORD Careful attention to a few basic details will insure that your LifestyteP Vinyl Skirting will provide a. beautiful, easily installed, conpletefy accessible exterior with a minimum of maintenance. Lifestyle® Vinyl Skirting.is easily installed over any terrain,. requires no special taols-and never needs painting: Following thes' basic installation techniques will assure that 1. Use. either a power saw with a.fine-toothblade mounted v ift reverse rotation, or,aviation-snips to'Cut Lifestyle® components. Now i Details LlfesW will contribute to the beauty of your home's exterior. Tools.You will need Hammer, Screwdriver, Snips, Plumb Bob: or Level, Tape Measure, Power Saw, with Fine - Tooth Blade, Notching Tool, Chalk Line and Utirdy Knife Important 2. To allow for normal expansion and contraction, fasten the Top Trim Mounting Strip In the Center of the• nailing_ slots. Fasten, positively to the -surface of the unit at veryslotted,hole, eaving 112" between engths. Do not butt the nds. Overlap Top Trim Front approximately 1" at 1p' rots. Allow 1/2" between i= of the Bottom ,Channel when installing. r raaaaw ■as.aa 3. Do not: drive the nails too tightly. - The screw - type nails provided offer excellentr holding power, but if driven too tightly;.the vinyl.can, under normal expansion and _ contraction,. become ., distorted. These special nails should ,be driven in the middle of thenailing slot just short of touching the Top Trim .Mounting Strip. Nail to achieve 31V penetration into a solid wood' substance. Nail to allow part to expand and contract ;during the normal change tn.ambient temperature - DO NOT ,NAIL TIGHT. -Allow 1f8" grip between nail head and .part. steel NMI �RM, Ground SPIM Blevins !lfesole Vinyl Skirtinggvl pdf J.I ' ANNE-0 BY st tul"ep rnf nf� le VINYL SHIRTING J BY HA . RFORD Installation Details Careful attention to a few basic details will UfestyleP will contribute to the beauty of your insure that your Lifestyles Vinyl Skirting will home's exterior. provide a. beautiful, easily installed, completely accessible exterior with a minimum of Tools -You will need maintenance. r Hammer, Screwdriver, Snips, Plumb Bob- or Level, Tape Measure, Power Saw -with Fne- Lifestyle®Vinyi Skirting.is easily installed Tooth Blade, Notching Tool, Chalk Line and over any teff. mn,.requires no special tools -and Utility Knife never needb painting. Fol"hg these basic installation techniques will assure that / n lmporta t 1. Use. either a power saw 2. To allow for normal with afine-tooth blade .expansion and mounted with reverse contraction, fasten the Top �rotatlon, or: aviation snips Trim Mounting Strip In the to/but Lifestyle® center of the, nailing_ components. slots. Fasten positively to the surface of the unit at everyslotted, hole; l leaving 10 between / lengths. Do not butt the �. ends. Overlap Top Trim Front approximately 1" at joints. Allow 1/2" between pieces of the Bottom Channel when installing. Ground'. Panel M..v...mown. 3. Do not drive -the nails too,tightly. The screw - type nails provided offer excellent ,holding power, but if driven too tightly,,the Vinyl can, under normal expansion and contraction, become distorted. These special nails should.be driven in the middle of the nailing slot just short. of touching the Top Trim Mounting Strip. Nail to achieve We penetration into a solid wood substance. Nail to allow part to expand and contract during the normal change in ambient temperature. DO NOT NAIL TIGHT. Allow 1/8" gap between nail head and part. - Steel Nall C�i1T Ground SPRO Blevins It Vinyl Skirtingvlpdf FIGUFE I S tep 1. 0 a Laying the Bottom Channel IA -level or plumb fine should be used to establish the Location ofthe Ground Channel. The taller backside of the Ground Channel should be located directly beneath the outsidebottomedge of the home, where the Top TdM Mounting Strip will be attached (figurel). To prevent grass from growing around the base of the skirting and provide a non -shifting for the ground Spikes, 9" asphalt roof starter should beinstalled around the home. The roof starter also reduces the possibility of the Vinyl skirting -panels from being. damaged from the use of a powered string trimmer. "Weed- Eatero type trim units will damage the skirting and is not covered, by the. warranty. Attach the Ground'Channel directly to the ground through the prepunched holes (figure. 2). Spikes required every 20 inches. Another spike, or a drift punch may be used to drive,spikes, in completely. To allow for expansion, leave a 110gap-between each section of the Ground Channel. To form dean, attractive comers, the Ground Channel can. be notched -with snips (figure 3) and then bent to the desired angle..(Attached to the _ground as shown in figure 4). - Holles1n,high wind areas;. where ground below the unit is spongy; or where ground is loose from recent excavation and, has not. yet settled, it is advisable to fasten -Ground Channel to treated wooden stakes. For installation on . concrete. use a 36C masonry nail instead of the ground spike. pike. "Liquid Nair cement or other similar methods of setting a fastener directly to concrete can also be used. Step 2... Installing Top Trim Mounting- Strip First determine where the Top Trim Mount.,Wll mount on the -lower part of the home. The bottom edge of the Top Trim Mount can extend below -the bottom edge. ' of the borne if there is a Solid support for nailing and a -solid bearing for the Top Trim Front Strip against the side of the homeAt is helpful to mark a fine -around the bottom of the home with a' chalk line or other method to assure a straight line where the Top Trim Mount Strip is to be installed. The Top Trim Mounting Strip is installed by driving the steel'. hails ih.the middle of, every. slot (figure 5). DO NOT NAIL TIGHTLY1 (See nailinginstructions on front page.) Do not cut Top- Trim Mounting at the comers. Gently band over a sharp edge of a cutting table or asimilar surface to form the comer (figure 6). Ifthe installation is made in extremely cold weather. the vinyl should be warmed to room temperature before bending. Warming will avoid the likelihood of cracking. FlGUAE7 'FIGURE 6 30a0 Cutting The Panels The Top Trim Mounting Strip is constructed with two parallel rides at intervals below the nailing, slots .(figure 7). These ridges may beused to measure the required panel height. For warm weather, application, measure the distance (from the ground to the lower ridge. In cold- weather, measure to the top ridge. If the ground is level, several panels may be cart at one time using a hand power saw -Remember, if a power saw is to be used, mount a fine-toothed blade in. reverse position (figure 8). LOCKING THE PANELS A snap loclktool is used'to punch locking tabs on the outside bottom edge.:of each panel (figure-9): When the panel. is installed, it becomes locked ,in:'the Ground- Channel. This feature assures retention of the panel in the Ground Channel.. Note: When installing- in a high wind area, punch, locking tabs at the top of the panel for ,added ,locking: strength. Self -aligning panels ;easily snap and- slide intoplace (figure 10). Be certain.that each panel positively interlocks with the panel adjoining k. (Above W panel height, a framing support system should be considered.) INSTALLING PANELS Panels can be 'installed by setting into the bottom channel and leaning .against the back trim. Lock the next panel, as shown by figure 10. Panels should not be cut but bent around comers as shown in figure 11. FITTING PANELS AROUND SERVICE CONNECTIONS . Cutting and fitting to -virtually any shape or radius is easily done with Lifestyle usirig.aviation snips; cut the panel to it around the connection. Cut the panel'from. the side — not from the top or bottom Keep snip points open as if cutting cloth to avoid cracking panels. CAUTION Proper installation of Home Skirting requires that -the Top Bads barnailed loosely so the panel will slide freely,in the nail slots. This can be accomplished by leaving the nail head 1 /46" to 1/8" from -the face of the panel. The naikmust penetrate a solid nailable surface by 3/4". The steel nails supplied with the product are 1-1/2" in length. Do not place outdoor cookers near the vinyl skirting because the�heat will4stortthe panels. Any heat source must be kept away from the panels or damage may occur. L 5-11fill, i V.S.L.Rro,Statemiant:. NOWAV elthftand sons. 601168 are from OFMIC MAWlIft end will Mellor bum when exWadfo asiliniftwt souroo.offlams, or Not: NOM151frallutiOnj 10prolect vinyl Gkinft from sources of fire should be taken. Bartwooss; and com- buslibfisMaledols, such aadry Isaylij Mulch and trash, should be kept away,from rkhtlng. For ,information ,about fh properties of vinyl skirting, cent Inn" 5 it WS K Stroal, N.W., Suite W..h4io=12= or Haverford Vinyl Products. . te,P 4 stalling the Top Trim Front Strip The Top Trim Front Strip installs -easily by -snapping the edge. of its spring_ lock into the Top Trim Mounting ' Strip. - sure to push the, Top -Trim Front Strip all the--wa'y'into the Trim Mounting Strip until' it "snaps" Into place. Each -of -the 14 pieces of the Top Trim. Front Strip -are ohed 2" on one end. (figure 12) to permit overlapping. qrtap ends of adjoining trim front approximately 1 " Four of plows are: factory -!notched for forming comers. Two ms are notched at V. two 3! 7-1 W from, the end. Starling at one. of the front comers of the home with a ::e of trim strip notched V 7-1/4" from - the end, place the in. section on the front of the home and bend the longer tion'around to the side. (figure 13-1). At the other front per, place a piece of trim strip.notched atV (figure 13-2). ce. the second piece notched 3! 7-1/4", from the end and irlap'the long section on the, side of the home, bending the ift. section to the back -side of the home (figure 13-3). ally, take the last 6' notched section and bend around the ialning. comer (figure 13-4). 3' 71/4' _'W 741V Ei ---------------- — --------- ---- ---�JV7-114' FIGURE 13 3' 7-1/4" T � 1. CUTTING ADDITIONAL CORNERS . If inside comers-are.needed, trim strips can be,easily cut with aviation snips to, form attractive comer joints by cutting. a -W triftre on adjacent ends and butting. If extra outside comers are requited (for porcheso.r add -on room), notch the trim strips, as, shown (figure 14), bend around the comer and snap into place. Allow at least &-of trim strip on each side of -the comer. EASY -ACCESS Access can be gained at virtually any point by simply lifting the TopTdm. Front Stripand-sliding, out the desired number.of panels. Accessibility to the area under the Unit is available whenever desired. Form #HVP-LIF I Printed in USA 9404