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Home My WebLink Aboutinstallation detailsWilde Careful attention to a few basic dots insure that your Lifestyles Vinyl Sk provide a. beautiful, easily installed, accessible .exterior with a minimum maintenance. Lifestyle® Vinyl Skirgngis ea over any. ter ain-, requires no speaa' never need's painting. Following thi installation techniques will assure try 1.. Use either a power saw with a fine-tooth blade mounted with reverse rotation, or aviation snips to cuts Lifestyle's components. Ground SKIRTING BY HAVERFORD Details will LlfestyleP will contribute to the beauty of your na will home's exterior. Tools -YOU -will -need Hammer, Screwdriver, Snips, Plumb -Bob. or Level, Tape Measure, Power Saw -with -Fine - installed Tooth Blade, Notching Tool, Chalk •Line and DIS and Utility Knife basic Important To allow for normal expansion and contraction, fasten the Top Trim Mounting- Strip W the center of the- milling. slots. Fasten positively to the surface of the unit at everyslotted hole, leaving 1 /2" ' between .lengths: Do not butt the ends. Overlap Top Trim Front approximately 1" at joints. Allow l ' between pieces of the'Bottom Channel when installing. 3.. Do not drive the nails too.tightiy. 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 3/4" 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 IV gap between -nail head and part. . - Steel Nail Gramd,SpIke Blevins lifestyle ruyl SOWngvl pdf FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 Step 1.. . Laying the Bottom Channel A level or plumb One should be used to establish the location of "the Ground Channel. The taller backside of the Ground Channel should -be located directly beneath the outside bottom edgerof the home, where the Top Trim MountiN Strip will be attached (figurel ). To prevent grass from gr ' Ong around the base of the skirting and provide a non-shiNng.for the ground spikes, go. asphalt roof starter should be installed 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. Veed- Eater' type trim units will damage the skirting and is not covered by the warranty. Attach he 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 VT gap between each section of the Ground.Channel. To form clean, 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 Node: In 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 34- -masonry nail instead of .the ground spike. `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 will mount on the, lower part of the home. The -bottom edge of the Top Trim Mount can extend below the bottom edge of the home if there is a solid support for nailing and a solid bearing for the Top Trim, Front Strip against the side of the home. It is helpful to mark a One 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- nails, in the middle of'every slot (figure 5). DO NOT NAIL TIGHTLY-1 (See nailing; instructions on front page.) Do not cut Top Trim Mounting at; the, comers. Gently bend over a sharp edge of a cutting table or a similar surface to form the comer (figure 6). 11 0 theinstallation is made in extremely cold weather. the vinyl should, be warmed to room temperature before bending. Warning will avoid the likelihood of cracking. rMURE1 'FIGURE B FIGURE % FIGURE 71 3... The Panels The Top Trim Mounting Strip is constructed with two parallel ridges.at intervals below: the nailing. slots (figure 7). These ridges maybe used 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 W, at Oe time using a hand. power saw..Remember, if a powersaw is to be used, mount a fine-toothed blade in. reverselposftton (figure 8). LOCKING THE PANELS A snep-lock tool is used to punch locking tabs on the outside bottom edge of each panel (figure 9): When the: panel is installed; itbecomes 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 into place (figure 10). Be zertain..that each panel positively interlocks with the panel adjoining it. (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 corners as shown .in figure 11. FITTING PANELS AROUND SERVICE Cutting and fitting.to-virtually any shape -or radius is easily .done, with Lifestyle using aviation snips, cut the panel to rlt 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 Mobile .Home Skirting requires that the Top Back be nailed loosely so the panel will sHde freely in the nail slots. This can be aocomp%hed by leaving the nail head 1 /16" to 118 from -the face of the panel. The nail.must penetrate a solid. nailable surface by 3/4". The steel nails supplied `with the product are 1-1/2" in length. i Do not place outdo& cookers near the vinyl skirting because the,heatwiil distort the panels. Any heat source must be kept away from -the panels or damage may occur. I fi r."UM I's V.S.I. FIre:Staternin. RW YW wwft,wd accas. sorfas are made.11torn orpnic materials and wW mail or bum ,when exposod to a significant source of ftme or heat. Normal precaution to prow virryt afthl; from. sources of fire should betaken. 'Barbecues and com- bustible materials, such. as dry laves, mulch and trash, should be kept away from skirting, For information about lirG,propertiolz1f vinyl sid0g, conl, Virl �Sld Ina" 1275 K She, N.W., Sun. "ZON.2 0 ZDC 2= or Haverford Vinyl Products. Iftstallitig the, Top Trim Front Strip I The Top Trim Front Strip installs easily by* snapping the top edge of.fts'spring lock into' the Top Trim Mounting Strip. Bi' h " he Top Trim Front Strip all the-wa'y'into the Mounting Top Strip until R "snaps" Into place. . I Each of.the - 14 pieces of the, Top Trim. Front Strip are notched 2" on one end (figure 12) to permit overlapping: 0vierlap ends of adjoining trim front approximately 1 " Four of the pieces are factory-nlotched4or forming Comers. Two 01e6es are notched at W'two & 7-1W from the 'end. Starting at one of the front. comers of the home with a piece of trim strip notched Z 7-1/4" from the end,. place the shortsictionon the -front- of. the home and bend. the L longer section' around to the side (figure 13-1). At the -other front comer, plice a plKe of trim strip notched,at'6' (figure 13-2). Ta�e, the second piece notched 3' 7-1/4", from the end and overlap the long section on the side of the home, bending the short section to the back -side of the home (figure 1 &-3). Finally, take the 6- -a W" notched section and bend around the remaining. comer (figure 13-4). 7-1/4' . 1. W 7-1/4" ----------------- L— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — J '7-114' FWRE 13 3' 7-1/4' CUTTING ADDITIONAL CORNERS I It ihskle-.comers are needed, tdrn strips can be easily cut aviation snips to form -attractive comer joints by cutting aAW mitre on adjacent, ends and butting. If extra outside comers are required (for parches or add -on =614), notch. the tdrn strips as shown (figure 14), bend around the comer and snap into place. Allow at least T" of trim strip on each ride of. -the comer. EASY ACMSS I Access can be gained at -virtually any point by simply lifting the TopTrirn Front Strip and sliding out the desired nurriberV panels. Accessibility to the area under the unit is availlable whenever desired. Form *HVP-LIF I Printed in USA 9404