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Home My WebLink AboutINSTALLATION DETAILSSCANNED BY qt @ ttrip rAlInt, Careful attention to a few basic details will insure that your Lifestyle®Vinyl Siditing will provide a,beautiful, easily installed, completely accessible exterior with a minimum of maintenance. Lifestyle® Vinyl Skirting is easily installed over any terrain, requires no special tools -and never need's painting. Following these basic installation techniques will assure that e HAVERPORD Lifestyles 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 Utility Knife Important I. Use either a power saw 2. To allow for normal 3. with a fine-tooth blade mounted with reverse rotation, or,aviation snips to cut Lifestyle® components. TrIm Mount 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 every -slotted- hole; leaving 1 a" 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. 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 314" penetration into a solid wood. substance. Nail to allow part to expand and contrail during the normal change in ambient temperature. DO NOT NAIL TIGHT. Allow tiff gap between nail head and part. - - 0> steel NMI Gmund spIke File 0�� Blevins lifestyle Vinyl Skirting W pdj 0_1 FIDURE 2 $tep 1 a a U Laying the Bottom Channel A level or plumb line should be used to establish the Iodation of the Ground Channel. The taller backside of the Ground Channel should be located directly beneath the offside bottom edge of the home, where the Top Trim 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, g" asphalt roof starter should beT 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. "Weed- Eater'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 1/2"°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 arx'le. (Attached to the ground as shown in figure 4). Note: ri 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 fastenGround Channel to treated wooden stakes. For installation on . concrete, use a 3J4- masonry nail instead of the ground spike. lAuid Nail" cement or other similar methods of setting a fastener directly to concrete can also be used: Rep2... Installing Top Trim Mounting- Strip Firstdetermine where the Top Trim INount.will mount on the, lower part of the home. The bottom edge of the Top, Trim Mount cart extend below the bottom edge of the home if there is a.sofid 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 line around the bottom of the home,with a chalk -line or othermethod 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 TIGIiTLYI '(See .nailinginstructions 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). If the installation is made in extremely cold weather; the vinyl should be warmed to room temperature before bending. Warming will avoid the likelihood of cracking. 'Aft FOURS e i Step 3, Cutting. The Panels The Top Trim Mounting. Strip is constructed with two parallel', ridges at intervals below the nailing slots (figure 7). These ridges -may -be 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 cut atone time using a hand, power saw..Remember' if a power saw is to be used; mount a fine-toothed blade in reverse posMon.(figure 8). LOCKING THE PANELS A snap 1locctool 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 ofthe 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. iSelf-aligning parcels easily snap and, slide into place (figure 10). Be certain, that each ;panel positively interlocks with ,the panel adjoinig it. (Above 36" panel height, a framing support: system should be considered.). INSTALLING=PANES Panes can be tnstalied by setting into the bottom charinet.and leaning agalrlst 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. PANELS AROUND SERVICE Cutting and fitting to -virtually any shape or radius is easily done, with lifestyle using aviation snips, cut the panel to It, around the connection. Cut the pane[ from the side — not from he --top or bottom Keep snip points open as if cutting cloth to ivoid, cracking panels. CAUTION Proper installation of%Mobile Home Skirting requires that the Top Bade be nailed loosely so the panel will slide freely in the nail slots, This can be a=mplished by leaving the nail head 1/16" to 1/Ir 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. Do notplace,outdoor cookers near the vinyl skirting because thebeat will disiiod the panels. Any heat source must' be kept awayfrom the parcels or damage may occur. V.S.I.Pra.Statemant:, P"M sodas am made from orgartb matttab:end wEti melt or bum when caposed to a etgnitieantsouroe of llama or heat; Normal precitullarts to prousa vinyl skoft from sources of fine should be taken. Barbacnias and com- buslibli materials, such as dry Isayss mulch and Omit, should be kW away from For Information about lire properties of vinyl skhog, conlraZm Vinyl Siding In"1276 K Street, N.W., Suite .W..hhigtonDC 2 or Haverford Vinyl Products. stepl14r 1111 Installing. -the Top Trim Front Strip The Top Trim Front Strip installs easily by. snapping the top , ed geof its spring, lock ifit ' o the Top Trim Mounting Strip. Be sure to ,push'the.T-op, Trim Front Strip all the:.w6y.into the Top Trim Mounting Strip until ft "snaps" Into place Each-ofithe 14 pieces of the Top Trim. Front Strip are notched 2" on-pne.end (figure 12) to permit overlapping. Overlap; ends of adjoining, trim front approximately V Four of th6 pieces are Wory-notched :for forming comers. Two pieces are notched at V. two & 7-1/4" from the end. Starting atone, of the front, comers of the home with a piece of m strip notched from the, end, plaoe.the short section on the front. of the, home and bend the longer iecfiw around to the side (figure 13- 1�). At. the other front corner, plikea-piece oftrim strip,lnotched-at6 (figure13-2). Take.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 r section to the, backside of the home. (figure 1.3-!3). Finally, take the last 6 notched section and bend around the remaining comer (figure 13-4). i 13'7-1/4* F 7-1/4' [.I\ -- — — — — — — — — — — — — — — VIL I a- - — — --- — — — — — — — — — — — - J 6 7-IM* FIGURE 13 3' 7-1/4' CUTTING ADDITIONAL CORNERS � if inside corners are -needed, trim strips can be easily cut with av iation form attractive comer joints. by COW% a W, rW&e on adjacent ends and butting. If extra outside corners are required (for porches or add -on rooms), notch the trim strips as shown (figure 14), bend around the comer and snap into place. Allow at least T of trim strip on each -side of the comer. EASY ACCESS ' Access can be gained at -virtually any point by simply rifting the TopTrim Front Strip and sliding out the desired number of, panels. Accessibility to the area -under the 'unit is available whenever deilritd. Form Printed in USA 9404