Trailer skirting ventilation
Mark discovered that the
easiest way to get the skirting metal and insulation to come out even is to
measure and cut the former on the ground then to run a knife along the
upper edge of the metal to trim the styrofoam.
Next up is doors --- the
spot for one of which you can see at the far left of the photo above.
Rather than inserting premade vents into the metal skirting for summer
ventilation, we'll be framing up wooden doors with closable vents so we
can easily get into the various parts of the trailer's underbelly as
well as ensuring accumulated moisture doesn't rot our subfloor.
In case you're following
along at home, here are the rules of thumb for skirting ventilation:
- Plan on one square foot of vent per 150 square feet of trailer (6.5 square feet for a 14x70 singlewide).
- Make sure there's a vent within three feet of each corner.
- Close vents in the winter to keep your pipes warm!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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