weather skirting
I have a 1993 newmar mountainaire class a we are living in for the winter, in eastern Oregon. will we need to skirt this motorhome to survive this winter? does skirting make a big difference? putting ...
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Besides some very good skirting and perhaps a heat source under the rig (light bulb or a heater....be careful if you put a heat source under an enclosed RV of fire danger!!)You should do the following:
put throw rugs on the floor (even if you have carpeting, every where you can); put windshield sunshades between the drapes/blinds etc. and the windows, especially in the bedroom; put heavy insulation panels in all of the ceiling vents...they are all standard sizes in RVs usually 14 1/2" square, I use Aluminum foil insulated material available at any home improvement store. There is a great heat loss from these vents; Use your internal water tank and refill when necessary...do not attach a hose to a faucet, it will freeze solid unless you can locate a heated hose you can plug into electric; if you have slides they are a tremendous heat loss, so it's a tossup of room over heat...you can always pull them in at night or on very cold days; keep the doors/cabinets open where you have plumbing to keep them from freezing; if you can place a heavy tarp over your roof and tie it down very well to keep the snow & freezing rain water directly off of the roof; buy some tire covers; place cardboard or some other form of insulation in behind the grill to the engine compartment to help keep the cold out. Got luck and make Hot Toddies all winter!
put throw rugs on the floor (even if you have carpeting, every where you can); put windshield sunshades between the drapes/blinds etc. and the windows, especially in the bedroom; put heavy insulation panels in all of the ceiling vents...they are all standard sizes in RVs usually 14 1/2" square, I use Aluminum foil insulated material available at any home improvement store. There is a great heat loss from these vents; Use your internal water tank and refill when necessary...do not attach a hose to a faucet, it will freeze solid unless you can locate a heated hose you can plug into electric; if you have slides they are a tremendous heat loss, so it's a tossup of room over heat...you can always pull them in at night or on very cold days; keep the doors/cabinets open where you have plumbing to keep them from freezing; if you can place a heavy tarp over your roof and tie it down very well to keep the snow & freezing rain water directly off of the roof; buy some tire covers; place cardboard or some other form of insulation in behind the grill to the engine compartment to help keep the cold out. Got luck and make Hot Toddies all winter!
