Skirting fifth wheel

[whiteysax]

As I settle into my first winter as a full timer and learning as I go, I'm planning to skirt my 5er as I've deduced the major cause of chilly drafts is coming from the floors of my slides (around the couches in the front living room, around the bed in the bedroom and under the table in the kitchen).

Obviously, I'd like to avoid the thousands of dollars involved with professional custom fitting. I happened across EZ Snap skirting kits, but I'm not too keen on screwing studs into the body of my home and it would appear I'd still be spending $1500-2000 to wrap fully around my 40-ft rig AND 5 slides. I'd like to skirt it with a fabric material as opposed to insulated boards for storage reasons. I'm just not sure where I'd store boards should I need to.

I'm toying with the idea of custom fitting a skirt on my own using adhesive snaps. Has anyone had any success in outfitting your rig with a homemade skirt? Suggestions on skirting material?

[RoyB]

My daughters swimming pool setup which has finally gone through the pool fabric left me with the 50-feet or so of 36-inch high fiberglass siding roll. It seems to be almost the perfect height to go around the 5th wheel. I had thoughts of adding Velcro strips along the top edge and placing the sides around our 5th wheel that permanently sits in our back yard. I think you can purchase replacement fiberglass side rolls not too expensive.

[newman_fulltime]

2 inch foam board cut to fit wedge under the trailer

[whiteysax]

stubblejumper wrote:

whiteysax wrote:

mdamerell wrote:
Hay bales ?????

But what would my horses eat?!

The Hay !! By the time spring rolls around it would be all cleaned up!!:B

Clever.... Now I just need some horses!

[stubblejumper]

whiteysax wrote:

mdamerell wrote:
Hay bales ?????

But what would my horses eat?!

The Hay !! By the time spring rolls around it would be all cleaned up!!:B

[whiteysax]

mdamerell wrote:
Hay bales ?????

But what would my horses eat?!

[whiteysax]

I hadn't thought of suction cups. That's genius. I might check out some materials at lowes/Home Depot and cost compare to his website. $500 for 30-ft doesn't sound overwhelming. I assume I could get what I need for my 40-ft for under $1000.

[mdamerell]

Hay bales ?????

[gjwarneke]

Take a look at rvskirtingsolutions.com or google them..they are in St. Helens Oregon. If not their product itself you may get a good idea on what you can make yourself as I am thinking to do.
J
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