Winter shirting on a fiberglass keystone cougar

[babun]

I'm going to be installing insulation boards around my non moving cougar 5th wheeler soon.
Would be real easy if I could run a bead of some kind of glue/sealer along the lower outside of the rv and then stick the 1" thick 4foot wide boards to that then to the ground.
Any body know of a sealer/glue that will clean up easy next spring when the shirting comes off?

[babun]

B.O. Plenty wrote:

babun wrote:
I was just under the beast and it looks like I could box off along the frame rails nice and easy with the insulating boards. This will not help 100% with keeping heat in the rv but it will protect all the tanks, lines, mechanics, which is my main concern.
My plan was to heat the underside with 2 small 300watt ceramic heaters to prevent freeze ups.

What ever I do I will post pics and results after the first deep freeze. {I don't believe I just said "deep freeze", in Tenn.!!! {I'm from upstate NY originally}

A300 watt ceramic won't put out enough heat to keep your fingers warm if you were right next to it, let alone warm anything under the trailer. A 1500 watt heater only puts out 5,280 BTUs. Do the math....A 300 watt heater will produce 1,050 BTUs. about the same as a couple candles.....

The reason for the smaller heaters, is because of available 20 amp service outlet. I have over 60 feet of heat trace wire on the fresh water hose, 3 dump valves and sewer piping under the rv.
This will add heat to the underside also, while using about 16 amps of power.
By the way, I have used 2 small candles under chafing dishes to keep foods hot at parties.:)

B.O.

[B_O__Plenty]

babun wrote:
I was just under the beast and it looks like I could box off along the frame rails nice and easy with the insulating boards. This will not help 100% with keeping heat in the rv but it will protect all the tanks, lines, mechanics, which is my main concern.
My plan was to heat the underside with 2 small 300watt ceramic heaters to prevent freeze ups.

What ever I do I will post pics and results after the first deep freeze. {I don't believe I just said "deep freeze", in Tenn.!!! {I'm from upstate NY originally}

A300 watt ceramic won't put out enough heat to keep your fingers warm if you were right next to it, let alone warm anything under the trailer. A 1500 watt heater only puts out 5,280 BTUs. Do the math....A 300 watt heater will produce 1,050 BTUs. about the same as a couple candles.....

B.O.

[babun]

I was just under the beast and it looks like I could box off along the frame rails nice and easy with the insulating boards. This will not help 100% with keeping heat in the rv but it will protect all the tanks, lines, mechanics, which is my main concern.
My plan was to heat the underside with 2 small 300watt ceramic heaters to prevent freeze ups.

What ever I do I will post pics and results after the first deep freeze. {I don't believe I just said "deep freeze", in Tenn.!!! {I'm from upstate NY originally}

[Calicajun]

Adding skirting around the 5th wheel will stop air flow. Will you cause a problem with mold and rot building up due to no air flow?

[B_O__Plenty]

Stay away from Silicone. You will never that off. I would run a 2X2 around the bottom along the bottom edge of the siding maybe, then attach the sheeting to that with some screws and fender washers...??

B.O.

[laknox]

How about screwing it to some 1x2" stakes from the back side, then sealing the gap with that DAP removable caulk?

Lyle

[DutchmenSport]

Whatever you come with, post a photo of the finished job. This subject comes up every year, and then there's never any follow up what the poster actually did. I'm curious what the end results look like and how it was finally done.

[TakingThe5th]

Halmfamily wrote:
I would try installing them behind the bottom aluminum skirting. I would think you could Gorilla tape or silicone and adhere it to the coroplast. Of cousre you would have to climb under the rv to do this but you won't have to worry about damaged the outside.

Not sure what you plan to do with your slides but this approach might work really well for you if you work the slides. Maybe add insulation to the coroplast on the slide from below if the slides are out all the time.

[ZOSO]

Check this stuff out.

[Halmfamily]

I would try installing them behind the bottom aluminum skirting. I would think you could Gorilla tape or silicone and adhere it to the coroplast. Of cousre you would have to climb under the rv to do this but you won't have to worry about damaged the outside.

[babun]

whiteeye42 wrote:
RTV silicone would work but i would think insulation boards would be to light weight to with stand any type of wind

As a retired construction site foreman, I still have "cheap' access to industrial 4'x 12' long, one inch thick or 2 inch thick insulation.
It is pretty strong, especially since it will be only about 2 feet high from ground to bottom of RV.
I have a way of securing to the ground, my concern was/is the glue/sealers affect on the gel coat of the rv.
Don't want to remove them next spring and pull chucks out of the Cougar!!

[whiteeye42]

RTV silicone would work but i would think insulation boards would be to light weight to with stand any type of wind

[TakingThe5th]

Not sure of the composition of the insulation you will be using but you might also consider some of the various tapes available. On house trailers I see a 2x2 framing is often used.

[Allworth]

Skirting??

And, No, I'm not aware of any such adhesive.