System and Method for Skirting a Manufactured Home

a manufactured home and system technology, applied in the field of manufactured home skirting, can solve the problems of prior art system, leakage path around the attachment hole in the exterior wall, damage to the exterior wall of the home,

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-08-12
POLYVULC USA
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Problems exist with the prior art system and method of attachment of the top of the vinyl skirting to exterior walls of the home.
Also, the exterior surface of the home and the vinyl sheeting are subject to differing amounts of expansion and contraction depending upon the temperature and moisture conditions, which can cause leak paths to develop around the attachment holes in the exterior walls.
Further, if the skirting is pulled loose, such as in a wind storm, the exterior walls of the home are damaged.

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[0018]FIG. 1 shows a manufactured home 2 positioned on a wood frame flooring system comprising perimeter beams or outer rim joists 4 and inner beams or joists 6. Moisture barrier 8 is sandwiched or inserted between the wood flooring system and the steel frame system, comprising I-beams 10. The I-beams 10 are positioned on the ground. The top back skirting rail 12 is attached with screws 14 to the exterior wall of home 2. Screws 14 may be positioned at uniform locations, such as 16 inches on center, around the perimeter of the home 2 above the floor. The top of the skirting panel 16 is sandwiched or inserted between the top back skirting rail 12 and the top front skirting rail 18. Although the skirting is typically made of vinyl materials, other skirting panels can be used with this novel system and method, including natural (wood), metal and synthetic materials. The skirting rails (12, 18) snap together to hold the skirting panel 16. The skirting rails are typically 4 to 6 inches hi...

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A system and method are provided for attachment of skirting, preferably vinyl skirting, with a manufactured home. The first legs of each of a plurality of clips, preferably L-shaped clips, may be attached with the bottom surface of the outer rim joist of the home. The plurality of L-shaped clips may be positioned along the length of the outer rim joist. The second legs of each of the plurality of L-shaped clips may be positioned downward. The top back skirting rail may be attached to the outer rim joist with the second legs of each of the plurality of L-shaped clips.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]N / ASTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]N / AREFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX[0003]N / ABACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]1. Field of the Invention[0005]The present invention relates to manufactured home skirting.[0006]2. Description of the Related Art[0007]Manufactured homes, such as mobile, temporary and trailer homes are built at manufacturing facilities and transported to the locations where they will be fixed to the ground and occupied. When the home is fixed with the ground, the floor of the typical manufactured home is elevated several feet above the ground. The homes are typically built over a wood frame floor beam system, such as with 2″×6″ lumber. The wood frame system typically has a wooden perimeter beam or outer rim joist, which may also be 2″×6″ lumber. A plastic vapor barrier is attached below the wood floor framing system to prevent moisture from infiltrating from below. The wood frame system wit...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04F19/04E04B1/38E04B1/00E04B1/66
CPCE04F19/02E04B1/34342
Inventor FARRELL, J. FREDRICFARRELL, JOHN F.AYLLON, L. CECILWILLIAMS, ELTON R.
Owner POLYVULC USA
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