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Be sure to buy skirting of the right size. Panels heights vary. Before you determine the height you need, first verify your home’s leveling . Then measure from the ground to the bottom of your home where the ground is lowest. Buy according to that measurement. Know the width and length. Don’t buy skirting for a 1 2×50-foot home when yours is 14×50 feet. If you have pull-out sections or a porch, buy additional skirting for them.

Specific instructions often accompany skirting you purchase, but you may find some basic tips helpful. Set aside an entire weekend for the installation. Start at the right front corner, Install the top rail first. Fasten the rails with 1/4-inch hex-head sheet-metal screws. Place the rail low enough to hold the panels in place during warm weather. But allow enough space above the panels for frost heave to lift the panels.
To form outside corners, use your tin snips to clip out a V section from the railing at the point where the corner falls. Then bend the rail to make the corner.
Where you have a pull-out section or porch along a wall, install railings with outside corners first on that section. Form the inside corners by butting straight lengths of railing. Use tin snips to cut off excess rail and to fit these inside corners.
Next install the bottom rail. If the rails you buy do not have drain holes, make some with a small drill. Fit the corners as you did with the top rails. Top and bottom rails must be plumb (straight up and down) at the corners. Test this with a level or plumb-bob. Fasten the bottom rails with cement bolts or special ground channels. Slide the skirting panels into the rails.