Mobile home skirting using treated lumber 

It looks really great and should last a very long time, unlike the plastic stuff. Love the stories too. It's so nice to see a lady not afraid to use power tools, you rock Charly!

i live on a bayou in the florida panhandle and i can relate to your stories. once the new roof goes on i will be fixing the skirting. thank you hurricane sally.

I may be a bit weird, but I have always loved the sounds of the saw and smell when cutting wood. Project is coming along great! That was awesome of him to help yall out (and you replacing his lost stuff). That's the way good people do. 👍😎👍

That is looking very good. And when you paint it the color that the vinyl is/was the city folks won't know the difference. I like it. Thanks

Doesn’t matter how good you are there will always be naysayers and “armchair carpenters” ignore them. But I’ve been looking for a solution to my problem and this looks like it. In the same situation as you bad knees and bad back, but I also have a mobile home sitting on uneven ground 5 feet at the back 2 feet at the front, this is the route I’m taking I believe it’s the best solution for my situation thank you for posting this video and being very detailed.

The wood under painting looks really good and I like the idea of the round louvered vent

My word Brad you would need to be a millionaire to purchase that lumber here in the uk 🇬🇧 our lumber prices have more than doubled……great vid god bless

I look forward to trucker story time. When she busted you out about being covered in cat hair I lost it. Comedy gold. y'all family and subs have a blessed rest of your weekend. Working on some carry belts and front pocket wallets today.

I feel ya brother!!! I have three screws in each knee, six screws in my lower back, and a medical implant for my back in my abdomen (Medtronic pain pump #8637-20). I'm trying to do the same thing you're working on. Which is how I found your video. Thank You Sir for bringing us along with you! Much appreciated. Have a good one and be safe out there brother!

Rule of thumb on job estimates: YOUR estimate X 3 = Actual time

If I could impersonate JNull0 I'd say "You're doing it wrong." but I could never be as funny or clever as him. I like the little access door for the shutoff.

Looks great. I got this job to do myself. No wrong way to underskirt a mobile home. This looks awesome. I finally decided to leave the 3rd coast after Harvey and covid. Just got tired of floods and people. May 2022 be awesome for y'all. Keep it shiny side up and between da lines.

Those 23 minutes flew by this morning. Thank you for a good way to start our Saturday. Liked everything about it, from the how to DIY skirting to the banter between you and Charly. Can't leave out Breezy supervising, either. Cut off access door 👍👍👍 Good thinking on the people access door. I have 2 on the back of our house (trailer, mobile home for the critics) and both have challenges because of conduit or ductwork. Hope the rest your job goes smoothly and you'll soon put another ✔ on your to-do list. Hope you and yours have a blessed Saturday. Godspeed if you venture forth.

As the Scots say...Hoot Mon...whatever blows ye skirt. :) Gr8 Video! Appreciate info on how you constructed the ground surface using the 12" tiles. My Mobile sits on a sand and clay fill dirt pad and I want a level permanent surface to mount the skirting to. I've thought about the tiles and vinyl or cement board. I feel your pain and I'm having to stand to type this cuz of hip pain I have while sitting. I think the hip pain is from a sciatica condition I get from being a pure back sleeper. I got a Sports Doctor RU-vid tip and have cured my sciatica low back pain several times by putting a pillow under my knees. I guess I love pain, lol :( , cuz every time I cure myself, I kick the pillow and the pain comes back after a few months. Last night I started using the pillow again, and doing some hip stretches I saw on YT that hopefully will stop the pain.

Looks good Brad. Do you think you will need vents after they dry I think you will have gaps and that should be plenty ventilation. I know my fence has small gaps now and I had them wedged tight when I installed it.

Hi Brad, Charly and fur babies! Looks good and I’m sure it was a pain with the variance in the the wood, they where probably scrap wood when they built it that they used. My son-in-law used to work for Claytons and he said they use every scrap of wood. Good job Charly. I would freak out too, don’t do water moccasins, I had a incident with one while swimming. Glad y’all didn’t fall down that slope, would have been bad. Have a blessed day and be safe!

i wish i was closer, i would come help you so as to learn how to do my own skirting. looking good. i live on a bayou in the florida panhandle and i can relate to your stories. once the new roof goes on i will be fixing the skirting. thank you hurricane sally.

That has come out very nice!

Just found your channel while searching how to's on mobile home skirting and oh wow can I relate to everything taking a LOT longer at my age haha. First day of prepping the mobile here for skirting and I think every muscle in my body is sore, and I havent even got any of the skirting up yet LOL

Get yourself one of those lawn and garden creeper chairs. You can roll 'em sideways while you're workin' and you don't have to be bent over all day. They've got big tires on them so they can roll off road rather easily. I'd have one myself but my knees can't take being bent that much. I'm too tall for most of that stuff. Have to have about a 23 inch chair height for me to be able to get back up.

Brad excellent job! I relate to bad knees. I am 74 and cut down a 15' tree sitting on a stool. A friend once told me " Tom when you are in the land of 'got to' well that's what you do, got to" LOL

That sure is a lot to get done, and I think it looks awesome.

That's going to look good when you finish living anywhere it floods would suck

Honestly, with the gaps that will form between the boards, you are probably ok with just that alone for ventilation. Unless you are planning on insulating behind that.

Great team work,looking good BC 👍

I have always said There’s 3 ways to do a job: 1 the right way 2 the wrong way 3 my way I guess you have a 4 th way : the troll way lol

Great job B & C!

Seems like the older I get the longer it takes to do things, LOL.

Love the stories. You done good.

you got a small fortune in all that lumber... Looks nice.

I have the same issue with my back and knees, it make it hard to do anything that has to do with bending or squatting. Have to sit an slide on my rear end, it's dirty but it work slowly. I feel for your pain but the job looks nice and I think I will try it myself.

Looks great wish you the best in regards to your pain.

Great teamwork and it looks great!!

Here is what you can tell the armchair experts: After reading your comment, my wife and I spent all last night ripping it all out to do the job exactly the way you so generously provided.

You both work extremely hard for being in your 40's. Great work Charlie......Brad can I see you in my office please..😂😂😂😂😂

I could stealth camp in your crawlspace! 😀

Looks awesome Brad !

You're doing a great job.. thank you I'm a fist time buyer. And I really like your idea..do need help trying to get my skirting on my new double wide mobile home...

The work looks good… great job…!!! Also far as your knees…. Try rubbing organic castor oil on them every night and see will it help you. It worked for my knees. Of course it doesn’t work overnight but just keep rubbing it on nightly and see if it helps…

Very nice work. I highly recommend BONE BROTH for your bones. Cured my dog who lost use of her hind legs due to age.😊😊

Charly, Have you toured the quilt barns? I saw some interesting pictures. They paint a quilt pattern on part of the barn. There are supposed to be tours across the country.

You were doing it wrong, you should not use your left hand, LOL Now that looks good, I like it.

Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative.

Excellent job guys!

NICE

Great job!

Ya done it wrong! That's not the way I would have done it. I would have saved the money up and paid someone else to do it! If I tried it would have taken three times as long and looked, maybe, half as good. Heck, I run the dust mop over the living room floor and then I gotta sit down and rest for half an hour! But then, I'm a bit older than you so I use that as an excuse. Good job!

After my thumbs down now I'm trying to think of something ya did wrong to comment on... lol looks good brother... hopefully my knives come today...

so what you are saying is you lost all your guns in a boating accident too?😎

I completely understand when you talk about the knees and the back! Man, it looks awesome. We have been thinking about doing this for my son’s mobile home, could you give me an idea of the cost?

I have the problem arthritis. My wife is very good with tools. But treated wood we get here in Okla. is pitiful but looks good. I am going with metal.

Grown man like you putting on a skirt. Be proud & loud. LOL

Nice job picketing! I keep trying join the protests every time I see a sign that says “End Road Work” but that group is so lazy they won’t show up…

Thanks for the video!

I used pallets for my skirting for now

I'm thinking of doing this with treated plywood

Slept in till 5 sorry Im late

Looks great

How did you anchor the bottom 2x2 or did you just screw it into the skirt boards? Looks great appreciate you sharing your hard work.

Looks like a great idea but what about termites or water damage. Got any tips to make the wood last as long as metal or vinyl?

How are you securing the bottom of the boards? I combed through your video a couple times but I don't think you covered that part

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to lose the guns in the boating accident. LoL

This video is exactly what we need. Did you run a track along the bottom? We're trying to figure out how you secured the pickets.

do you have a second part of this that showed you doing the door on the side u we’re talking about? i’m about to start the same type of project.

Hello Brad, you did an amazing job and I’m going to mimic your idea. Question, so the bottom of the pickets, you just buried them? Have they held up well so far? Thank you for the great video.

Brad your the labor Breezy is the FOREMAN Bill

why would you need vents when I see people put up vinyl on the bottom they put up house wrap under the vinyl so all those cracks and vents or the wood separating you could still get rodents

It looks real good, nice work. But I don't think you were using the drill right with your left hand. Here is how I do it, use lots of profanity and hold my tongue just the right way. Lol just kidding. Great job 👍

I did my skirting similar to this. And I also used treated wood as well. But because the wood is touching the ground and is more than likely prone to getting wet during the rainy days. Do you not worry about termites? This is my only concern with my skirting. Though I spray pesticides around the outside of my house Religiously

is a stem wall the same as a skirting

Id love to know how you did the skirting across the front of the mobile. Mine has a big metal cross bar across the front that I cant attach wood to. which is how I found your channel cuz I came in here to google it LOL. You did give me a great idea on how to do the top piece on the long sides of the mobile tho! Also, what did you attach the bottom 2x2 to?

Looks great! What size wood did you originally cut for the pickets?

Shalom! With this as skirting should we have to worry about termites?

I hate Phillips screws. I will not buy them anymore. I only use torx.

you should get yourself a cart with wheels and you could slide along and sit while you do it or a wagon or something instead of bending over sitting on your knees

How much you spend on lumber?

yore doun it rong!!! u shud use bacon grease on dem screws to make em go in mor bettr 😄

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Poor baby. Skirting looking nice.