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01-07-2014, 09:51 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Livingston
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quote:Originally posted by MDL
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quote:Originally posted by Bigboomer
So far it has gotten down to 5 below on Thursday and 10 below on Friday. We are comfy in our rig. We have 2 full 100# propane tanks and the 2 - 30# tanks on board. We are skirted and water line is heat taped. We also put the heat shrink window film on all the windows to cut the drafts down.
The only thing we get is frost on the windows and in the corners inside the cabinets even with all the doors open but if that is the worst at 10 below we will take it.
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Mark,
Basically I over cut the insulation and wedged it between the underside of the coach directly in front of the trailer frame and then applied the foil tape into the corner where the foam touches the underside and taped all the corners with foil tape.
So far it has held up for 2 months of freeze/ thaw and movement in the rig from walking around, exercise, etc.
We used 10 sheets of 3/4" foil faced Styrofoam from Lowes at $10 a sheet and a roll of foil tape for $13.
Has made a huge difference in the floor and basement temps.
Les
Just curious, how does your skirting attach? Is it custom made?
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01-07-2014, 07:43 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Renton
Posts: 362
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quote:Originally posted by Bigboomer
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quote:Originally posted by MDL
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quote:Originally posted by Bigboomer
So far it has gotten down to 5 below on Thursday and 10 below on Friday. We are comfy in our rig. We have 2 full 100# propane tanks and the 2 - 30# tanks on board. We are skirted and water line is heat taped. We also put the heat shrink window film on all the windows to cut the drafts down.
The only thing we get is frost on the windows and in the corners inside the cabinets even with all the doors open but if that is the worst at 10 below we will take it.
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Mark,
Basically I over cut the insulation and wedged it between the underside of the coach directly in front of the trailer frame and then applied the foil tape into the corner where the foam touches the underside and taped all the corners with foil tape.
So far it has held up for 2 months of freeze/ thaw and movement in the rig from walking around, exercise, etc.
We used 10 sheets of 3/4" foil faced Styrofoam from Lowes at $10 a sheet and a roll of foil tape for $13.
Has made a huge difference in the floor and basement temps.
Les
Just curious, how does your skirting attach? Is it custom made?
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That's a great idea, Thank you fort he info!
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01-08-2014, 03:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Fort Myers
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01-11-2014, 04:17 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 238
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We got the skirting material at Lowe's Wednesday after work and Dave was busy with it all day Thursday. Got it all around except on the door side from the steps forward. Boy, was he tired . . . from that and other things that had to be done around here that day. Unfortunately, it snowed like crazy Friday - he took a couple of relatively minor falls on ice hidden under snow - and now it's raining today, although much milder temps. He's hoping to finish up tomorrow. He's taking it easy today for a change.
We got water back in the rig Thursday and wow! Did hot showers feel good!
We're hoping the skirting will help, as they're saying we may have another polar vortex system next weekend or so. I'm hearing so many new weather terms this year - polar vortex, ice jams . . .
Stay warm,ya'll!
Betty
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01-11-2014, 06:18 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Livingston
Posts: 1,150
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quote:Originally posted by TxYellowRose
We got the skirting material at Lowe's Wednesday after work and Dave was busy with it all day Thursday. Got it all around except on the door side from the steps forward. Boy, was he tired . . . from that and other things that had to be done around here that day. Unfortunately, it snowed like crazy Friday - he took a couple of relatively minor falls on ice hidden under snow - and now it's raining today, although much milder temps. He's hoping to finish up tomorrow. He's taking it easy today for a change.
We got water back in the rig Thursday and wow! Did hot showers feel good!
We're hoping the skirting will help, as they're saying we may have another polar vortex system next weekend or so. I'm hearing so many new weather terms this year - polar vortex, ice jams . . .
Stay warm,ya'll!
Betty
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Betty,
Glad to hear the skirting is almost there...amazing how the weather is changing so rapidly...our camp went from totally frozen to a total mud pit today...
We are in about a foot of water and no way to get the truck or trailer out even if we had too!
Then like you said back to freezing next week...crazy!
Enjoy the roller coaster!
Les
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01-11-2014, 08:07 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 238
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Good grief, Les! Hope you stay above the water line.
It's been lashing down here off and on all day. We have a river beside us, but it still has a long way to go before breaching its banks. (This time . . . ) I get USGS text messages re: river height when it reaches a certain level upstream a bit. So far, so good.
Okay, just now it's gone from lashing down to I-cannot-see-across-the-yard-pouring.
Hang in there!
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