How to Rock the Skirting Around a Mobile Home Using Real Rock

How to Rock the Skirting Around a Mobile Home Using Real Rock
Written By
Philip Powe
Philip Powe
Published: Sep 10, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read

There is nothing to attach the screening to and the material is not strong enough to support the weight of the stone.

Things You Will Need

  • Small gap gauge, heavy chicken wire
  • Tape measure
  • Wire cutters
  • Hammer
  • U hooks, 1/2 inch
  • Mortar
  • Trowel
  • Flat rock (no more than 1 inch thick and 8 inches in length)
  • Gap scraping tool
  1. Measure the length and height of the area where you are going to place the rock facing. Cut the chicken wire to the measurements.

  2. Nail the chicken wire onto the wood skirting using the U nails along the top and the bottom and no more than 12 inches apart.

  3. Mix the mortar with water to the consistency of toothpaste and apply to the chicken wire with the trowel . It should be about an inch thick to support the weight of the stones. Place the stones against the mortar and push. Continue this process until the whole skirting is covered. To add to the effect, do not place the stones too close together.

  4. Scrape the gaps between the stones with the gap scraping tool. Do not go deeper than 1/8 of an inch on the stones; remove the excess that is hanging over the stones.

The Drip Cap

  • Decorating mobile home skirting with natural rock can be done if the the skirting is wood or there is a wood frame around the bottom and top of the skirting.
  • This is necessary to hold the wire that in turn holds the rock facing.
  • Cut the chicken wire to the measurements.

Photo Credits

structure, stone, wild stone image by Oleg Guryanov from Fotolia.com

structure, stone, wild stone image by Oleg Guryanov from Fotolia.com

Philip Powe

Philip Powe started writing in 1987 for St. Louis area newspapers. He has since written for "St. Clair County Historical Society Journal" and the "American Association of State and Local Historians Journal." Concentrations are in home and…

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