Skirting ideas that can handle backfill
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:09 am
My place sits on a sloped terrain with the vinyl skirting. Of course, the previous owner backfilled the skirting on the two high sides (due to the terrain) and it is collapsing - making a wide open entrance for varmints and critters that eat varmints. (please see other entries entitled: SNAKES!) It also just looks trashy and unkept.
My other problem is this place was pit set, so the whole house sits over a dug-down pit - which used to provide a very private pool until I dug out the lowest end to allow for drainage. I've installed gutters and have used a very slight 'trenching' on the high sides to re-direct rain around - instead of under - the house.
Still - the collapsed skirting is driving me nuts. I've never worked with cinder blocks - but would these be a suitable material that would allow for back filling? I need to devise a plan that allows me to fix this mess, not break the bank, seals of the two high sides, helps to keep rain water from slipping through, and (hopefully) provides a surface I can mount some type of textured skirting just for appearance sake.
FYI: The terrain height difference is about 4 feet when going diagonally across opposite corners. I am assuming the existing skirting only goes down about 6-12 inches below the "dirt line".
My other problem is this place was pit set, so the whole house sits over a dug-down pit - which used to provide a very private pool until I dug out the lowest end to allow for drainage. I've installed gutters and have used a very slight 'trenching' on the high sides to re-direct rain around - instead of under - the house.
Still - the collapsed skirting is driving me nuts. I've never worked with cinder blocks - but would these be a suitable material that would allow for back filling? I need to devise a plan that allows me to fix this mess, not break the bank, seals of the two high sides, helps to keep rain water from slipping through, and (hopefully) provides a surface I can mount some type of textured skirting just for appearance sake.
FYI: The terrain height difference is about 4 feet when going diagonally across opposite corners. I am assuming the existing skirting only goes down about 6-12 inches below the "dirt line".