Well, we installed the EZ Snap skirt system on our Reflection 337RLS the weekend before last. The total cost of the system was around $1750, including the 5'th wheel skirting portion which added roughly 300 and piping to secure it from Lowes. So far it's working well. We haven't seen single digit temperatures yet, but it's already made a noticeable difference in floor temperature when just the space heater runs.
To install it, we used a combination of adhesive fasteners with screws. It should be noted that we got a break in the weather about 2 weeks ago and were reasonably warm. The adhesive fasteners should not be used below 60 degrees F--this is a better summer project. But in our case, with the warmer temperatures combined with the Colorado sun, it worked. Before we ordered the kit, I measured from the points I intended to fasten the skirt to the ground. I went with the 48" skirt because that gave sufficient material on the ground for anchoring. When you measure this, remember that you can always have a skirt too long , but never too short. If possible leave yourself about of foot of overhang on that number--that's what I did. I measured circumference in 2 numbers: circumference of the lower portion and length of the fifth wheel sides + front. For the lower portion I added 10 - 15 feet to the number when ordering the kit to be sure you there was enough material. I also added 5 feet to the fifth wheel number. In retrospect I should have ordered the longest fifth wheel kit, and recommend you do the same as not all sites are level.
Before we installed the system, we cleaned the areas about to receive fasteners with rubbing alcohol. Then, we used black adhesive fasteners with screws on the metal portions of the Reflection, placing them 10" apart, as shown here:
So as not to drill into laminate or fiberglass, we used beige adhesive fasteners on laminate and fiberglass portions of the Reflection, placing them 5" apart:
We did this the whole way around the 5th wheel, then installed pointed button snaps over the fasteners. Once that was done we unrolled the sheeting material, starting with the lower portion, lifted it to the button snaps and pressed it over them to puncture it.
We had to cut in a few places, but wrapped around where we could. We also made sure to leave overhang on the ground. In retrospect, I wish we'd ordered the taller set because this sit is not level.
As we punctured the skirt over the button snaps, we seated the button onto the skirt, moving on down as we did. For portions that overlapped, we made sure to leave a couple feet of overhang, and secured with Velcro. At the advice of EZ Snap we also used a Velcro "zipper" in the front. The rep basically told me the Velcro was a more secure seal, and that they were moving away from the zipper. We also turned off the furnace and made straight runs over all areas that would normally be cut out (baggage doors, water heater access, etc, and cut them out after we snapped up the skirt.
We used pipe and pipe clamps to secure it (that took about 100 ft of 3/4" pvc pipe, a dozen elbows and connectors). We cut out for the sewer line, and the fifth wheel hitch. The door for the fifth wheel hitch, seen below was my wife's handiwork.
