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and resigned myself to the fact that I had no other
option but to remove the stairs.

It took a good hour to get them loose, but I was
finally able to move them out about a foot. Again I
tried to get the skirting off, but I still needed more
room. I pulled and tugged and finally moved the stairs
out another foot. I still couldn’t get the skirting off.
Finally, in frustration, I dragged the stairs out inch by
inch until they were about six feet from the trailer. I
knew they definitely couldn’t be in the way there.

I got the skirting off and climbed under the trailer
house. I was exasperated to find that the pipe ran to the
back of the trailer and that it was really the back
skirting I needed to take off.

Sometimes little things can be so annoying.
I started the same process on the back of the house
and eventually had to move the back stairs. Finally,
with everything clear, I was able to climb in to where I
could tuck insulation up around the pipes. Carefully I
put it all along underneath them, stapling it to the cross
beams as I went. It was filthy, hot work. By the time I
finished with the insulation, I was itchy and sweaty, and
the sun was going down fast.

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