A mobile home roof over involves placing a new roof or roofing material over your existing roof.
Putting a gable roof on an older mobile home.
The roof over process is going to vary widely depending on the size of your mobile home the materials you use and the current state of your roof.
Gable roof porch design.
Make sure you extend any vent pipes through the new roof pitch and seal it with flashing.
The rafters should be placed every 2 4 inches for proper support of the roof.
The rafters should be in a triangular form with an additional piece of 2 x 4 going straight up the center.
You can then apply the chosen roofing material to this roof deck.
With that said we cannot provide a step by step guide for each method as it wouldn t fit in a single article.
The old metal roofing found on bowstring shaped roof is usually a tin of sorts that is very thin.
There are a couple of different metal roofing systems used on mobile home roof overs.
It is easily damaged.
Basically if you can run a drill saw and read a tape measure you can install your own metal roof.
These are simpler types of porch designs which consist of a deck area outside of the front door and a gable roof which is characterized by a roof with two sloping sides and gable at the end of each side.
If your mobile home has a flat roof then a flat roof porch would likely be the best option for you.
As long as you are somewhat handy all you need is a saw drill and tape measure to install your own mobile home metal roof for a fraction of the cost.
Fresh seal around the vents on your new mobile home roof.
Generally you ll need to build a frame for your new roof pitch and attach it to your mobile home s roof.
The amount of rafters needed will depend upon the size of the roof.
Then add trusses to the frame and to the roof of the mobile home.
There s little to no material removed which can keep costs down.
Less labor is needed and there are much smaller refuse fees.
A mobile home roof over creates a unique opportunity to completely change the look of the home.