Free Standing Old Mobile Home Roofs

There are a couple of different metal roofing systems used on mobile home roof overs.

Free standing old mobile home roofs.

Build a roof over an existing mobile home roof over a roof over can be installed over the existing roof of the mobile home whatever its shape flat sloping or domed. It is easily damaged. The old metal roofing found on bowstring shaped roof is usually a tin of sorts that is very thin. Liquid roofing is rolled onto a clean and prepared rooftop with a paint roller at a cost of about 600 900 for a single wide mobile home or 1 400 1 800 for a double wide unit and is designed to last about 10 years.

Shallow pitches can easily accommodate membrane roofing but because pitched roofs are more visible the preference here is often for more attractive roofing materials similar to those used for traditional homes. Mobile homes constructed prior to the 1976 implementation of hud code mostly have flat or bowed roofs. Newer manufactured homes and double wides with truss roof systems can be reroofed with some of the same materials used for flat and bowed roofs on older mobile homes. With that said we cannot provide a step by step guide for each method as it wouldn t fit in a single article.

Many homeowners who have a flat or bowed roof are in need of a roof repair or replacement. You can design the roof to simply continue down from the homes roof pitch which is what they did. A mobile home roof over involves placing a new roof or roofing material over your existing roof there s little to no material removed which can keep costs down. 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.

Less labor is needed and there are much smaller refuse fees. The liquid rubber must be installed on a mild dry day and allowed to dry for several hours. Manufactured homes the coded homes built after 76 tend to have more pitched or peaked roofs. It is recommended to replace an older mobile home roof with a metal roof product that is flat or standing seamed.

The single wide below was one of the first featured homes on mobile home living. Open any vintage mobile home magazine from the 1940s to the 1970s and you ll find a ton of ads for mobile home awnings. The roof over provides a new look to the mobile home making it look more like a site built home. This photo of the building process and was found on a great little blog called butterfly musings.

Metal mobile home roofs.