1991 Mobile Home Roof Construction

Homes built prior to 1976 had only one or two inches of insulation wrapped around the walls floor and ceiling 2 x 2 or 2 x 3 studs uninsulated air ducts in the floor and ceiling no ceiling vapor barrier.

1991 mobile home roof construction.

A mobile home roof over creates a unique opportunity to completely change the look of the home. 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. I purchased a 1975 baron mobile home and it looks like the previous owners put a rubber roof over a metal roof and then coated with white elastomeric roof coating. Where this one layer rule is true and appropriate is probably on older mobile manufactured homes or even new ones if the home was not framed using framing members of the same dimension and strength as a conventional stick built or modular home typically 2x6 2x8 or larger rafter or truss roofs of sufficient strength to carry the weight that.

I was told by a guy who sets mobile homes that there is no need to coat a rubber roof because it wouldn t make any difference. Water is the most damaging force on earth and your roof is the first shield of defense against it. Once the chassis has been built to specifications the builders will use a jig or template to built the floor joists from 2x6s or sometimes 2x8s for the higher quality homes. Less labor is needed and there are much smaller refuse fees.

Besides the chassis and roof down structural integrity manufactured homes are built much like site built homes. Proper maintenance can help a lot but even the most well maintained roofs will eventually begin leaking for traditional stick built homes a vast network of construction professionals and roofing specialists exists to repair damaged roofs or replace them when necessary.