Install Flat Metal Roof Single Wide Mobile Home

A thick layer of foam insulation helps deaden sounds on your roof greatly reducing the noise that s common to a mobile home.

Install flat metal roof single wide mobile home. Use a circular saw to cut the corrugated sheets of metal to the correct size. 4 overlap the corrugated metal sheets in one direction only. Use 3 inch white sheet metal screws with neoprene washers on the ridges of the corrugated metal sheeting. Manufactured homes the coded homes built after 76 tend to have more pitched or peaked roofs.

Insert the foam closure strips on each side of the metal sheet. Our standard install includes a layer of foil backed radiant barrier insulation ribbed 29 gauge metal roofing with a 6 inch overhand on the ends of your home and a 12 inch over hang along the sides and the edges trimmed out in edge trim. Mobile homes constructed prior to the 1976 implementation of hud code mostly have flat or bowed roofs. Basically if you can run a drill saw and read a tape measure you can install your own metal roof.

Materials can be purchased at your local lumberyard for less than 1000. Generally you ll need to build a frame for your new roof pitch and attach it to your mobile home s roof. Secure the corrugated metal sheet using a drill and 3 inch deck screws to attach the metal to the furring strips. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it.

The main benefit of installing a metal roof on your mobile home is the insulation that goes beneath it. Install metal panels or shingles align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof line. The new roof can be installed in 1 2 days depending upon your skill level. You can then apply the chosen roofing material to this roof deck.

Soil pipe boots and sealed around any other vent pipes as needed. 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. Position the first sheet of metal flush against the edge of the house making sure there is 4 inches of overhang on each side. Measure the width of the roof and add an additional 8 inches for overhang allowance.

Installers are laying foam insulation boards over the old single wide mobile home roof. Your choice of colors. Many homeowners who have a flat or bowed roof are in need of a roof repair or replacement.