Metal Roof Over Trailer House

Adding new insulation and a roof over to your home can increase the energy efficiency of your roof as well as help to deaden sound while making your mobile home s climate control easier to maintain year round.

Metal roof over trailer house.

It is recommended to replace an older mobile home roof with a metal roof product that is flat or standing seamed. Anyone with basic carpentry skills can build a roof over a mobile home. 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. Lay chalk lines across the width of the roof and over the furring strips to mark the location of the rafters.

There are a couple of different metal roofing systems used on mobile home roof overs. Lay strips of 1 by 4 inch furring end to end and 2 feet apart across the length of the roof. 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. It is easily damaged.

Use a drill and 3 inch deck screws to secure the furring strips to the rafters. Basically if you can run a drill saw and read a tape measure you can install your own metal roof. A roof over a mobile home can also help prevent damage from falling tree limbs as well as cut down on the annoying noise of hearing heavy raindrops falling on the roof. The new roof can be installed in 1 2 days depending upon your skill level.

The old metal roofing found on bowstring shaped roof is usually a tin of sorts that is very thin. Locate the rafters by feeling around the surface of the roof.