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Pitched roof 1968 mobilehomes.
Flat roofs can become pitched and pitched roofs can go higher.
The new roof can be installed in 1 2 days depending upon your skill level.
To give a mobile home with a flat roof better protection more energy efficiency and a more modern appearance many homeowners chose a gabled roof over design also known as pitched.
It also breaks up the boxiness of mobile homes.
Color material and even the shape of the roof can be changed when a new roof is installed on an older mobile home.
These gabled roofs can be covered with asphalt shingles or metal panels the weight doesn t matter if the roof over has it s own self supporting frame.
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Without the roof in place the walls have no lateral support.
The nails screws and glue used in assembly are essential.
Basically if you can run a drill saw and read a tape measure you can install your own metal roof.
Mobile homes are built as a single engineered unit.
Manufactured homes the coded homes built after 76 tend to have more pitched or peaked roofs.
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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.
As we just covered flat roofs are much less weather resistant than pitched roofs.
Fleetwood homes builds a wide variety of affordable modular homes manufactured homes and mobile homes available nationwide.
Many homeowners who have a flat or bowed roof are in need of a roof repair or replacement.
Can i removed the roof and build a whole new one cathedral style.
The image below shows a pitched roof being built over a single wide mobile home that originally had a flat roof.
Since flat roofs need more maintenance and are more prone to leaks you will need to make sure to fix all leaks and issues before installing a pitched roof over the flat roof.