How To Form A Roof Ridge On A Mobile Home

With that said we cannot provide a step by step guide for each method as it wouldn t fit in a single article.

How to form a roof ridge on a mobile home. This is kind of new design and from my understanding they are doing it to stop the common leaking problems along the marriage wall. Adding a layer of insulation with the steel helps keep the home warmer. However if your mobile home was constructed from 2 x 6 foot lumber steel works well. The rafters should be in a triangular form with an additional piece of 2 x 4 going straight up the center.

Make sure that you have someone on hand to at least hold the ladder for you. You need to dismantle the roof of the mobile home as well. The roofs are usually made from recyclable material offer durability and require little maintenance. The rafters should be placed every 2 4 inches for proper support of the roof.

Ridge vent in a mobile home with some manufactured homes the marriage wall at the roof is covered with what looks like a ridge vent. This can be tricky to do on your own. The amount of rafters needed will depend upon the size of the roof. That s because in order to help form a quality roof some two or three layers of shingles need to be laid.

Build the rafters on the ground and then lift them onto the roof. Mobile homes that feature 2 x 2 foot lumber don t work well with steel roofing. Created with wondershare filmora.