On older mobile homes where the roofs are nothing more than a covering of thin sheet metal the lines of the support beams are clearly visible through the metal.
Mobile home trusses over current roof.
Built to give the roof a sloped design to shed water trusses are the studs that support the roof sheeting.
Nail the shingles to the felt starting from the outside in and cutting to fit when you reach a corner or edge.
Most mobile homes will have bowstring trusses made with 2 2 or 2x3s.
Look around for light showing through cracks dark spots on your ceiling or walls peeling wallpaper or paint and or sagging in the ceiling walls gutters or siding.
Now you can begin shingling your roof preferably with asphalt shingles.
Once the trusses soffit and fascia are in place lay the roofing felt in place.
Roof trusses are almost universally spaced 24 inches on center.
Flat standard slope half truss and bowstring trusses.
Bowstring trusses are a dome shape.
Generally you ll need to build a frame for your new roof pitch and attach it to your mobile home s roof.
You can tell a roof is damaged from the inside of your mobile home.
An easy to understand and follow how to video showing how to inexpensively repair sagging mobile home roof trusses.
You can then apply the chosen roofing material to this roof deck.
It will require some work but cheaper in.
Nail the trusses into the existing room fasteners.
You can t roof over your mobile home without fixing damages first.
Then add trusses to the frame and to the roof of the mobile home.