Mobile Home Rubber Roof Over

Mobile home roof over with single ply tpo white single ply tpo membranes are a very popular choice for mobile homes with flat or low slope roofs.

Mobile home rubber roof over.

Rubber mobile home roofs are created by stretching a thick blanket like membrane over an existing roof at a cost of about 1 175 2 295 in materials for a single wide and 1 595 3 610 for a double wide depending on size manufacturer shipping distance pitch of roof and number of vents. Mobile home roof repair with our standard roof over installation can save you both energy and money. Tpo membranes are a polyester reinforced reflective covering made of a blend of rubber and plastic that can protect your roof from rain and the wind. First there are three common types of mobile home roof or truss designs.

Flat standard slope half truss and bowstring trusses. Bowstring trusses are a dome shape. The roof over provides a new look to the mobile home making it look more like a site built home. Most mobile homes will have bowstring trusses made with 2 2 or 2x3s.

Unlike with a traditional stick built home in which the roofing surface is generally torn off each time a new roofing surface is applied flat or bowed mobile home roofs that have begun to leak regularly often get a roof over solution in which a new layer of roofing is applied directly over the existing roof. Structurally they cannot withstand a lot of weight. This roof kit comes in approximately 3 rolls of membrane for easier installation double wide 6 sheets can be placed over 2 or 3 thick insulation not included in the kit attached around the perimeter with 6 of adhesive high density insulation laid right over your old metal mobile home roof. Seamed rubber roofing seamed rubber roofing can be quite challenging for the average do it yourselfer to install.

This gives the roof a poor appearance and shortens the life expectancy. Once the rubber membrane sometimes called epdm is stretched over the roof and holes cut for the vents the rubber is next folded over the roof edge and fastened with screws. Although we offer both pvc and tpo we have had greater success and longevity from tpo. 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.

Since pvc can be less expensive this is why some people choose to go with it. Tpo is made from a pliable material called thermoplastic polyferin. Build a roof over an existing mobile home roof over a roof over can be installed over the existing roof of the mobile home whatever its shape flat sloping or domed.