Roof trusses are almost universally spaced 24 inches on center.
Mobile home trusses over current roof.
Flat standard slope half truss and bowstring trusses.
Built to give the roof a sloped design to shed water trusses are the studs that support the roof sheeting.
You can tell a roof is damaged from the inside of your mobile home.
Make sure you extend any vent pipes through the new roof pitch and seal it with flashing.
Most mobile homes will have bowstring trusses made with 2 2 or 2x3s.
Bowstring trusses are a dome shape.
Now you can begin shingling your roof preferably with asphalt shingles.
You can then apply the chosen roofing material to this roof deck.
Generally you ll need to build a frame for your new roof pitch and attach it to your mobile home s roof.
Nail the trusses into the existing room fasteners.
Once the trusses soffit and fascia are in place lay the roofing felt in place.
Nail the shingles to the felt starting from the outside in and cutting to fit when you reach a corner or edge.
Then add trusses to the frame and to the roof of the mobile home.
Structurally they cannot withstand a lot of weight.
You can t roof over your mobile home without fixing damages first.
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.
An easy to understand and follow how to video showing how to inexpensively repair sagging mobile home roof trusses.