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Mobile Home Roofing in Bradenton, FL

People ask us all the time whether we do roofs on mobile homes. We do. The reason it is worth asking is that a mobile home roof is not built like a house roof. The trusses are about an inch and a half to two inches, and wiring runs through the roof cavity. A crew that nails it like a stick-built house blows fasteners out the side of the truss and puts nails through wires. Coastline handles mobile home roof replacement, mobile home roof repair, and manufactured home roofs across Manatee County, and we inspect for wiring before anyone picks up a nail gun.

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Why mobile home roofs go wrong

Most roofers treat a mobile home like a house. That is exactly how it gets damaged.

A mobile home owner calls three roofers. Two of them quote the job off a photo and price it like any other re-roof. Nobody mentions the trusses. Nobody mentions the wiring. The crew shows up, runs a nail gun across the deck at the same pattern they would use on a stick-built home in Lakewood Ranch, and moves on.

Here is the problem with that. A mobile home truss is not a normal truss. You are looking at roughly an inch and a half to two inches of material. When a nail goes through the plywood and into a truss that thin, it can blow right out the side. The fastener is not holding anything. It looks fine from the surface, the shingles lay flat, and the roof passes a walk-around. Then a Gulf storm gets under it.

The second problem is the one nobody sees until it is done. Wiring runs through these roofs. Put a nail through a wire and you have a problem inside the walls of a home where getting at that wire is not simple. That is not a hypothetical. It is the specific reason a mobile home roof takes a slower start than a house roof.

Coastline works the front end of the job differently. Before any fastener goes in, the crew inspects the area and double checks where the wiring runs and where everything is going. Then the nailing pattern is set for what is actually up there, not for what is normally up there. It is not a harder job. It is a job that has to be looked at first, and the roofers who skip that step are the ones who leave the damage behind.

How Coastline does a mobile home roof

Down to the decking, not another layer on top

Plenty of mobile homes in Manatee County have already been through a recover. You can see it as soon as the top layer comes up: original shingles, then somebody added insulation over them, then somebody else laid metal over all of it. Three roof systems stacked on a structure built with an inch and a half of truss under the deck.

We do not want that on the home anymore. When Coastline re-roofs a mobile home that has had a recover done, we tear it all down to the decking. Not because tearing off is dramatic, but because you cannot inspect decking you cannot see, and you cannot fasten reliably through a stack of somebody else's layers.

Once the decking is exposed, it gets repaired as we go. Soft spots, rotted panels, and previously patched sections get handled while the roof is open, before new shingles go over them. Then new shingles go on a clean, sound deck. If you want the detail on the shingle system we install, that is covered on the shingle roofing page, and the full tear-off process is on the roof replacement page.

1

Locate the wiring before anything else

The crew inspects the area and double checks where the wiring runs and where it is going. This happens before a single fastener goes in. On a mobile home, a nail through a wire is the failure that costs the most to undo, and it is entirely preventable by looking first.

2

Account for the truss depth

Mobile home trusses run about an inch and a half to two inches, not the depth a standard truss gives you. A nail driven through the plywood into that thin a member can blow out the side. Knowing that going in is what separates a roof that holds from one that looks right on day one.

3

Tear off the old recover completely

Old shingles, added insulation, and the metal laid over the top all come off. Nothing gets buried. A mobile home roof coating or another recover layer only hides what is underneath, and what is underneath is what fails.

4

Repair the decking as we go

With the deck exposed, damaged sections are repaired as the crew works across the roof rather than being noted and left. Deck repair is the part a homeowner never sees once the shingles are down, which is exactly why we photograph it.

5

Install new shingles

New shingles go over the repaired decking. Coastline's default shingle is the Atlas Pinnacle Pristine: 130 mph wind rating, Class 3 impact, and Scotchgard algae protection, which matters on a Gulf Coast roof that sits in humidity year round.

6

Photo report on every job

The crew follows a checklist and documents the work with photos, and Josh reviews the photo reports. On a mobile home that matters more than usual, because the decking condition and the wiring routing are covered up the moment the new roof goes on.

Carports and sunrooms

What happens over the carport and the sunroom

Every mobile home job runs into the same question at some point: what do you do over the carport, and what do you do over the sunroom? Those sections are usually low slope with an existing metal roof, and shingles do not belong on them. Put shingles on something that flat and you are asking water to sit on a surface that was never designed to shed it quickly.

ISO board fills the flutes and levels the surface

The existing metal on those sections is corrugated, so the surface has flutes running across it. We use ISO board to fill the flutes and make the surface flat, then bring the roof level all the way across. That gives a continuous, even substrate instead of a ribbed one.

TPO membrane over the top

Once the surface is flat and level, we install a TPO product over the existing metal roof. TPO is a single-ply membrane built for low-slope work, which is why it is the standard on this kind of section rather than another run of shingles. We do the same detail on commercial low-slope work, described on the flat roofing page.

Why this beats another metal panel

Laying new metal over old metal on a low-slope carport puts you right back where you started: fastener penetrations across a wide, nearly flat area, and no fix for the ribbed surface underneath. If a mobile home owner does want metal on the main sloped roof, that is a separate conversation and it is covered on the metal roofing page. Over the carport and the sunroom, ISO board plus TPO is the system.

How it works

Four steps from first call to finished roof

  1. 01

    Call or text with the address

    Call (941) 896-7793 or text your address to (941) 345-0072. Tell us it is a mobile home, single wide or double wide, and whether there is a carport or sunroom attached.

  2. 02

    Free inspection, no trip fee

    We look at the roof, check what has already been done to it, and identify the low-slope sections. No trip fee, no diagnostic fee, and a written quote before anything is committed.

  3. 03

    Wiring check, then tear-off

    The crew locates the wiring, then tears the old roof down to the decking and repairs the decking as they go. Nothing gets left buried under the new roof.

  4. 04

    New shingles, TPO on the low slope

    New shingles on the main roof, ISO board and TPO over the carport or sunroom. Photo documentation throughout, and a 5-year workmanship warranty on the replacement.

Reviews

What Gulf Coast homeowners say about the crew

★★★★★
"Over 30 sheets of plywood replaced and they knocked it all out in 3 days from tear-out to install. Do not hesitate."
Dylan K.Decking repair and replacement, Florida Gulf Coast
★★★★★
"Their team worked really hard, were all super polite and respectful, did a great job cleaning up. Wouldn't even know they were there except for my beautiful new roof."
Kevin F.Crew conduct and cleanup, Florida Gulf Coast
★★★★★
"They used plywood where everyone else quoted the cheaper wood. They also provided me with a 5-year workmanship guarantee where everyone else provided one year."
Rolando B.Decking materials and warranty, Florida Gulf Coast
FAQ

Mobile home roofing questions we get in Bradenton

Can you re-roof a mobile home?

Yes. A lot of people ask us whether we do roofs on mobile homes, and the answer is yes. We tear the old roof down to the decking, repair the decking as we go, and install new shingles. Manufactured homes and double wides are the same answer.

Why does a mobile home roof need a different approach than a regular house?

The trusses. A mobile home truss is only about an inch and a half to two inches, nothing like a normal truss on a stick-built house. When you put a nail through the plywood and it hits a truss that thin, the nail can blow out. Wiring also runs through these roofs, and a nail in a wire is a real problem. That is why we inspect the area and double check where the wiring runs before anyone starts nailing.

Can you roof over the existing metal on a mobile home?

Over the low-slope sections, yes. On a carport or a sunroom with an existing metal roof, we set ISO board to fill the flutes, make the surface flat, and level the roof all the way across, then install a TPO product over the top of that existing metal. The main sloped roof is different: that one comes off rather than getting another layer.

My mobile home already had a recover done. Do you tear all of it off?

Yes. A lot of these homes have shingles from the original roof, then insulation added on top, then metal laid over all of it. We do not want that stacked up on the home any longer, so we tear it all down to the decking, repair the decking as we go, and install new shingles on a clean surface.

Do you work on double wides and manufactured homes in Bradenton?

Yes. Single wides, double wides, and manufactured homes across Manatee County, South Pinellas, South Hillsborough, and the Sarasota corridor, including Bradenton, Palmetto, Ellenton, Parrish, Sarasota, Venice, and North Port. The inspection is free with no trip fee and no diagnostic fee. Call (941) 896-7793 or text (941) 345-0072.

Related services

The rest of the work that goes with a mobile home roof

Roof Replacement

Full tear-off to the decking, deck repair as we go, and new shingles with photo documentation from start to final walk-through.

5-year warranty →

Roof Repair

Not ready for a full re-roof? We repair leaks, failed fasteners, and flashing on mobile and manufactured homes with a 1-year workmanship warranty.

1-year warranty →

Flat Roofing

TPO membrane over ISO board is the same system we run on low-slope commercial work. See how the flat roof assembly goes together.

TPO systems →

Metal Roofing

If you want metal on the main sloped roof instead of shingles, here is what a properly fastened metal system looks like in Florida.

Panel options →

Get a mobile home roof quote in Bradenton

Free inspection, no trip fee, no diagnostic fee. We look at the trusses, the wiring, and whatever has already been layered on top before we quote a number.

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